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Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Market Cap: €35.5b

Provides various banking products and services in Italy and internationally.

Disco

Market Cap: JP¥6.6t

Manufactures and sells precision cutting, grinding, and polishing machines in Japan and internationally.

Power Corporation of Canada

Market Cap: CA$57.3b

An international management and holding company, provides financial services in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Daiichi Life Group

Market Cap: JP¥6.6t

Through its subsidiaries, provides insurance products in Japan, the United States, and internationally.

Swisscom

Market Cap: CHF 33.2b

Provides telecommunication services in Switzerland, Italy, and internationally.

Japan Post Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥6.6t

Provides postal, banking, and insurance services in Japan.

GigaDevice Semiconductor

Market Cap: CN¥276.1b

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

Axis Bank

Market Cap: ₹3.9t

Provides various financial products and services in India and internationally.

PG&E

Market Cap: US$40.4b

Through its subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, engages in the sale and delivery of electricity and natural gas to customers in northern and central California, the United States.

Samsung Life Insurance

Market Cap: ₩55.6t

Engages in the life insurance business to corporate and individual customers in South Korea and internationally.

ACWA Power

Market Cap: ر.س150.6b

Engages in the investment, development, operation, and maintenance of power generation, water desalination, and green hydrogen production plants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

Veeva Systems

Market Cap: US$40.1b

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

Sysco

Market Cap: US$40.0b

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale, marketing, and distribution of food and related products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments, and other foodservice customers.

American International Group

Market Cap: US$39.9b

Provides insurance products for commercial, institutional, and individual customers in North America and internationally.

Microchip Technology

Market Cap: US$39.9b

Develops, manufactures, and sells smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Rocket Companies

Market Cap: US$39.9b

A fintech company, engages in the mortgage, real estate, and personal finance businesses in the United States and Canada.

OTP Bank Nyrt

Market Cap: Ft12.3t

Provides various commercial banking services.

Consolidated Edison

Market Cap: US$39.6b

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the regulated electric, gas, and steam delivery businesses in the United States.

SSE

Market Cap: UK£29.1b

Engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity.

Tesco

Market Cap: UK£29.0b

Operates as a grocery retailer in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.

MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai)

Market Cap: CN¥262.9b

MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

ABN AMRO Bank

Market Cap: €33.3b

Provides various banking products and financial services to retail, private, and corporate banking clients in the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the United States, Asia, and internationally.

Renesas Electronics

Market Cap: JP¥6.2t

Engages in the design, research, development, manufacturing, sale, and service of semiconductors in Japan, China, rest of Asia, Europe, North America, and internationally.

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski Spólka Akcyjna

Market Cap: zł141.9b

Provides various banking products and services in Poland and internationally.

Sompo Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥6.1t

Provides property and casualty (P&C) insurance products and services in Japan and internationally.

Archer-Daniels-Midland

Market Cap: US$38.2b

Provides human and animal nutrition ingredients and solutions in the United States, Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

Fomento Económico Mexicano. de

Market Cap: Mex$643.7b

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

Martin Marietta Materials

Market Cap: US$37.8b

A natural resource-based building materials company, supplies aggregates and heavy-side building materials to the construction industry in the United States and internationally.

Hartford Insurance Group

Market Cap: US$37.6b

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

Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M

Market Cap: ₪111.9b

Provides banking and financial services for households, small and medium enterprises, and corporations in Israel, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

Hershey

Market Cap: US$37.6b

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

Vodafone Group

Market Cap: UK£27.2b

Provides telecommunication services in Germany, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Turkey, and South Africa.

Talanx

Market Cap: €31.6b

Provides insurance and reinsurance products and services worldwide.

Moore Threads Technology

Market Cap: CN¥247.5b

Engages in the development of GPU chips and related products.

Shinhan Financial Group

Market Cap: ₩51.0t

Provides financial products and services in South Korea, Vietnam, and Japan.

Montage Technology

Market Cap: CN¥245.3b

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