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
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Funds holding %
of 7,296 funds
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Analysts bullish %
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 (+$63.5M) [Q1 2025]
0.04% less ownership
Funds ownership: 1.28% [Q4 2024] → 1.23% (-0.04%) [Q1 2025]
8% less funds holding
Funds holding: 251 [Q4 2024] → 231 (-20) [Q1 2025]
36% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 29 | Existing positions closed: 45
100% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q4 2024] → 0 (-2) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for UMC.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about UMC published over the past 30 days
Positive
24/7 Wall Street
1 week ago
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Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
UMC Reports Sales for May 2025
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of May 2025. Revenues for May 2025 Period 2025 2024 Y/Y Change Y/Y (%) May 19,480,057 19,509,486 -29,429 -0.15% Jan.-May 97,793,544 93,882,976 3,910,568 4.17% (*) All figures in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), except for percentages (**) All figures are consolidated Additional information about UMC is available on the web at https://www.um.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) Just Flashed Golden Cross Signal: Do You Buy?
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) reached a significant support level, and could be a good pick for investors from a technical perspective. Recently, UMC's 50-day simple moving average broke out above its 200-day moving average; this is known as a "golden cross.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
UMC Reports Sales for April 2025
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of April 2025. Revenues for April 2025 Period 2025 2024 Y/Y Change Y/Y (%) April 20,454,530 19,741,391 713,139 3.61% Jan.-Apr. 78,313,487 74,373,490 3,939,997 5.30% (*) All figures in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), except for percentages. (**) All figures are consolidated Additional information about UMC is available on the web at https:/.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
UMC Files Form 20-F for 2024 with US Securities and Exchange Commission
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), today filed its 2024 annual report on Form 20-F with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The report is available at https://www.umc.com/en/Download/annual_reports. Shareholders may request a hard copy of the Form 20-F free of charge. Please contact UMC-IR at ir@umc.com. About UMC UMC (NYSE: UMC, TWSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor foundry company. The company provides high-qual.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
UMC Reports First Quarter 2025 Results
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC” or “The Company”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced its consolidated operating results for the first quarter of 2025. First quarter consolidated revenue was NT$57.86 billion, decreasing 4.2% from NT$60.39 billion in 4Q24. Compared to a year ago, 1Q25 revenue increased 5.9%. Consolidated gross margin for 1Q25 was 26.7%. Net income attributable to the shareholders of the pare.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 23, 2025 5:00 AM ET Company Participants David Wong - IR Manager Chitung Liu - CFO Michael Lin - Senior Director of Finance Conference Call Participants Sunny Lin - UBS Laura Chen - Citi Brad Lin - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Charlie Chan - Morgan Stanley Gokul Hariharan - JPMorgan Felix Pan - KGI Jason Zhang - CLSA Frank Lee - HSBC Operator Welcome everyone to UMC's 2025 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent background noise.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 months ago
UMC Reports Sales for March 2025
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), today reported unaudited net sales for the month of March 2025. Revenues for March 2025 Period 2025 2024 Y/Y Change Y/Y (%) March 19,858,647 18,167,134 1,691,513 9.31% Jan.-Mar. 57,858,957 54,632,099 3,226,858 5.91% (*) All figures in thousands of New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), except for percentages (**) All figures are consolidated Additional information about UMC is available on the web at https:.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 months ago
United Microelectronics (UMC) Surges 9.2%: Is This an Indication of Further Gains?
United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its shares surge in the last session with trading volume being higher than average. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions may not translate into further price increase in the near term.
Positive
CNBC
2 months ago
United Microelectronics shares pop more than 10% on report of potential GlobalFoundries deal
U.S. shares of Taiwan-based United Microelectronics popped more than 10% on news that it is looking to potentially merge with GlobalFoundries. Nikkei reported the news, citing sources familiar with the deal.
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