United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) Stock

About United Microelectronics Corporation

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) operates as a specialized semiconductor wafer foundry, extending its services globally with operations across Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan, the United States, and Europe. The company offers a comprehensive range of solutions, from initial circuit blueprinting and mask generation to wafer manufacturing, final assembly, and rigorous testing. UMC's customer base consists of both integrated device manufacturers and companies focused solely on chip design. This corporation, founded in 1980, has its primary headquarters situated in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

United Microelectronics Corporation is led by CEO Jason S. Wang, employs 20,000 people, headquartered in Hsinchu City, TW, publicly traded since 2000.

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) stock trades at $17.36 with a market capitalization of $43.30B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 0.15, price-to-book of 0.08, price-to-sales of 5.80. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $6.56 and $28.65, and currently trades 39.4% below its 52-week high.

On profitability, United Microelectronics Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 10.98%, return on capital employed of 11.57%, an operating margin of 18.50%, a net profit margin of 20.82%.

In its most recent fiscal year, United Microelectronics Corporation reported annual revenue of $237.6B, net profit of $41.7B, revenue has compounded at 6.1% a year over the last five years, profit at 12.8% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 2.30, total assets of $579.0B, $110.7B in cash and equivalents.

UMC has an average daily trading volume of 15,788,359.9 shares, a beta of 1.59 (more volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.umc.com