United Microelectronics Corporation

UMC Technology Semiconductors

United Microelectronics Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.6 billion, up 6.89% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+17.7%
EPS
+2.90%
Free cash flow
+74.5%
Total debt
−13.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

13.56 2.50 −15.57%
Market cap
$40.3B
P/E
14.9×
Fwd P/E
15.4×
Dividend yield
2.57%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
3.27
Beneish M
−2.91
Dividend safety
35/100

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) Return on invested capital

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United Microelectronics Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.34%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.43%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.63% (fiscal 2016) to 35.4% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Semiconductors industry median of 2.80% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 9.43% (0.83)
FY2024 10.3% (3.79)
FY2023 14.1% (21.36)
FY2022 35.4% 15.72
FY2021 19.7% 11.32
FY2020 8.37% 6.54
FY2019 1.83% 0.06
FY2018 1.77% (0.22)
FY2017 1.99% 0.36
FY2016 1.63% (1.39)

Against its own ten years

Low 1.63% High 35.4%
Ten-year median 8.37%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ALAB Astera Labs, Inc. compare 40.0%
MPWR Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. compare 26.1%
CRDO Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. compare 16.1%
NXPI NXP Semiconductors N.V. compare 14.6%
UMC United Microelectronics Corporation 9.34%
ON ON Semiconductor Corporation compare 6.36%
GFS GlobalFoundries Inc. compare 4.51%
MCHP Microchip Technology Incorporated compare 4.30%
STM STMicroelectronics N.V. compare 2.95%
Semiconductors industry median 2.80%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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