Italian Consumer Services Defensive Blue Chips

Industrial Bank of Korea

Market Cap: ₩16.3t

Operates as a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) financing bank in Korea and internationally.

Safaricom

Market Cap: KSh1.4t

Provides telecommunication services in Kenya and Ethiopia.

SD Guthrie Berhad

Market Cap: RM 45.4b

Operates as an integrated plantations company in Malaysia and internationally.

China Zheshang Bank

Market Cap: HK$87.1b

Provides corporate and retail banking services in Mainland China.

Bangkok Bank

Market Cap: ฿370.3b

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

Ambuja Cements

Market Cap: ₹1.1t

Manufactures, markets, and sells cement and related products to individual home builders, developers, institutional clients, masons, contractors, architects, and construction professionals in India.

Magnum Ice Cream

Market Cap: €9.7b

Engages in the ice cream business in the Netherlands.

Ryan Specialty Holdings

Market Cap: US$11.0b

Operates as a service provider of specialty products and solutions for insurance brokers, agents, and carriers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, India, Singapore, and internationally.

China Resources Microelectronics

Market Cap: CN¥74.5b

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

BDO Unibank

Market Cap: ₱677.6b

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

Mowi

Market Cap: NOK 106.1b

A seafood company, produces and sells Atlantic salmon products worldwide.

Popular

Market Cap: US$10.9b

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.

Absa Group

Market Cap: R182.9b

Provides retail, business, corporate, investment banking, insurance, financial, and wealth management products and services in South Africa and internationally.

Marks and Spencer Group

Market Cap: UK£8.1b

Operates various retail stores.

UMB Financial

Market Cap: US$10.7b

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

Wintrust Financial

Market Cap: US$10.7b

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

Sanlam

Market Cap: R179.8b

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

Shizuoka Financial GroupInc

Market Cap: JP¥1.7t

Provides various banking products and services.

Taiwan Mobile

Market Cap: NT$345.5b

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

Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank

Market Cap: HK$83.4b

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

Globus Medical

Market Cap: US$10.6b

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

Busy Ming Group

Market Cap: HK$83.2b

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

Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power

Market Cap: CN¥71.5b

Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power Co., Ltd.

Beijing Huafeng Test & Control TechnologyLtd

Market Cap: CN¥71.3b

Beijing Huafeng Test & Control Technology Co.,Ltd.

Quebecor

Market Cap: CA$14.9b

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

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.

Kokusai Electric

Market Cap: JP¥1.7t

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

Smithfield Foods

Market Cap: US$10.5b

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

Alpha Bank

Market Cap: €9.2b

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

Rambus

Market Cap: US$10.4b

Manufactures and sells semiconductor products in the United States, South Korea, Singapore, and internationally.

Kinsus Interconnect Technology

Market Cap: NT$336.7b

Engages in the manufacture and sale of electronic products in Taiwan and internationally.

Discovery

Market Cap: R173.7b

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

Cullen/Frost Bankers

Market Cap: US$10.3b

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

Ensign Group

Market Cap: US$10.3b

Provides skilled nursing, senior living, and rehabilitative services.

Molina Healthcare

Market Cap: US$10.3b

Provides managed healthcare services to low-income families and individuals under the Medicaid and Medicare programs and through the state insurance marketplaces in the United States.

Manila Electric

Market Cap: ₱633.4b

Manila Electric Company holds a congressional franchise to construct, operate, and maintain an electric distribution system in the Philippines.