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Pernod Ricard

Market Cap: €18.5b

Produces and sells wines and spirits worldwide.

Loews

Market Cap: US$21.2b

Through its subsidiaries, provides commercial property and casualty insurance in the United States and internationally.

Riyad Bank

Market Cap: ر.س79.4b

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

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group

Market Cap: CN¥149.1b

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group, Inc.

Ajinomoto

Market Cap: JP¥3.3t

Engages in the seasonings and foods, frozen foods, and healthcare and other businesses in Japan and internationally.

Casey's General Stores

Market Cap: US$20.9b

Operates convenience stores under the Casey's and Casey’s General Store names in the United States.

Insulet

Market Cap: US$20.8b

Develops, manufactures, and sells insulin delivery systems for people with insulin-dependent diabetes in the United States and internationally.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group

Market Cap: JP¥3.2t

Operates as a trust bank in Japan and internationally.

Terna

Market Cap: €17.7b

Provides electricity transmission and dispatching services in Italy, other Euro-area countries, and internationally.

Public Bank Berhad

Market Cap: RM 84.4b

Provides banking products and services.

CIMB Group Holdings Berhad

Market Cap: RM 84.3b

Provides various banking products and services in Malaysia and internationally.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC

Market Cap: د.إ74.5b

Provides banking, financing, and investing services in the United Arab Emirates, rest of the Middle East, and internationally.

Associated British Foods

Market Cap: UK£15.1b

Engages in the food, ingredients, and retail businesses worldwide.

Quest Diagnostics

Market Cap: US$20.0b

Provides diagnostic testing and services in the United States and internationally.

Bank of Nanjing

Market Cap: CN¥141.1b

Provides various financial products and services in China.

Mora Telematika Indonesia

Market Cap: Rp332.2t

Operates as a telecommunications infrastructure and network provider in Indonesia and Singapore.

United Microelectronics

Market Cap: NT$619.6b

Operates as a semiconductor wafer foundry in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, the United States, Europe, and internationally.

Principal Financial Group

Market Cap: US$19.8b

Provides retirement, asset management, and insurance products and services to businesses, individuals, and institutional clients worldwide.

Coloplast

Market Cap: DKK 126.8b

Engages in the development and sale of intimate healthcare products and services in Denmark, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and internationally.

GigaDevice Semiconductor

Market Cap: CN¥139.5b

Engages in the research, development, technical support, and sale of memory, microcontrollers, and sensors.

Tyson Foods

Market Cap: US$19.7b

Operates as a food company worldwide.

Cellnex Telecom

Market Cap: €16.8b

Engages in the management of terrestrial telecommunications infrastructures in Austria, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Heineken Holding

Market Cap: €16.8b

Engages in brewing and selling beer and cider in the Netherlands and internationally.

Telefônica Brasil

Market Cap: R$107.0b

Operates as a mobile telecommunications company in Brazil.

LONGi Green Energy Technology

Market Cap: CN¥137.6b

Manufactures and sells photovoltaic products in China, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and the United States.

Coles Group

Market Cap: AU$29.3b

Operates as a retailer in Australia.

Bank of Shanghai

Market Cap: CN¥137.3b

Provides various banking products and services in China.

Hua Hong Semiconductor

Market Cap: HK$151.1b

An investment holding company, engages in the manufacture and sale of semiconductor products in China, North America, Asia, Europe, and Japan.

NN Group

Market Cap: €16.7b

A financial services company, provides life and non-life insurance products in Netherlands and internationally.

Montage Technology

Market Cap: CN¥136.7b

An integrated circuit (IC) design company, provides IC-based solutions for cloud computing and data center markets in the People’s Republic of China.

Coca-Cola FEMSA. de

Market Cap: US$19.3b

A franchise bottler, produces, markets, sells, and distributes Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Mega Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$603.0b

Provides various financial services in Taiwan.

Telenor

Market Cap: NOK 195.7b

Operates as a telecommunication company worldwide.

QBE Insurance Group

Market Cap: AU$29.0b

Engages in underwriting general insurance and reinsurance risks in the Australia Pacific, North America, and internationally.

Gulf Development

Market Cap: ฿608.8b

Generates and sells electricity and steam to public and private clients in Thailand and internationally.

Banco de Sabadell

Market Cap: €16.4b

Provides banking products and services to personal, business, and private customers in Spain and internationally.