German Consumer Services Defensive Blue Chips

PPL

Market Cap: US$27.8b

Provides electricity and natural gas to approximately 3.6 million customers in the United States.

George Weston

Market Cap: CA$39.4b

Provides food and drug retailing, and financial services in Canada.

Cincinnati Financial

Market Cap: US$27.6b

Provides property casualty insurance products in the United States.

JCET Group

Market Cap: CN¥186.4b

Provides integrated-circuit back-end and technology services in China, South Korea, the United States, and internationally.

Barito Renewables Energy

Market Cap: Rp488.3t

Generates and sells power through geothermal and wind resources in Indonesia.

W. R. Berkley

Market Cap: US$27.3b

An insurance holding company, operates as a commercial line writer worldwide.

Seven & i Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥4.4t

Operates convenience stores in Japan, North America, and internationally.

Kraft Heinz

Market Cap: US$27.2b

Manufactures and markets food and beverage products in North America and internationally.

Sampo Oyj

Market Cap: €23.9b

Provides non-life insurance products and services in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Spain, Gibraltar, Germany, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom.

China National Nuclear Power

Market Cap: CN¥184.7b

Engages in the investment, construction, operation, and management of nuclear power projects in the People's Republic of China.

Gulf Development

Market Cap: ฿903.9b

Generates and sells electricity and steam to public and private clients in Thailand and internationally.

DexCom

Market Cap: US$26.9b

A medical device company, focuses on the design, development, and commercialization of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems for the management of diabetes and metabolic health in the United States and internationally.

Muyuan Foods Group

Market Cap: CN¥182.1b

Operates as a pork company in the hog farming industry in China.

First Solar

Market Cap: US$26.7b

A solar technology company, provides photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions in the United States, France, India, Chile, and internationally.

AST SpaceMobile

Market Cap: US$26.4b

Designs and develops the constellation of BlueBird satellites in the United States.

Dollar General

Market Cap: US$26.3b

A discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States.

Veeva Systems

Market Cap: US$26.2b

Provides cloud-based software for the life sciences industry in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

Banco BPM

Market Cap: €23.0b

Provides banking and financial products and services to individual, business, and corporate customers in Italy.

VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai)

Market Cap: CN¥177.8b

Provides platform-based custom silicon and semiconductor IP licensing services in China and internationally.

Entegris

Market Cap: US$26.1b

Provides advanced materials and process solutions for the semiconductor and other high-technology industries in North America, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, China, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

BE Semiconductor Industries

Market Cap: €22.9b

Develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and services semiconductor assembly equipment for the semiconductor and electronics industries in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Singapore, Malaysia, and internationally.

New China Life Insurance

Market Cap: CN¥176.8b

Provides life insurance products and services to individuals and institutions in China.

Koninklijke Philips

Market Cap: €22.8b

Operates as a health technology company in North America, the Greater China, and internationally.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group

Market Cap: JP¥4.2t

Operates as a trust bank in Japan and internationally.

Shanghai Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor

Market Cap: HK$201.7b

Shanghai Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Fresenius SE KGaA

Market Cap: €22.6b

A health care company, provides products and services for chronically ill patients in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Africa.

China Everbright Bank

Market Cap: CN¥174.2b

Provides a range of financial products and services to corporations and government agencies, retail customers, and individuals in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Macao, Seoul, and Sydney.

QBE Insurance Group

Market Cap: AU$37.1b

Engages in underwriting general insurance and reinsurance risks in the Australia Pacific, North America, and internationally.

Helvetia Baloise Holding

Market Cap: CHF 20.7b

Engages in life and non-life insurance, and reinsurance business.

Aviva

Market Cap: UK£19.3b

Provides various insurance, retirement, and wealth products in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, India, and China.

Technoprobe

Market Cap: €22.3b

Produces and sells electronic circuits in Italy, Asia, the United States, and rest of Europe.

American Water Works Company

Market Cap: US$25.3b

Through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States.

MTN Group

Market Cap: R416.9b

Provides mobile telecommunications services in South Africa, Nigeria, South and East Africa, West and Central Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa.

China Unicom (Hong Kong)

Market Cap: HK$197.7b

An investment holding company, provides telecommunications and related value-added services in the People’s Republic of China.

Regions Financial

Market Cap: US$25.2b

A financial holding company, provides various banking and related products and services to individual and corporate customers.

AIB Group

Market Cap: €22.1b

Provides banking and financial products and services to personal, business, and corporate customers in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and internationally.