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How United Microelectronics Corporation stacks up
UMC · against 501 other Technology companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
75/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #149 of 502 · scores higher than 69% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score58 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including UMC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 75?
Weighted metrics compared with all Technology companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Technology peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 69% of peers. Return on invested capital: 13.6% vs peer median 6.8%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 77% of peers. Return on assets: 7.1% vs peer median 2.9%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 83% of peers. Operating margin: 18.5% vs peer median 6.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = UMC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | UMC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 474 reported | 13.6% | 7.4% | 67% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 501 reported | 18.5% | 6.9% | 79% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 496 reported | 7.1% | 3.4% | 68% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 465 reported | 21.3% | 9.2% | 74% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 505 reported | 30.6% | 51.0% | 21% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UMC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.84T USD | 99 | 57 | |
| 1 | 95.8B USD | 99 | 67 | |
| 1 | 598.2B USD | 99 | 60 | |
| 1 | 4.0B USD | 99 | 84 | |
| 1 | 15.6B USD | 99 | 63 | |
| 149 | 28.7B USD | 75 | 47 | |
| 149 | 3.1B USD | 75 | 67 | |
| 149 | 6.3B USD | 75 | 55 | |
| 149 | 1.4B USD | 75 | 72 | |
| 149 | 41.1B USD | 75 | 47 | |
| 156 | 5.9B USD | 74 | 41 | |
| 156 | 324M USD | 74 | 50 | |
| 156 | 16.9B USD | 74 | 57 | |
| 156 | 5.7B USD | 74 | 60 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score