Franklin Resources, Inc. vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.37 (market cap $16.95B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $19.64 (market cap $47.81B). The key difference: United Microelectronics Corp is far larger — about 2.8× Franklin Resources, Inc.'s market cap, and Franklin Resources, Inc. pays the higher dividend (3.96%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BEN | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.95B | $47.81B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $35.77 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $21.18 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $29.90B | $44.93B |
Dividend Yield | 3.96% | 2.12% |
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Franklin Resources provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. At the end of August 2022, Franklin had $1.388 trillion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (32%), fixed-income (38%), multi-asset/balanced (10%) funds, alternatives (16%), and money market funds (4%). Distribution tends to be weighted more toward retail investors (49% of AUM) investors, as opposed to institutional (49%) and high-net-worth (2%) clients. Franklin is also one of the more global firms of the U.S.-based asset managers with more than 35% of its AUM invested in global/international strategies and 25% of managed assets sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States.
Read more on BEN →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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