UMC Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (United Microelectronics (New) | NYSE:UMC)

Founded in 1980, United Microelectronics is the world's third-largest dedicated chip foundry, with close to 5% market share in 2025 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, Intel, Broadcom, Novatek, and Realtek, supplying a wide range of products applied in communications, display, memory, automotive and more. UMC employs about 19,000 people as of February 2025.

What symbol and exchange does United Microelectronics (New) shares trade?

United Microelectronics (New) trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol UMC.

What is United Microelectronics (New) stock price doing today?

As of May 12, 2026, UMC stock price climbed to $15.89 with 13,091,374 million shares trading.

What is United Microelectronics (New)'s Beta?

UMC has a beta of 1.36, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. UMC has a correlation of 0.20 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is United Microelectronics (New) worth?

UMC has a market cap of $39.96 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

How much money does United Microelectronics (New) make?

Last quarter United Microelectronics (New) reported $2 billion in Revenue and $.20 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-40 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.08.

What is the highest and lowest price United Microelectronics (New) traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, UMC traded as high as $16.30 and as low as $5.61.

What are the top ETFs holding United Microelectronics (New)?

The top ETF exchange traded funds that UMC belongs to (by Net Assets): SOXX, SOXL, SPEM, VWO, FRDM.

Is United Microelectronics (New) (UMC) a good investment?

UMC has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +119.7% while the SPY ETF gained +31.9%. UMC has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +54.3% and +35.9%, respectively, while the SPY returned +6.8% and +3.1%, respectively.

What are the support and resistance levels for United Microelectronics (New) (UMC)?

UMC support price is $14.96 and resistance is $16.23 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that UMC shares will trade within this expected range on the day.