German Telecom Defensive Blue Chips

Alpha Bank

Market Cap: €9.6b

Provides various banking and financial products and services in Greece and internationally.

Hong Leong Bank Berhad

Market Cap: RM 45.2b

Operates as a financial services company in Malaysia and internationally.

Globus Medical

Market Cap: US$11.1b

Develops and commercializes healthcare solutions for patients with musculoskeletal disorders in the United States and internationally.

UMB Financial

Market Cap: US$11.0b

Operates as a bank holding company that provides banking services and asset servicing in the United States and internationally.

Popular

Market Cap: US$11.0b

Through its subsidiaries, provides various retail, mortgage, and commercial banking services for individuals and businesses in Puerto Rico, the United States, the British Virgin Islands, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

Ooredoo Q.P.S.C

Market Cap: ر.ق40.0b

Provides telecommunications services in Qatar, rest of the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa region.

Sanlam

Market Cap: R181.6b

Provides various financial services in South Africa, Pan-Africa, Asia, and internationally.

Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank

Market Cap: HK$85.8b

Provides banking and related financial services in the People’s Republic of China.

Bangkok Bank

Market Cap: ฿365.5b

Provides various commercial banking products and services in Thailand and internationally.

Realtek Semiconductor

Market Cap: NT$352.1b

Engages in the research, development, production, and sale of various integrated circuits and related application software in Taiwan, Asia, and internationally.

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi

Market Cap: ₺517.0b

Provides various banking products and services in Turkey.

Onto Innovation

Market Cap: US$10.9b

Engages in the design, development, manufacture, and support of process control tools that perform macro-defect inspection and metrology in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Asia, and Europe.

BDO Unibank

Market Cap: ₱664.3b

Provides various banking products and services to individuals and corporations in the Philippines and internationally.

Kokusai Electric

Market Cap: JP¥1.7t

Engages in the development, manufacture, sale, repair, and maintenance of semiconductor manufacturing equipment worldwide.

Indus Towers

Market Cap: ₹1.0t

A telecom infrastructure company, engages in the operation and maintenance of wireless communication towers and related infrastructures for various telecom service providers in India, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.

Wintrust Financial

Market Cap: US$10.8b

A financial holding company, provides community-oriented, personal, and commercial banking services in the United States.

Busy Ming Group

Market Cap: HK$84.1b

Through its subsidiaries, operates as a food and beverage retailer in China.

Maplebear

Market Cap: US$10.7b

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, operates as a technology and enablement partner for the grocery industry in the United States and internationally.

Orkla

Market Cap: NOK 101.8b

Operates as an industrial investment company within brands and consumer-oriented businesses worldwide.

China Resources Microelectronics

Market Cap: CN¥72.1b

Engages in the manufacture and sale of semiconductors in China and internationally.

Old Republic International

Market Cap: US$10.7b

Through its subsidiaries, provides insurance underwriting and related services in the United States and Canada.

Italgas

Market Cap: €9.2b

Engages in the distribution of natural gas in Italy, Greece, and Other European Union countries.

Amkor Technology

Market Cap: US$10.6b

Provides outsourced semiconductor packaging and test services in the United States, Japan, Europe, and the Asia Pacific.

Beijing Huafeng Test & Control TechnologyLtd

Market Cap: CN¥71.7b

Beijing Huafeng Test & Control Technology Co.,Ltd.

Lotus Bakeries

Market Cap: €9.2b

Provides various snack products in Belgium and internationally.

Beijing YanDong MicroElectronic

Market Cap: CN¥71.3b

Beijing YanDong MicroElectronic Co., Ltd.

Discovery

Market Cap: R174.6b

Provides various insurance products and services primarily in South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Shizuoka Financial GroupInc

Market Cap: JP¥1.7t

Provides various banking products and services.

Taiwan Mobile

Market Cap: NT$340.9b

Provides telecommunications, broadband, retail, digital, and financial services in Taiwan and internationally.

Quebecor

Market Cap: CA$14.8b

Engages in the telecommunications, media, and sports and entertainment businesses in Canada.

Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam

Market Cap: ₫276.6t

Provides various banking products and services in Vietnam and internationally.

Ensign Group

Market Cap: US$10.5b

Provides skilled nursing, senior living, and rehabilitative services.

CPFL Energia

Market Cap: R$53.1b

Through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in Brazil.

Cullen/Frost Bankers

Market Cap: US$10.5b

Operates as the bank holding company for Frost Bank that provides commercial and consumer banking services in Texas.

Smithfield Foods

Market Cap: US$10.5b

Produces various packaged meats and fresh pork products in the United States and internationally.

ROHM

Market Cap: JP¥1.7t

Manufactures and sells electronic components worldwide.