Finnish Utilities Defensive Blue Chips

HCA Healthcare

Market Cap: US$92.7b

Through its subsidiaries, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Market Cap: JP¥13.4t

Provides banking, leasing, securities, consumer finance, and other services in Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania.

Enel

Market Cap: €80.8b

Operates as an integrated operator in electricity and gas industries worldwide.

AIA Group

Market Cap: HK$699.4b

Provides life insurance based financial services in Hong Kong.

Constellation Energy

Market Cap: US$89.1b

Produces and sells energy products and services in the United States.

McKesson

Market Cap: US$88.4b

Provides healthcare services in the United States and internationally.

Elevance Health

Market Cap: US$88.1b

Operates as a health benefits company in the United States.

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

Market Cap: JP¥12.8t

Operates as a telecommunications company in Japan and internationally.

Arthur J. Gallagher

Market Cap: US$86.6b

Provides insurance and reinsurance brokerage, consulting, and third-party property/casualty claims settlement and administration services to entities and individuals worldwide.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

Market Cap: €77.2b

Provides retail banking, wholesale banking, and asset management services primarily in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, South America, rest of Europe, the United States, and Asia.

Mondelez International

Market Cap: US$84.3b

Through its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and sells snack food and beverage products in the Latin America, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft in München

Market Cap: €74.1b

Engages in the insurance and reinsurance businesses worldwide.

State Bank of India

Market Cap: ₹7.1t

Provides banking products and services to individuals, commercial enterprises, corporates, public bodies, and institutional customers in India and internationally.

Cigna Group

Market Cap: US$82.5b

Provides insurance and related products and services in the United States.

Tokio Marine Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥11.4t

Engages in the non-life and life insurance, and financial and general businesses in Japan and internationally.

Aon

Market Cap: US$77.4b

A professional services firm, provides a range of risk and human capital solutions worldwide.

CVS Health

Market Cap: US$76.5b

Provides health solutions in the United States.

Bank of Montreal

Market Cap: CA$104.5b

Provides diversified financial services primarily in North America.

Tokyo Electron

Market Cap: JP¥10.7t

Develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor and flat panel display (FPD) production equipment in Japan, Europe, North America, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Southeast Asia, and internationally.

Bank of Communications

Market Cap: HK$574.0b

Provides commercial banking products and services in China.

National Australia Bank

Market Cap: AU$113.1b

Provides financial services to individuals and businesses in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia, the United States, and internationally.

MediaTek

Market Cap: NT$2.2t

Engages in the research, development, production, manufacture, and marketing of multimedia integrated circuits (ICs) in Taiwan, rest of Asia, and internationally.

SoftBank

Market Cap: JP¥10.4t

Engages in the telecommunication and information technology businesses in Japan.

Postal Savings Bank of China

Market Cap: HK$556.9b

Provides various banking products and services for retail and corporate customers in the People’s Republic of China.

PNC Financial Services Group

Market Cap: US$71.0b

Operates as a diversified financial services company in the United States.

KDDI

Market Cap: JP¥10.3t

Engages in the provision of telecommunications services in Japan and internationally.

Wuliangye YibinLtd

Market Cap: CN¥508.8b

Manufactures and sells liquor and wine products under the Wuliangye brand in China.

Bank Central Asia

Market Cap: Rp1146.4t

Provides banking products and other financial services to individual, corporate, and small and medium enterprise customers in Indonesia and internationally.

U.S. Bancorp

Market Cap: US$69.5b

A financial services holding company, provides various financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional organizations, governmental entities, and other financial institutions in the United States.

Westpac Banking

Market Cap: AU$108.0b

Provides banking and other financial services in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Asia, the Americas, and Europe.

National Grid

Market Cap: UK£52.0b

National Grid plc transmits and distributes electricity and gas.

CRH

Market Cap: US$66.0b

Provides building materials solutions in Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally.

Industrial Bank

Market Cap: CN¥471.6b

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

Holcim

Market Cap: CHF 54.2b

Provides building materials and solutions worldwide.

Bank of Nova Scotia

Market Cap: CA$89.4b

Provides various banking products and services in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America, and internationally.

ING Groep

Market Cap: €57.3b

Provides various banking products and services in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, rest of Europe, and internationally.