United Microelectronics (UMC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

United Microelectronics Corp. (NYSE:UMC) is a Taiwan-based semiconductor foundry that manufactures integrated circuits for other companies. As a pure-play foundry, UMC focuses on producing chips designed by customers rather than marketing its own branded semiconductor products.

The company provides wafer fabrication services across a range of process technologies, with particular expertise in specialty applications such as display driver ICs, automotive semiconductors, connectivity products, image sensors, power management components and embedded memory. UMC operates both 12-inch and 8-inch wafer fabrication facilities and supports customers through services including design enablement, process development and wafer manufacturing.

Founded in 1980, UMC has expanded from its Taiwan roots into an international manufacturing network. Its operations and customer support activities serve semiconductor companies in major technology markets worldwide, including Asia, North America and Europe, with manufacturing capabilities in Taiwan, Singapore and mainland China. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange and its American depositary shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $18.31 to $19.17
• 50-Day Range: $17.97 to $26.29
• 52-Week Range: $6.97 to $28.96
• Volume: 17.60 million shs
• Average Volume: 10.50 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $46.65 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.32
• Dividend Yield: 1.67%
• Price Target: $36.79
• Consensus Rating: Hold

United Microelectronics Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

United Microelectronics scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 72nd out of 590 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

United Microelectronics has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

United Microelectronics has a consensus price target of $36.79, representing about 98.5% upside from its current price of $18.53.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

United Microelectronics has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -10.57%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for United Microelectronics are expected to decrease by -10.57% in the coming year, from $1.23 to $1.10 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of United Microelectronics is 18.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of United Microelectronics is 18.52, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 63.14.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

United Microelectronics has a PEG Ratio of 0.47. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

United Microelectronics has a P/B Ratio of 4.00. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.20% of the float of United Microelectronics has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

United Microelectronics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.39, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in United Microelectronics has recently decreased by 27.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

United Microelectronics pays a meaningful dividend of 1.55%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

United Microelectronics does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of United Microelectronics is 28.97%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, United Microelectronics will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.18% next year. This indicates that United Microelectronics will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.27

News Sentiment

United Microelectronics has a news sentiment score of 0.27. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for United Microelectronics this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 14 people have searched for UMC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -46% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added United Microelectronics to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 350% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, United Microelectronics insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.00% of the stock of United Microelectronics is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

5.05% of the stock of United Microelectronics is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/30/2026
• Record date for 8/6 Dividend: 7/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/6 Dividend: 7/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/23/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
• Sub-Industry: Semiconductors
• Current Symbol: NYSE:UMC
• CIK: 1033767
• Web: www.umc.com
• Phone: (863) 578-2258
• Fax: 886-3577-9392
• Employees: 19,097
• Year Founded: 1980

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for United Microelectronics: $36.79
• High Price Target: $68.00
• Low Price Target: $8.60
• Potential Upside/Downside: +98.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.07
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.32
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.06
• P/E Growth: 0.47
• Net Income: $1.29 billion
• Net Margins: 33.18%
• Pretax Margin: 35.90%
• Return on Equity: 21.00%
• Return on Assets: 13.87%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.10
• Current Ratio: 2.17
• Quick Ratio: 1.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.57 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.17
• Cash Flow: $1.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.74
• Book Value: $4.63 per share
• Price / Book: 4.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,517,630,000
• Free Float: 2,316,221,000
• Market Cap: $46.65 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.60