South African Utilities Defensive Blue Chips

Intact Financial

Market Cap: CA$49.9b

Through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance products to individuals and businesses in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

OTP Bank Nyrt

Market Cap: Ft10.9t

Provides various commercial banking services.

Chunghwa Telecom

Market Cap: NT$1.1t

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

Hartford Insurance Group

Market Cap: US$35.4b

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

Federal National Mortgage Association

Market Cap: US$35.4b

Provides financing solutions for residential mortgages in the United States.

Vulcan Materials

Market Cap: US$35.4b

Produces and supplies construction aggregates in the United States.

Heidelberg Materials

Market Cap: €30.5b

Produces and distributes cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, and asphalt worldwide.

KB Financial Group

Market Cap: ₩53.7t

Provides various banking and related financial services to consumers and corporations in South Korea, the United States, New Zealand, China, Cambodia, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and internationally.

Vodafone Group

Market Cap: UK£26.2b

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

Huadian New Energy Group

Market Cap: CN¥237.4b

Engages in the power generation business in China.

Sompo Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥5.5t

Provides property and casualty insurance services in Japan and internationally.

Huntington Bancshares

Market Cap: US$34.1b

Operates as the bank holding company for The Huntington National Bank that provides commercial, consumer, and mortgage banking services.

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski Spólka Akcyjna

Market Cap: zł124.8b

Provides various banking products and services in Poland and internationally.

AST SpaceMobile

Market Cap: US$33.9b

Designs and develops the constellation of BlueBird satellites in the United States.

Casey's General Stores

Market Cap: US$33.8b

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

Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M

Market Cap: ₪98.8b

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

UltraTech Cement

Market Cap: ₹3.2t

Engages in the manufacture and sale of clinker, cement, ready mix concrete, and related products in India, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sri Lanka.

Nanya Technology

Market Cap: NT$1.1t

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

Martin Marietta Materials

Market Cap: US$33.2b

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

M&T Bank

Market Cap: US$32.8b

Operates as a bank holding company for Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association that provides retail and commercial banking products and services in the United States.

Advanced Info Service

Market Cap: ฿1.1t

Operates as a telecommunications company primarily in Thailand.

Ping An Bank

Market Cap: CN¥219.3b

Provides commercial banking products and services for individual and corporate customers, government agencies, institutions, and other small businesses in China and internationally.

Ørsted

Market Cap: DKK 208.8b

Owns, develops, constructs, and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, and energy storage and combined heat and power (CHP) plants.

Alcon

Market Cap: CHF 25.7b

Researches, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells eye care products worldwide.

Centene

Market Cap: US$32.3b

Operates as a managed care company that provides programs and services to under-insured families, and commercial organizations in the United States.

Hannover Rück

Market Cap: €27.9b

Provides reinsurance products and services in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia, Africa, and internationally.

CEZ a. s

Market Cap: Kč669.4b

Engages in the generation, distribution, trade, and sale of electricity, heat, thermal energy and other commodities in Central Europe.

Bank of Ningbo

Market Cap: CN¥216.9b

Provides various personal and business banking products and services in the People's Republic of China.

Bank of Jiangsu

Market Cap: CN¥216.2b

Provides various banking products and services in China.

Prudential

Market Cap: UK£23.8b

Through its subsidiaries, provides life and health insurance, and asset management solutions to individuals in Asia and Africa.

Arch Capital Group

Market Cap: US$31.8b

Provides insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage insurance products in the United States, Canada, Bermuda, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia.

Malayan Banking Berhad

Market Cap: RM 128.9b

Provides commercial banking and related financial products and services.

ABN AMRO Bank

Market Cap: €27.4b

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.

Naturgy Energy Group

Market Cap: €27.4b

Engages in the supply, liquefaction, regasification, transport, storage, distribution, and sale of gas.

Capitec Bank Holdings

Market Cap: R509.4b

Through its subsidiaries, provides various banking products and services in South Africa.

Standard Bank Group

Market Cap: R507.0b

Provides financial products and services in South Africa and internationally.