AMD vs ARM vs UMC Stock Comparison

Advanced Micro Devices, Arm Holdings and United Microelectronics Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc
$560.26 -11.2% 1M +115.8% 1Y
Market cap
$929.41B
P/E
144.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$41.31B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
3 wins
ARM Arm Holdings Plc /Uk
$226.60 -27.0% 1M +26.9% 1Y
Market cap
$245.96B
P/E
235.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
1 win
UMC United Microelectronics Corp
$19.47 -19.9% 1M +157.2% 1Y
Market cap
$45.97B
P/E
17.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.76B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

United Microelectronics leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (United Microelectronics 7, Advanced Micro Devices 3, Arm Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMDARMUMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $929.41B $245.96B $45.97B AMD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 144.5x 235.6x 17.5x UMC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 75.9x 109.5x 17.7x UMC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +39.5% +25.1% +85.6% UMC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.6% 20.2% 19.1% ARM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.0% — 10.6% UMC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x — -0.9x AMD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +115.8% +26.9% +157.2% UMC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +35.9%/yr — +13.0%/yr AMD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.4% 78.9% 64.4% UMC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 62/100 72/100 UMC

Percentile Scorecard

AMDARMUMC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMDARMUMC
Valuation 28 #68 of 94 8 #87 of 94 83 #17 of 94
Growth 96 #5 of 92 88 #12 of 92 56 #41 of 92
Profitability 66 #31 of 90 78 #21 of 90 73 #25 of 90
Financial Health 67 #33 of 99 77 #24 of 99 55 #45 of 99
Shareholder Returns 40 #44 of 73 – 93 #6 of 73
Overall 60 62 72
  • AMD ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • ARM ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • UMC ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMDARMUMCSPY
1 month -11.2%-27.0%-19.9% -0.2%
3 months +23.2%-7.4%+12.1% +3.9%
6 months +73.3%+14.1%+67.0% +8.2%
Year to date +161.6%+107.3%+147.7% +12.9%
1 year +115.8%+26.9%+157.2% +12.3%
3 years +481.0%+361.6%+175.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year +79.8%+66.6%+40.2% +23.3%
5 years +362.4%—+83.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year +35.9%—+13.0% +10.9%
10 years +7,779.9%—+958.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year +54.8%—+26.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMDARMUMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.4%78.9%64.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.6%71.2%56.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.223.461.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.690.342.44 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.4%-54.0%-57.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.7%-48.4%-30.5% -1.2%
52-week high $649.42$439.46$28.01 $779.14
52-week low $190.95$104.55$7.02 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMDARMUMC
P/E now vs peer median 142.1xmedian 45.6x 230.3xmedian 45.6x 18.1xmedian 45.6x
P/S now vs peer median 22.1xmedian 7.7x 46.6xmedian 7.7x 3.6xmedian 7.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 95.1xmedian 29.0x 204.3xmedian 29.0x 13.0xmedian 29.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 109.3xmedian 40.6x 119.5xmedian 40.6x 24.8xmedian 40.6x
P/B now vs peer median 13.6xmedian 4.6x 27.9xmedian 4.6x 3.5xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.27median 2.28 6.49median 2.28 26.42median 2.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMDARMUMC
Revenue $41.31B $5.16B $13.76B
Gross profit $21.98B $5.03B $2.47B
Operating income $6.49B $877.00M $1.60B
Net income $6.43B $1.04B $2.62B
Free cash flow $8.37B $2.01B $1.98B
R&D $9.39B $2.96B $609.13M
EPS (diluted) $3.88 $0.98 $1.07
Cash & equivalents $5.09B $3.06B $3.91B
Total debt $12.89B – $4.90B
Shares (diluted) 1.66B 1.07B 2.47B
Enterprise value $886.15B $231.67B $31.22B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMDARMUMC
P/E 142.1x 230.3x 18.1x
P/FCF 109.3x 119.5x 24.8x
P/Operating cash flow 90.7x 114.8x 13.9x
P/S 22.1x 46.6x 3.6x
P/B 13.6x 27.9x 3.5x
P/Tangible book 17.7x 28.6x 3.5x
EV/EBITDA 95.1x 204.3x 13.0x
EV/EBIT 139.4x 269.7x 28.7x
EV/Revenue 21.9x 45.9x 3.3x
EV/FCF 108.1x 117.6x 23.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 89.7x 113.0x 13.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.27 6.49 26.42

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMDARMUMC
Revenue growth (1Y) 39.5% 25.1% 85.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 23.6% 24.7% 18.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 55.9% 25.6% 11.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 32.0% 25.4% -10.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 186.2% 14.9% 9.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 167.6% 21.6% -16.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 127.0% 49.4% 104.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 537.7% 37.2% -0.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 123.1% 48.7% 116.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 533.6% 35.5% 0.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 106.7% 105.5% 17.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.4% 34.7% -3.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 106.9% 121.8% 447.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 64.9% 33.3% -7.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMDARMUMC
Gross margin 53.2% 97.5% 18.0%
EBITDA margin 23.0% 22.5% 25.6%
Operating margin 15.7% 17.0% 11.6%
Pretax margin 18.3% 24.5% 30.3%
Net margin 15.6% 20.2% 19.1%
FCF margin 20.3% 39.0% 14.4%
Operating cash flow margin 24.4% 40.6% 25.6%
Return on equity 9.8% 16.3% 19.7%
Return on assets 7.8% 12.6% 13.2%
Return on invested capital 8.0% – 10.6%
Return on capital employed 9.3% 9.0% 9.7%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 2.0x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 4.6% 22.4% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMDARMUMC
Debt / assets 3.8% – 3.5%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x – -0.9x
Debt / FCF 0.4x – 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 20.4% 22.9% 33.3%
Equity / assets 79.6% 77.1% 66.7%
Interest coverage 44.1x – 30.3x
Current ratio 2.6x 5.3x 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.7x 4.9x 1.6x
Cash ratio 1.1x 3.2x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 32.94 58.08 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMDARMUMC
Dividend yield – – 2.1%
Net buyback yield 0.0% – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% – 2.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMDARMUMC
Forward P/E 75.9xFY2026 109.5xFY2026 17.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.38FY2026 $2.07FY2026 $1.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +77.0%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026 +107.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +112.7% +49.8% -2.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $53.09BFY2026 $5.71BFY2026 $8.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +53.3%FY2026 +16.0%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +60.7% +38.7% +24.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMDARMUMC
Held by institutions 72.5% 9.3% 7.1%
Institutions holding 3,992 955 362
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.7% +12.4% +3.2%
Institutions buying 2,270 593 220
Institutions selling 1,457 257 109
Buyers to sellers 1.56 2.31 2.02

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMDARMUMC
AMD 1.00 0.65 0.48
ARM 0.65 1.00 0.46
UMC 0.48 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMD, ARM and UMC?

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) $929.41B, Arm Holdings (ARM) $245.96B, United Microelectronics (UMC) $45.97B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMD, ARM and UMC?

United Microelectronics (UMC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 144.5x, Arm Holdings (ARM) 235.6x, United Microelectronics (UMC) 17.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, United Microelectronics (UMC) is cheapest (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 75.9x, Arm Holdings (ARM) 109.5x, United Microelectronics (UMC) 17.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

United Microelectronics (UMC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +39.5%, Arm Holdings (ARM) +25.1%, United Microelectronics (UMC) +85.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arm Holdings (ARM) has the highest net margin (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 15.6%, Arm Holdings (ARM) 20.2%, United Microelectronics (UMC) 19.1%). On return on invested capital, United Microelectronics (UMC) leads (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 8.0%, United Microelectronics (UMC) 10.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year United Microelectronics (UMC) returned the most: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +115.8%, Arm Holdings (ARM) +26.9%, United Microelectronics (UMC) +157.2%. Over five years, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) compounded fastest (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +35.9%/yr, United Microelectronics (UMC) +13.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, United Microelectronics (UMC) has been the steadiest (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 68.4%, Arm Holdings (ARM) 78.9%, United Microelectronics (UMC) 64.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMD, ARM and UMC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, United Microelectronics (UMC) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.