Technology
United Microelectronics Corporation(UMC)
Data coverage status ยท 5 need attention
Quote through 2026-08-05T13:30:00Z ยท Stale
Quote synced 2026-08-05T13:33:38.008189Z
Daily bars through 2026-08-04 ยท Delayed
Daily bars synced 2026-08-05T13:04:26.724184Z
Fundamentals through 2026-05-04 ยท Current
Fundamentals synced 2026-08-05T20:38:17.064083Z
Forecasts: Stale
Forecasts synced 2026-05-02T20:33:42.403972Z
Ownership: Missing
Ownership synced 2026-08-05T20:38:17.064083Z
Short interest: Missing
Short interest synced 2026-08-05T20:38:17.064083Z
News through 2026-05-14T02:00:00Z ยท Stale
News synced 2026-05-14T06:19:03.783327Z
Company profile: Delayed
Company profile synced 2026-05-05T22:48:34.083572Z
Regular-session price
Offline$19.70
-4.51% regular session
1Y Change
+202.94%
Window
Aug 5, 2025 โ Aug 4, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.02T
- P/E
- 20.2
- Trailing
- 52W Range
- $6.56 - $28.96
- Volume
- 62.14K
- 0.0x RVOL
Investment Snapshot
Valuation, growth, profitability, catalysts, and benchmark context.
1D
-4.5%
1M
-20.1%
6M
+107.3%
YTD
+163.1%
1Y
+202.9%
- Market Cap
- $1.02T
- NYSE
- P/E
- 20.2
- Trailing valuation
- Revenue Growth
- +2.3%
- TTM growth
- EPS Growth
- -12.1%
- TTM earnings growth
- Operating Margin
- 18.0%
- TTM profitability
- Forward P/E
- โ
- Waiting on consensus EPS
- Next Earnings
- Aug 29, 2026
- In 24 days
- 52W Position
- 59%
- $6.56 - $28.96
- Volume
- 0.0x
- 62.14K shares latest
- Benchmark
- +180.11 pts
- vs SPY over 1Y
- Dividend
- 3.5%
- Last ex-date Jun 24, 2025
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Aug 5, 2025 โ Aug 4, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is a Technology stock with listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $19.70 and up 202.9% across the available one-year price window (Aug 5, 2025 โ Aug 4, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.3%, EPS growth of -12.1%, a dividend yield of 3.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.3%, EPS -12.1%, free cash flow +883.5% with operating margin 18.0% and ROIC 7.3%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.5%. Valuation sits in the middle of the pack at P/E 20.2 and price/sales 4.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines UMC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+2.3% vs +11.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+18.0% vs +27.8% peer median
P/E
Near sector median
20.2 vs 19.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
Q2 2026 was reported on May 29, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +24.3%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +2.3% and EPS is at -12.1%, with operating margin around 18.0%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Aug 29, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Delta | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2 2026 May 29, 2026 | +24.3% | +3.2% | -11.2% | +21.0% |
Q1 2026 Mar 27, 2026 | +74.3% | -2.9% | -2.0% | +31.8% |
Q4 2025 Nov 26, 2025 | -210.7% | +1.8% | +7.4% | +9.4% |
Benchmark Edge
UMC vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
Mixed setup vs SPY
UMC is 180.11 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.
UMC had 29.78 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
UMC beat SPY in 2 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 0.
UMC
+202.94%
Normalized return
SPY
+22.83%
S&P 500
Excess Return
+180.11 pts
Relative to SPY
UMC Max Drawdown
-38.91%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for UMC and SPY.
| Year | UMC | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +163.14% | +12.64% | +150.49 pts | UMC |
| 2025 | +16.89% | +9.40% | +7.49 pts | UMC |
Company Overview
United Microelectronics Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
United Microelectronics Corporation operates as a semiconductor wafer foundry in Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Japan, the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company provides circuit design, mask tooling, wafer fabrication, and assembly and testing services. It serves fabless design companies and integrated device manufacturers. United Microelectronics Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
- Leadership
- Jason S. Wang
- IPO Date
- Sep 19, 2000
- Employees
- 20.0k
- Street Address
- Hsinchu Science Park
- Mailing
- Hsinchu City, 30078
- Region
- Hsinchu City, TW
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 886 3 578 2258
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
Statistics & Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 20.2
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.2
- Price/Sales
- 4.2
- Price/Book
- 2.5
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.3%
- EPS
- -12.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- +883.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 29.6%
- Operating Margin
- 18.0%
- Net Margin
- 20.8%
- ROE
- 13.5%
- ROIC
- 7.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.14
- Current Ratio
- 2.72
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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