Romanian Consumer Retailing Defensive Blue Chips

Veolia Environnement

Market Cap: €21.0b

Designs and provides water, waste, and energy management solutions.

Cincinnati Financial

Market Cap: US$24.0b

Provides property casualty insurance products in the United States.

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group

Market Cap: CN¥170.6b

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd.

Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings

Market Cap: CN¥170.5b

Engages in the agriculture and food processing businesses in China.

China United Network Communications

Market Cap: CN¥169.8b

Provides telecommunication services in the People’s Republic of China.

DexCom

Market Cap: US$23.6b

A medical device company, focuses on the design, development, and commercialization of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems in the United States and internationally.

Standard Bank Group

Market Cap: R410.8b

Provides financial products and services in South Africa and internationally.

STERIS

Market Cap: US$23.4b

Provides infection prevention products and services worldwide.

BPER Banca

Market Cap: €20.3b

Provides banking products and services for individuals, and businesses and professionals in Italy and internationally.

Banco do Brasil

Market Cap: R$126.0b

Provides banking products and services for individuals, companies, and public sectors in Brazil and internationally.

George Weston

Market Cap: CA$32.6b

Provides food and drug retailing, and financial services in Canada.

Sigma Healthcare

Market Cap: AU$35.7b

Operates as a retail pharmacy franchisor and pharmaceutical wholesale and distributor to community pharmacies primarily in Australia.

Ørsted

Market Cap: DKK 149.4b

Owns, develops, constructs, and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage and renewable hydrogen facilities, and bioenergy plants.

BT Group

Market Cap: UK£17.6b

Provides communications products and services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific.

Constellation Brands

Market Cap: US$22.9b

Produces, imports, markets, and sells beer, wine, and spirits in the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and Italy.

Renesas Electronics

Market Cap: JP¥3.5t

Researches, develops, designs, manufactures, sells, and services semiconductors in Japan, China, rest of Asia, Europe, North America, and internationally.

First Citizens BancShares

Market Cap: US$22.8b

Operates as the holding company for First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company that provides retail and commercial banking services to individuals, businesses, and professionals in the United States and internationally.

BNP Paribas Fortis

Market Cap: €19.8b

Provides various financial services in Belgium, Turkey, Luxembourg, and internationally.

LONGi Green Energy Technology

Market Cap: CN¥161.4b

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

Resona Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥3.4t

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision retail and commercial banking products and services in Japan and internationally.

Insulet

Market Cap: US$22.4b

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

SBI Life Insurance

Market Cap: ₹2.0t

Operates as a private life insurance company in India.

Woolworths Group

Market Cap: AU$34.3b

Operates retail stores in Australia and New Zealand.

Citizens Financial Group

Market Cap: US$21.9b

Operates as the bank holding company that provides retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations, and institutions in the United States.

Dollar General

Market Cap: US$21.8b

A discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States.

Banco BPM

Market Cap: €18.9b

Provides banking and financial products and services to individual, business, and corporate customers in Italy.

CLP Holdings

Market Cap: HK$168.5b

An investment holding company, engages in the generation, retail, transmission, and distribution of electricity in Hong Kong, Mainland China, India, Thailand, Taiwan, and Australia.

Regions Financial

Market Cap: US$21.5b

A financial holding company, provides various banking and related products and services to individual and corporate customers.

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group

Market Cap: CN¥152.5b

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group, Inc.

Labcorp Holdings

Market Cap: US$21.4b

Provides laboratory services.

STMicroelectronics

Market Cap: €18.5b

Designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific.

Coloplast

Market Cap: DKK 137.4b

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¥150.1b

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

Snam

Market Cap: €18.3b

Engages in the operation of natural gas transport and storage infrastructure.

Riyad Bank

Market Cap: ر.س78.8b

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

Fortum Oyj

Market Cap: €18.1b

Engages in the generation and sale of electricity and heat in Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain, France, Germany, Norway, and internationally.