United Microelectronics - UMC Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United Microelectronics in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" UMC shares.
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United Microelectronics' stock was trading at $6.53 at the start of the year. Since then, UMC shares have increased by 33.5% and is now trading at $8.72.
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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 quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 16th. The semiconductor company reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 28.08%.

United Microelectronics announced an annual dividend on Friday, June 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.2866 per share on Thursday, July 21st. This represents a dividend yield of 7.1%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 21st. This is a boost 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.

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

United Microelectronics' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 $8.72.

United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) has a market capitalization of $21.77 billion and generates $9.08 billion in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $2.84 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.