Ghanaian Telecom Defensive Blue Chips

NMBZ Holdings

Market Cap: US$1.7b

Provides various banking products and services to corporate and individual customers in Zimbabwe.

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki

Market Cap: zł48.5b

A commercial bank, provides banking products and services to retail and corporate clients in Poland.

Max Healthcare Institute

Market Cap: ₹1.2t

Provides medical and healthcare services in India.

GAIL (India)

Market Cap: ₹1.2t

Operates as a natural gas processing and distribution company in India and internationally.

FinecoBank Banca Fineco

Market Cap: €11.4b

Provides banking, credit, trading and investment services in Italy.

Admiral Group

Market Cap: UK£9.9b

A financial services company, provides insurance and personal lending products in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States.

East West Bancorp

Market Cap: US$13.2b

Operates as the bank holding company for East West Bank that provides a range of personal and commercial banking services to businesses and individuals in the United States.

Hormel Foods

Market Cap: US$13.2b

Develops, processes, and distributes various meat, nuts, and other food products to foodservice, convenience store, and commercial customers in the United States and internationally.

Tata Consumer Products

Market Cap: ₹1.2t

Produces, distributes, and trades in food products in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

Almarai

Market Cap: ر.س49.2b

Operates as an integrated consumer food and beverage company in Saudi Arabia, other Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and internationally.

Mashreqbank PSC

Market Cap: د.إ48.0b

Provides various banking and financial services to individuals and corporates.

BE Semiconductor Industries

Market Cap: €11.2b

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

Helvetia Holding

Market Cap: CHF 10.3b

Engages in life and non-life insurance, and reinsurance business in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, France, and internationally.

Universal Health Services

Market Cap: US$13.0b

Through its subsidiaries, owns and operates acute care hospitals, and outpatient and behavioral health care facilities.

Banco Santander-Chile

Market Cap: CL$12.4t

Provides commercial and retail banking products and services in Chile.

Telecom Italia

Market Cap: €11.2b

Engages in the fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Italy and internationally.

Zegona Communications

Market Cap: UK£9.7b

Provides integrated telecommunications services in Spain.

Canara Bank

Market Cap: ₹1.1t

Provides various banking products and services in India and internationally.

Woori Financial Group

Market Cap: ₩18.4t

Operates as a commercial bank which provides various financial services to individual, business, and institutional customers in Korea.

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise

Market Cap: ₹1.1t

Provides healthcare services in India.

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen

Market Cap: zł47.1b

Provides life and non-life insurance products and services in Poland, the Baltic States, and Ukraine.

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance

Market Cap: ₩18.3t

Provides non-life insurance products and services in South Korea, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

CP ALL

Market Cap: ฿421.3b

Operates and franchises convenience stores under the 7-Eleven name to other retailers primarily in Thailand, Malaysia, and internatinally.

Unum Group

Market Cap: US$12.9b

Provides financial protection benefit solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland.

Banco Comercial Português

Market Cap: €11.0b

Engages in the provision of various banking and financial products and services in Portugal and internationally.

BDO Unibank

Market Cap: ₱745.1b

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

GD Power DevelopmentLtd

Market Cap: CN¥91.3b

Operates as a power generation company in China.

Adani Energy Solutions

Market Cap: ₹1.1t

Generates, transmits, and distributes power in India.

ageas

Market Cap: €10.9b

Engages in insurance business.

Doximity

Market Cap: US$12.7b

Operates as a digital platform for medical professionals in the United States.

James Hardie Industries

Market Cap: AU$19.4b

Engages in the manufacture and sale of fiber cement, fiber gypsum, and cement bonded boards in the United States, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand.

S.P.E.E.H. Hidroelectrica

Market Cap: RON 54.8b

Produces and supplies hydro, wind, and energy electricity in Romania.

Encompass Health

Market Cap: US$12.5b

Provides post-acute healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Kasikornbank

Market Cap: ฿406.3b

Provides commercial banking products and services in Thailand and internationally.

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings

Market Cap: US$12.4b

Operates membership warehouse clubs on the eastern half of the United States.

Reinsurance Group of America

Market Cap: US$12.4b

Provides reinsurance and financial solutions.