TSEM vs NXPI vs UMC Stock Comparison

Tower Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductors and United Microelectronics Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TSEM Tower Semiconductor Ltd
$193.52 -14.4% 1M +141.2% 1Y
Market cap
$21.33B
P/E
69.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.71B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
2 wins
NXPI NXP Semiconductors N.V.
$251.69 +6.5% 1M +18.2% 1Y
Market cap
$63.68B
P/E
19.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.80B
Div. yield
0.02%
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
5 wins
UMC United Microelectronics Corp
$18.84 -21.0% 1M +146.9% 1Y
Market cap
$44.33B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.11B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

NXP Semiconductors leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (NXP Semiconductors 5, United Microelectronics 4, Tower Semiconductor 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTSEMNXPIUMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.33B $63.68B $44.33B NXPI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 69.2x 19.7x 16.8x UMC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 51.6x 16.1x 17.1x NXPI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.9% +14.6% +87.7% UMC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.0% 23.4% 18.7% NXPI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.7% 15.8% 11.6% NXPI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.2x 1.3x -1.0x TSEM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +141.2% +18.2% +146.9% UMC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +43.5%/yr +4.6%/yr +12.9%/yr TSEM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 83.5% 47.7% 64.5% NXPI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 72/100 61/100 80/100 UMC

Percentile Scorecard

TSEMNXPIUMC

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

AxisTSEMNXPIUMC
Valuation 60 #38 of 94 82 #18 of 94 93 #8 of 94
Growth 70 #28 of 92 64 #34 of 92 79 #20 of 92
Profitability 75 #23 of 90 84 #15 of 90 73 #25 of 90
Financial Health 82 #19 of 99 8 #91 of 99 66 #34 of 99
Shareholder Returns – 69 #23 of 73 89 #9 of 73
Overall 72 61 80
  • TSEM ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • NXPI 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

PeriodTSEMNXPIUMCSPY
1 month -14.4%+6.5%-21.0% +0.9%
3 months +3.0%+4.4%+10.1% +5.9%
6 months -2.8%-13.0%+47.8% +8.5%
Year to date +64.8%+16.0%+139.7% +13.3%
1 year +141.2%+18.2%+146.9% +12.4%
3 years +733.4%+40.5%+166.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year +102.8%+12.0%+38.7% +23.5%
5 years +507.2%+25.3%+83.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year +43.5%+4.6%+12.9% +11.0%
10 years +1,136.5%+152.2%+907.5% +263.4%
10 years, per year +28.6%+9.7%+26.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureTSEMNXPIUMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 83.5%47.7%64.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 77.3%41.6%56.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.231.771.78 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.690.382.28 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.4%-47.2%-57.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.9%-24.3%-32.7% -0.9%
52-week high $316.85$332.67$28.01 $779.14
52-week low $80.23$184.19$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.

MultipleTSEMNXPIUMC
P/E now vs peer median 70.3xmedian 46.0x 19.7xmedian 46.0x 17.4xmedian 46.0x
P/S now vs peer median 12.7xmedian 7.9x 4.6xmedian 7.9x 3.4xmedian 7.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 34.2xmedian 28.3x 13.2xmedian 28.3x 11.6xmedian 28.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.3xmedian 41.4x 18.1xmedian 41.4x 21.7xmedian 41.4x
P/B now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 4.6x 5.1xmedian 4.6x 3.2xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median 23.61median 2.30 3.53median 2.30 2.74median 2.30

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 monthsTSEMNXPIUMC
Revenue $1.71B $13.80B $14.11B
Gross profit $459.38M $7.79B $2.67B
Operating income $276.26M $4.55B $1.81B
Net income $291.84M $3.28B $2.64B
Free cash flow $1.42B $3.50B $2.19B
R&D $94.01M $2.47B $595.72M
EPS (diluted) $2.71 $12.72 $1.07
Cash & equivalents $231.19M $3.94B $4.48B
Total debt $764.88M $10.98B $781.92M
Shares (diluted) 113.60M 253.83M 2.47B
Enterprise value $15.97B $49.54B $28.70B

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
MetricTSEMNXPIUMC
P/E 70.3x 19.7x 17.4x
P/FCF 15.3x 18.1x 21.7x
P/Operating cash flow 25.2x 16.7x 12.6x
P/S 12.7x 4.6x 3.4x
P/B 7.1x 5.1x 3.2x
P/Tangible book 7.1x 5.7x 3.2x
EV/EBITDA 34.2x 13.2x 11.6x
EV/EBIT 74.0x 15.5x 24.2x
EV/Revenue 12.0x 5.1x 3.1x
EV/FCF 14.4x 20.1x 20.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.6x 18.5x 11.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 23.61 3.53 2.74

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTSEMNXPIUMC
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.9% 14.6% 87.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 1.6% 22.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 37.9% 18.2% 22.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.1% 1.2% -2.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 57.9% 52.7% 29.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -4.6% 6.8% -6.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 50.7% 55.9% 97.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 0.8% 4.8% 5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 39.7% 56.9% 97.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.0% 5.6% 6.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 95.9% 63.8% 19.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.0% 3.3% 5.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 60.8% 85.2% 410.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.8% 10.9% 11.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTSEMNXPIUMC
Gross margin 26.9% 56.4% 18.9%
EBITDA margin 34.9% 38.6% 26.7%
Operating margin 16.2% 33.0% 12.8%
Pretax margin 18.9% 30.1% 30.5%
Net margin 18.0% 23.4% 18.7%
FCF margin 83.3% 25.4% 15.5%
Operating cash flow margin 50.6% 27.5% 26.7%
Return on equity 9.6% 27.1% 18.4%
Return on assets 7.8% 12.1% 12.5%
Return on invested capital 8.7% 15.8% 11.6%
Return on capital employed 8.3% 19.6% 9.6%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.0x 1.2x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 3.1% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTSEMNXPIUMC
Debt / assets 3.8% 39.8% 3.7%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.9x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.2x 1.3x -1.0x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 3.1x 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 18.6% 54.8% 30.3%
Equity / assets 81.4% 45.2% 69.7%
Interest coverage – – 33.0x
Current ratio 4.9x 2.1x 3.3x
Quick ratio 4.2x 1.3x 2.6x
Cash ratio 3.7x 1.0x 2.0x
Altman Z-score – 3.78 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTSEMNXPIUMC
Dividend yield – 1.6% 2.1%
Net buyback yield – 0.9% 0.6%
Shareholder yield – 2.5% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 31.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 29.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -0.7% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 1.9% –

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.

ConsensusTSEMNXPIUMC
Forward P/E 51.6xFY2026 16.1xFY2026 17.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.75FY2026 $15.67FY2026 $1.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +63.8%FY2026 +32.7%FY2026 +107.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +74.1% +19.5% -2.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.86BFY2026 $13.40BFY2026 $8.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.5%FY2026 +9.2%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +56.6% +23.7% +24.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTSEMNXPIUMC
Held by institutions 55.6% 95.1% 7.1%
Institutions holding 450 1,253 362
Change in shares held, QoQ -10.0% +1.9% +3.2%
Institutions buying 244 663 220
Institutions selling 162 416 109
Buyers to sellers 1.51 1.59 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.

TSEMNXPIUMC
TSEM 1.00 0.41 0.40
NXPI 0.41 1.00 0.39
UMC 0.40 0.39 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TSEM, NXPI and UMC?

NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) $21.33B, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) $63.68B, United Microelectronics (UMC) $44.33B.

Which stock is cheaper, TSEM, NXPI and UMC?

United Microelectronics (UMC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 69.2x, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) 19.7x, United Microelectronics (UMC) 16.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) is cheapest (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 51.6x, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) 16.1x, United Microelectronics (UMC) 17.1x). 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: Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) +14.9%, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) +14.6%, United Microelectronics (UMC) +87.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) has the highest net margin (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 18.0%, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) 23.4%, United Microelectronics (UMC) 18.7%). On return on invested capital, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) leads (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 8.7%, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) 15.8%, United Microelectronics (UMC) 11.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year United Microelectronics (UMC) returned the most: Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) +141.2%, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) +18.2%, United Microelectronics (UMC) +146.9%. Over five years, Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) compounded fastest (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) +43.5%/yr, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) +4.6%/yr, United Microelectronics (UMC) +12.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 0.00%, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) 0.02%, United Microelectronics (UMC) 0.00%. Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) and United Microelectronics (UMC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) has been the steadiest (Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) 83.5%, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) 47.7%, United Microelectronics (UMC) 64.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TSEM, NXPI 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, NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) leads on 5. 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.