United Microelectronic
About: Founded in 1980, United Microelectronics is the world's third-largest dedicated chip foundry, with 5% market share in 2024 after TSMC and SMIC. UMC's headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and it operates 12 fabs in Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan and Singapore, with additional sales offices in Europe, the us, and South Korea. UMC features a diverse customer base that includes Texas Instruments, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Xilinx, and Realtek, supplying a wide range of products applied in communications, display, memory, automotive and more. UMC employs about 20,000 people.
Employees: 19,016
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
55% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 102 | Existing positions reduced: 66
14% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $11.8M | Put options by funds: $10.4M
6% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.04B [Q4 2024] → $1.1B (+$63.5M) [Q1 2025]
0.04% less ownership
Funds ownership: 1.28% [Q4 2024] → 1.23% (-0.04%) [Q1 2025]
8% less funds holding
Funds holding: 251 [Q4 2024] → 231 (-20) [Q1 2025]
36% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 29 | Existing positions closed: 45
100% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q4 2024] → 0 (-2) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
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Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about UMC published over the past 30 days
