Italian Utilities Defensive Blue Chips

T-Mobile US

Market Cap: US$201.4b

Provides wireless communications services in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.

Verizon Communications

Market Cap: US$196.7b

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide.

Analog Devices

Market Cap: US$191.7b

Engages in the design, manufacture, testing, and marketing of integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems products in the United States, rest of North and South America, Europe, Japan, China, and rest of Asia.

AT&T

Market Cap: US$177.3b

Provides telecommunications and technology services worldwide.

Toronto-Dominion Bank

Market Cap: CA$240.5b

Provides various financial products and services in Canada, the United States, and internationally.

Banco Santander

Market Cap: €149.3b

Provides various financial products and services to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporations, and public entities worldwide.

Allianz

Market Cap: €148.5b

Provides property-casualty insurance, life/health insurance, and asset management products and services worldwide.

Intuitive Surgical

Market Cap: US$166.8b

Develops, manufactures, and markets products that enable physicians and healthcare providers to enhance the quality of and access to minimally invasive care in the United States and internationally.

Abbott Laboratories

Market Cap: US$161.6b

Abbott Laboratories, together with its subsidiaries, discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells health care products worldwide.

QUALCOMM

Market Cap: US$160.1b

Engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide.

Iberdrola

Market Cap: €134.5b

Engages in the generation, production, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity in Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, and Australia.

Deutsche Telekom

Market Cap: €128.9b

Provides integrated telecommunication services worldwide.

China Merchants Bank

Market Cap: CN¥1.0t

Provides various banking products and services.

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China

Market Cap: CN¥1.0t

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Market Cap: €124.5b

Produces and sells beer in North America, Middle Americas, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.

China Life Insurance

Market Cap: HK$1.1t

Operates as a life insurance company in the People’s Republic of China.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Market Cap: JP¥21.6t

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

Advantest

Market Cap: JP¥21.6t

Manufactures and sells semiconductors, component test systems, and mechatronics-related products in Japan, rest of Asia, the Americas, and Europe.

Marvell Technology

Market Cap: US$134.0b

Provides data infrastructure semiconductor solutions and spanning the data center core to network edge in the United States, Argentina, China, India, Israel, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and internationally.

MediaTek

Market Cap: NT$4.2t

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

Tokyo Electron

Market Cap: JP¥20.5t

Develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor production equipment in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, North America, Europe, and internationally.

HDFC Bank

Market Cap: ₹12.0t

Provides banking and financial products and services to individuals and businesses in India, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai.

DBS Group Holdings

Market Cap: S$161.2b

Provides commercial banking and financial services in Singapore, Hong Kong, rest of Greater China, South and Southeast Asia, and internationally.

Chubb

Market Cap: US$126.1b

Provides insurance and reinsurance products worldwide.

Stryker

Market Cap: US$126.0b

Operates as a medical technology company in the United States and internationally.

Kioxia Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥19.8t

Engages in the development, production and sale of flash memory and solid state drives (SSDs) in Japan and internationally.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

Market Cap: €105.1b

Provides various financial services in Spain, Mexico, Turkey, South America, Europe, the United States, and Asia.

Bharti Airtel

Market Cap: ₹11.2t

Operates as a telecommunications company in India and internationally.

BNP Paribas

Market Cap: €100.8b

Provides various banking and financial products and services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific.

Progressive

Market Cap: US$118.0b

Operates as an insurance company in the United States.

Intesa Sanpaolo

Market Cap: €100.5b

Engages in the provision of various financial products and services in Italy, Central/Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Enel

Market Cap: €99.8b

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

UniCredit

Market Cap: €98.5b

Provides commercial banking services in Italy, Germany, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe.

Constellation Energy

Market Cap: US$114.2b

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

Al Rajhi Banking and Investment

Market Cap: ر.س417.9b

Provides banking and investment services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and internationally.

AIA Group

Market Cap: HK$866.6b

Provides life insurance based financial services in Hong Kong.