United Microelectronics Corporation (NEW) (UMC) Stock

About United Microelectronics Corporation (NEW)

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

United Microelectronics Corporation (NEW) (UMC) stock trades at $22.82 with a market capitalization of $56.92B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.39, price-to-book of 4.40, price-to-sales of 7.83. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $6.97 and $28.96, and currently trades 21.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.62%.

On profitability, United Microelectronics Corporation (NEW) generates a return on equity (ROE) of 20.98% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 8.48%, an operating margin of 18.50%, a net profit margin of 33.29%.

In its most recent fiscal year, United Microelectronics Corporation (NEW) reported annual revenue of $237.6B, net profit of $40.4B, revenue has compounded at 6.1% a year over the last five years, profit at 12.0% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12 — 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 a beta of 1.55 (more volatile than the overall market).