Taiwanese Defensive Blue Chips

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Market Cap: NT$58.5t

Manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices in Taiwan, China, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, the United States, and internationally.

MediaTek

Market Cap: NT$6.2t

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

ASE Technology Holding

Market Cap: NT$2.5t

Provides semiconductor manufacturing services in the United States, Taiwan, rest of Asia, Europe, and internationally.

United Microelectronics

Market Cap: NT$1.4t

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

Hon. Precision

Market Cap: NT$1.4t

Engages in the manufacture and sale of machinery and related components, automatic control equipment engineering, and machinery installations in Taiwan.

Fubon Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$1.3t

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

Cathay Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$1.2t

Through its subsidiaries, provides various financial products and services in Taiwan, rest of Asia, and internationally.

Chunghwa Telecom

Market Cap: NT$1.1t

Operates as an integrated telecommunications service provider in Taiwan and internationally.

Nanya Technology

Market Cap: NT$962.1b

Research, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor products in Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, China, the United States, Thailand, Germany, Singapore, Poland and internationally.

Global Unichip

Market Cap: NT$688.8b

Engages in the research and development, production, testing, and sale of embedded memory and logic components, analog components, cell libraries, and EDA tools for various IC applications.

ASPEED Technology

Market Cap: NT$672.1b

Operates as a fabless integrated circuit (IC) design company in Taiwan, China, the United States, and internationally.

Mega Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$591.9b

Provides various financial services in Taiwan.

TS Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$591.8b

Provides various financial products and services.

MPI

Market Cap: NT$591.3b

Manufactures, processes, maintains, imports/exports, and trades in semi-conductor production process and testing equipment in Taiwan, China, Singapore, Korea, the United States, and internationally.

Winbond Electronics

Market Cap: NT$562.5b

Engages in the research, development, production and sales of integrated circuits, various semiconductor components and other system products.

Phison Electronics

Market Cap: NT$537.2b

Designs, manufactures, and sells flash memory controllers and peripheral system applications in Asia, the United States, Europe, Australia, and internationally.

Jentech Precision Industrial

Market Cap: NT$537.0b

Manufactures, processes, and trades in precision tooling, and electronic parts and components in Taiwan and China.

E.SUN Financial Holding Company

Market Cap: NT$506.2b

Offers various financial banking products and services in Taiwan.

Hua Nan Financial Holdings

Market Cap: NT$444.6b

Provides financial services in Taiwan and internationally.

SinoPac Financial Holdings

Market Cap: NT$421.7b

Through its subsidiaries, provides banking services worldwide.

Uni-President Enterprises

Market Cap: NT$406.3b

Engages in the manufacture and sale of beverages and instant noodles in Taiwan, China, and Southeast Asia.

Alchip Technologies

Market Cap: NT$399.1b

Engages in the research, design, development, and manufacturing of application specific integrated circuits and system on a chip in the United States, China, Japan, Taiwan, and internationally.

First Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$396.2b

Provides various financial products and services in Asia, North America, Oceania, and Europe.

KGI Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$368.4b

Operates as a financial company in Taiwan and internationally.

King Yuan Electronics

Market Cap: NT$361.9b

Designs, manufactures, sells, tests, and assembles integrated circuits.

Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$356.0b

Provides banking, insurance, securities, bills finance, investment trust, asset management, and capital management services in Taiwan.

Far EasTone Telecommunications

Market Cap: NT$344.5b

Provides mobile telecommunications services in Taiwan and internationally.

GlobalWafers

Market Cap: NT$342.8b

Researches, develops, designs, manufactures and sells semiconductor ingots/wafers in Taiwan and internationally.

Taiwan Mobile

Market Cap: NT$339.4b

Provides telecommunications, broadband, retail, digital, and financial services in Taiwan and internationally.