United Microelectronics (UMC) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

United Microelectronics (UMC) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 16.71% year-over-year to $1.1 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $6.1 billion (up 17.46% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $2.1 billion, up 16.24% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses slipped to $1.1 billion in Q1 2026, from $2.7 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $2.7 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $374.8 million in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of $1.2 billion and a median of $957.8 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• The widest YoY moves for Operating Expenses: up 111.94% in 2022, down 88.32% in 2022.
• Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $1.9 billion in 2022, then grew by 6.82% to $2.1 billion in 2023, then gained by 13.33% to $2.4 billion in 2024, then gained by 14.58% to $2.7 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 58.92% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.1 billion (Q1 2026), $2.7 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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