Nigerian Software Defensive Blue Chips

UltraTech Cement

Market Cap: ₹3.4t

Primarily engages in the manufacture and sale of clinker, cement, and related products in India.

Intact Financial

Market Cap: CA$54.3b

Through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance products to individuals and businesses in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

Hannover Rück

Market Cap: €34.1b

Provides reinsurance products and services in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia, Africa, and internationally.

Orange

Market Cap: €34.0b

Operates as a telecommunications operator in France and internationally.

Fubon Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$1.2t

Provides various financial services in Taiwan, Asia, and internationally.

Veeva Systems

Market Cap: US$37.8b

Provides cloud-based software for the life sciences industry in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize

Market Cap: €33.0b

Operates retail food stores and e-commerce in the Netherlands, the United States, and internationally.

DNB Bank

Market Cap: NOK 383.7b

Provides financial services to individuals and businesses in Norway and internationally.

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics

Market Cap: CN¥265.7b

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (PJSC)

Market Cap: د.إ134.0b

Generates, transmits, and distributes electricity for residential, commercial, industrial, and government customers primarily in Dubai.

KBC Group

Market Cap: €32.1b

Provides banking, insurance, and asset management services primarily for retail, private banking, small and medium sized enterprises, and mid-cap clients in Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia.

Prudential Financial

Market Cap: US$36.4b

Provides insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services in the United States, Japan and internationally.

Federal National Mortgage Association

Market Cap: US$36.2b

Provides financing solutions for residential mortgages in the United States.

Great-West Lifeco

Market Cap: CA$49.9b

Engages in the life and health insurance, retirement savings, wealth and asset management, and reinsurance businesses in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

China Pacific Insurance (Group)

Market Cap: CN¥260.7b

Provides insurance products to individual and institutional customers in the People’s Republic of China.

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

Market Cap: د.إ130.8b

Provides corporate, institutional, retail, treasury, and Islamic banking services.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero)

Market Cap: Rp580.0t

Provides various banking products and services in Indonesia and internationally.

Heidelberg Materials

Market Cap: €31.1b

Produces and distributes cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, and asphalt worldwide.

JAPAN POST BANK

Market Cap: JP¥5.1t

Provides various banking products and services to retail and corporate clients in Japan and internationally.

IDEXX Laboratories

Market Cap: US$35.1b

Develops, manufactures, and distributes products for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy, and water testing industries in the United States and internationally.

China Unicom (Hong Kong)

Market Cap: HK$271.4b

An investment holding company, provides telecommunications and related value-added services in the People’s Republic of China.

Hartford Insurance Group

Market Cap: US$34.9b

Provides insurance and financial services to individual and business customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

Cardinal Health

Market Cap: US$34.7b

Operates as a healthcare services and products company in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and internationally.

ResMed

Market Cap: US$34.7b

Develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets medical devices and cloud-based software applications for the healthcare markets.

Vulcan Materials

Market Cap: US$34.7b

Produces and supplies construction aggregates in the United States.

Sysco

Market Cap: US$34.6b

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and distribution of various food and related products to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and internationally.

Swisscom

Market Cap: CHF 28.5b

Provides telecommunication services primarily in Switzerland, Italy, and internationally.

Kraft Heinz

Market Cap: US$34.4b

Manufactures and markets food and beverage products in North America and internationally.

National Bank of Canada

Market Cap: CA$47.4b

Provides financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional clients, and governments in Canada and internationally.

Fomento Económico Mexicano. de

Market Cap: Mex$672.7b

Through its subsidiaries, operates as a bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages.

Standard Chartered

Market Cap: UK£25.8b

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

Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine FactoryLtd

Market Cap: CN¥249.0b

Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory Co.,Ltd.

Arch Capital Group

Market Cap: US$33.9b

Provides insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage insurance products in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia.

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥4.9t

An insurance holding company, provides insurance and financial services worldwide.

Hershey

Market Cap: US$33.9b

Engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally.

Sun Life Financial

Market Cap: CA$46.6b

A financial services company, provides asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and institutional customers in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Bermuda.