UMC vs. NXPI, LHX, VRT, UI, ALAB, ERIC, STM, NOK, HUBB, and CLS
Should you be buying United Microelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Microelectronics include NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Vertiv (VRT), Ubiquiti (UI), Astera Labs (ALAB), Ericsson (ERIC), STMicroelectronics (STM), Nokia (NOK), Hubbell (HUBB), and Celestica (CLS). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
United Microelectronics vs. Its Competitors
United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) and NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NXP Semiconductors has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
5.1% of United Microelectronics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of NXP Semiconductors shares are owned 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.
NXP Semiconductors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than United Microelectronics. United Microelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NXP Semiconductors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NXP Semiconductors had 11 more articles in the media than United Microelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for NXP Semiconductors and 5 mentions for United Microelectronics. NXP Semiconductors' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat United Microelectronics' score of 1.62 indicating that NXP Semiconductors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United Microelectronics presently has a consensus target price of $7.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.47%. NXP Semiconductors has a consensus target price of $256.05, indicating a potential upside of 17.02%. Given NXP Semiconductors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NXP Semiconductors is more favorable than United Microelectronics.
NXP Semiconductors has a net margin of 17.72% compared to United Microelectronics' net margin of 16.71%. NXP Semiconductors' return on equity of 27.99% beat United Microelectronics' return on equity.
United Microelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. NXP Semiconductors pays an annual dividend of $4.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. NXP Semiconductors pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
NXP Semiconductors beats United Microelectronics on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UMC) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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