United Microelectronics - UMC Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Microelectronics in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" UMC shares.
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United Microelectronics' stock was trading at $6.53 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UMC stock has increased by 33.1% and is now trading at $8.69.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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United Microelectronics Co. (NYSE:UMC) posted its earnings results on Monday, January, 16th. The semiconductor company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.03. The semiconductor company earned $2.21 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.11 billion. United Microelectronics had a net margin of 31.24% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 27.43%.

United Microelectronics announced an annual dividend on Friday, June 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.2866 per share on Thursday, July 21st. This represents a yield of 7.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 21st. This is a positive change from the stock's previous annual dividend of $0.29.
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17 employees have rated United Microelectronics Chief Executive Officer Shan-Chieh Chien and Jason Wang on Glassdoor.com. Shan-Chieh Chien and Jason Wang has an approval rating of 64% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other United Microelectronics investors own include Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), OPKO Health (OPK), Pfizer (PFE), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Himax Technologies (HIMX) and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS).

United Microelectronics trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UMC."

United Microelectronics' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.46%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.34%), Credit Suisse AG (0.29%), BSN CAPITAL PARTNERS Ltd (0.24%), Morgan Stanley (0.24%) and Two Sigma Investments LP (0.12%).

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One share of UMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.69.

United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) has a market capitalization of $21.70 billion and generates $9.08 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $2.92 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.17 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 19,741 workers across the globe.

United Microelectronics' mailing address is No. 3 Li-Hsin Road II Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu F5, . The official website for the company is www.umc.com. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at (863) 578-2258, via email at ir@umc.com, or via fax at 886-3577-9392.