Atmos Energy Corporation vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Atmos Energy Corporation trades at $168.76 (market cap $28.59B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $19.58 (market cap $47.81B). The key difference: United Microelectronics Corp is the larger of the two by market cap, and Atmos Energy Corporation pays the higher dividend (2.36%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ATO | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $28.59B | $47.81B |
Sector | Utilities | Technology |
52-Week High | $192.25 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $162.44 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $38.40B | $44.93B |
Dividend Yield | 2.36% | 2.12% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Atmos Energy is the largest publicly traded, fully regulated, pure-play natural gas utility in the United States, serving more than 3 million customers in Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia. About two thirds of its earnings come from Texas, where it distributes natural gas in northern Texas and owns an intrastate gas pipeline spanning several key shale gas formations and interconnected with five storage facilities.
Read more on ATO →Founded in 1980, United Microelectronics is the world's third-largest dedicated chip foundry, with 7% market share in 2021, according to Gartner, after TSMC and GlobalFoundries. 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 U.S. and South Korea. UMC features a diverse customer base including Texas Instruments, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Xilinx and Realtek, supplying a wide range of products applied in communications, display, memory, automotive and more. UMC employs about 20,000 people.
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