UMC vs Peers Stock Comparison

United Microelectronics Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

UMC

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

AxisUMC
Valuation 87 #5 of 32
Growth 66 #11 of 30
Profitability 70 #9 of 28
Financial Health 57 #17 of 38
Shareholder Returns 91 #3 of 23
Overall 74
  • UMC ranked among 40 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodUMCSPY
1 month -21.1% -0.8%
3 months +0.5% +3.5%
6 months +64.1% +7.0%
Year to date +144.0% +12.2%
1 year +154.4% +13.0%
3 years +171.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +39.5% +23.1%
5 years +76.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year +12.1% +11.0%
10 years +948.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +26.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureUMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 64.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.39 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -57.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -31.5% -1.8%
52-week high $28.01 $779.14
52-week low $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.

MultipleUMC
P/E now vs peer median 17.8xmedian 42.4x
P/S now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 9.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.8xmedian 32.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.4xmedian 32.1x
P/B now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 4.0x
PEG now vs peer median 26.03median 2.73

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 monthsUMC
Revenue $13.76B
Gross profit $2.47B
Operating income $1.60B
Net income $2.62B
Free cash flow $1.98B
R&D $609.13M
EPS (diluted) $1.07
Cash & equivalents $3.91B
Total debt $4.90B
Shares (diluted) 2.47B
Enterprise value $33.54B

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
MetricUMC
P/E 17.8x
P/FCF 24.4x
P/Operating cash flow 13.7x
P/S 3.5x
P/B 3.5x
P/Tangible book 3.5x
EV/EBITDA 12.8x
EV/EBIT 28.3x
EV/Revenue 3.3x
EV/FCF 22.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 26.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricUMC
Revenue growth (1Y) 85.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 18.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -10.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -16.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 104.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 116.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 0.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 447.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricUMC
Gross margin 18.0%
EBITDA margin 25.6%
Operating margin 11.6%
Pretax margin 30.3%
Net margin 19.1%
FCF margin 14.4%
Operating cash flow margin 25.6%
Return on equity 19.7%
Return on assets 13.2%
Return on invested capital 10.6%
Return on capital employed 9.7%
Asset turnover 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricUMC
Debt / assets 3.5%
Debt / equity 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.9x
Debt / FCF 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 33.3%
Equity / assets 66.7%
Interest coverage 30.3x
Current ratio 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.6x
Cash ratio 1.2x
Altman Z-score –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricUMC
Dividend yield 2.1%
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 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.

ConsensusUMC
Forward P/E 17.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.11FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +109.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -2.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.55BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +26.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersUMC
Held by institutions 7.1%
Institutions holding 362
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.2%
Institutions buying 220
Institutions selling 109
Buyers to sellers 2.02

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Frequently Asked Questions

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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.