New Zealand Automobiles Defensive Blue Chips

KDDI

Market Cap: JP¥9.2t

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

Holcim

Market Cap: CHF 51.6b

Provides building materials and solutions worldwide.

China CITIC Bank

Market Cap: HK$491.8b

Provides various banking products and services in the People’s Republic of China and internationally.

Monster Beverage

Market Cap: US$61.6b

Through its subsidiaries, engages in development, marketing, sale, and distribution of energy drink beverages and concentrates in the United States and internationally.

Barclays

Market Cap: UK£45.8b

Provides various financial services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Vistra

Market Cap: US$61.5b

Operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company in the United States.

ING Groep

Market Cap: €53.2b

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

Lloyds Banking Group

Market Cap: UK£45.0b

Provides a range of banking and financial products and services in the United Kingdom and internationally.

ITC

Market Cap: ₹5.2t

Engages in the fast-moving consumer goods, hotels, paperboards and paper and packaging, agri, and information technology businesses in India and internationally.

CaixaBank

Market Cap: €52.1b

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

Travelers Companies

Market Cap: US$60.0b

Through its subsidiaries, provides a range of commercial and personal property, and casualty insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations, and individuals in the United States and internationally.

CRH

Market Cap: US$60.0b

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

Siemens Healthineers

Market Cap: €51.5b

Through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells a range of diagnostic and therapeutic products and services to healthcare providers worldwide.

Nu Holdings

Market Cap: US$59.1b

Provides digital banking platform in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, the Cayman Islands, and the United States.

Cencora

Market Cap: US$57.5b

Cencora, Inc. sources and distributes pharmaceutical products in the United States and internationally.

Federal National Mortgage Association

Market Cap: US$57.0b

Provides financing solutions for residential mortgages in the United States.

Diageo

Market Cap: UK£41.8b

Engages in the production, marketing, and sale of alcoholic beverages.

Oversea-Chinese Banking

Market Cap: S$71.5b

Provides financial services in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Greater China, rest of the Asia Pacific, and internationally.

Aflac

Market Cap: US$55.5b

Through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products.

Saudi Telecom

Market Cap: ر.س207.5b

Provides telecommunications, information, media, and digital payment services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and internationally.

NatWest Group

Market Cap: UK£40.9b

Provides banking and financial products and services to personal, commercial, corporate, and institutional customers in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Wal-Mart de México. de

Market Cap: Mex$1.1t

Owns and operates self-service stores in Mexico and Central America.

Nongfu Spring

Market Cap: HK$431.3b

Researches, develops, produces, and markets packaged drinking water and beverage products primarily in Mainland China.

ANZ Group Holdings

Market Cap: AU$84.2b

Provides various banking and financial products and services to retail, individuals and business customers in Australia and internationally.

Engie

Market Cap: €47.4b

Operates as an energy company, engages in the renewables and decentralized, low-carbon energy networks, and energy services businesses in France, Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, South America, Africa, and internationally.

Crédit Agricole

Market Cap: €47.1b

Provides retail, corporate, insurance, and investment banking products and services in France and internationally.

Saudi National Bank

Market Cap: ر.س203.1b

Through its subsidiaries, provides banking and investment management services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and internationally.

NXP Semiconductors

Market Cap: US$53.4b

Offers various semiconductor products in China, the United States, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and internationally.

Danone

Market Cap: €46.2b

Operates in the food and beverage industry in Europe, Ukraine, North America, China, North Asia, the Oceania, Latin America, rest of Asia, Africa, Turkey, the Middle East, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Japan Tobacco

Market Cap: JP¥7.7t

A tobacco company, manufactures and sells tobacco products, pharmaceuticals, and processed foods in Japan and internationally.

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank

Market Cap: CN¥382.2b

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd.

MetLife

Market Cap: US$52.7b

A financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International

Market Cap: HK$413.4b

An investment holding company, engages in the manufacture, testing, and sale of integrated circuits wafer and various compound semiconductors in the United States, China, and Eurasia.

Manulife Financial

Market Cap: CA$71.9b

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

Assicurazioni Generali

Market Cap: €45.4b

Provides various insurance solutions under the Generali brand in the Americas, Italy, rest of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Oceania.

Truist Financial

Market Cap: US$52.1b

A financial services company, provides banking and trust services in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States.