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UMC vs. VRT, NXPI, LHX, UI, ALAB, ERIC, CLS, COMS, NOK, and STM

Should you be buying United Microelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Microelectronics include Vertiv (VRT), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Ubiquiti (UI), Astera Labs (ALAB), Ericsson (ERIC), Celestica (CLS), COMSovereign (COMS), Nokia (NOK), and STMicroelectronics (STM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

United Microelectronics vs. Its Competitors

Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) and United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Vertiv currently has a consensus target price of $157.90, indicating a potential downside of 12.44%. United Microelectronics has a consensus target price of $7.40, indicating a potential downside of 0.34%. Given United Microelectronics' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Microelectronics is more favorable than Vertiv.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vertiv
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
United Microelectronics
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

United Microelectronics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vertiv. United Microelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vertiv$8.01B8.60$495.80M$2.0986.28
United Microelectronics$7.09B2.63$1.49B$0.4915.15

In the previous week, Vertiv had 54 more articles in the media than United Microelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Vertiv and 0 mentions for United Microelectronics. Vertiv's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat United Microelectronics' score of 0.62 indicating that Vertiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vertiv Positive
United Microelectronics Positive

Vertiv has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

89.9% of Vertiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of United Microelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Vertiv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

United Microelectronics has a net margin of 16.71% compared to Vertiv's net margin of 8.93%. Vertiv's return on equity of 51.64% beat United Microelectronics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vertiv8.93% 51.64% 13.69%
United Microelectronics 16.71%11.05%7.15%

Vertiv pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. United Microelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Vertiv pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Microelectronics pays out 75.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vertiv has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Vertiv beats United Microelectronics on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UMC vs. The Competition

MetricUnited MicroelectronicsELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.65B$47.27B$32.74B$21.91B
Dividend Yield4.87%2.15%3.20%3.64%
P/E Ratio15.15712.91490.3630.11
Price / Sales2.6364.631,834.5665.32
Price / Cash6.66103.6737.7723.91
Price / Book1.676.737.754.70
Net Income$1.49B$551.26M$820.59M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.66%4.20%0.17%-0.44%
1 Month Performance8.39%33.60%7.13%1.45%
1 Year Performance-6.60%75.73%23,940.00%15.02%

United Microelectronics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UMC
United Microelectronics
1.9875 of 5 stars
$7.43
+0.3%
$7.40
-0.3%
-9.7%$18.65B$7.09B15.1519,016News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
VRT
Vertiv
3.7638 of 5 stars
$162.77
+1.6%
$146.45
-10.0%
+55.7%$62.16B$8.01B77.8831,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.9637 of 5 stars
$231.42
+1.1%
$256.05
+10.6%
-11.2%$58.34B$12.12B27.5833,100Positive News
Gap Up
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
4.4239 of 5 stars
$302.99
+1.9%
$279.47
-7.8%
+20.9%$56.69B$21.33B33.8547,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
UI
Ubiquiti
2.8704 of 5 stars
$664.75
+0.4%
$499.67
-24.8%
+211.6%$40.21B$2.57B56.481,667Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ALAB
Astera Labs
2.9533 of 5 stars
$220.81
+10.0%
$159.83
-27.6%
+148.7%$36.70B$396.29M394.30225Gap Up
ERIC
Ericsson
2.4634 of 5 stars
$8.42
flat
$9.80
+16.4%
+30.6%$28.19B$245.86B16.8494,326Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
CLS
Celestica
3.505 of 5 stars
$235.31
+0.7%
$207.38
-11.9%
+292.6%$27.07B$9.65B50.9326,865Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
COMS
COMSovereign
N/A$9,913.80
+1,101,533,410.0%
N/AN/A$26.72B$6.17M0.00140Gap Down
NOK
Nokia
2.8991 of 5 stars
$4.96
+1.2%
$5.52
+11.2%
+24.2%$26.69B$20.80B24.8080,361Analyst Forecast
STM
STMicroelectronics
3.6145 of 5 stars
$28.93
+0.5%
$32.06
+10.8%
-0.1%$25.98B$13.27B41.9349,602

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