Micron Technology, Inc. vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Micron Technology, Inc. trades at $985 (market cap $977.44B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.14 (market cap $51.00B). The key difference: Micron Technology, Inc. is far larger — about 19.2× United Microelectronics Corp's market cap, and United Microelectronics Corp pays the higher dividend (2.03%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| MU | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $977.44B | $51.00B |
Sector | Technology | Technology |
52-Week High | $1.21K | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $104.88 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $957.80B | $48.57B |
Dividend Yield | 0.06% | 2.03% |
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Micron historically focused on designing and manufacturing DRAM for PCs. The firm then expanded into the NAND flash memory market. It increased its DRAM scale with the purchase of Elpida (completed in mid-2013) and Inotera (completed in December 2016). The firm's DRAM and NAND products tailored to PCs, data centers, smartphones, game consoles, automotives, and other computing devices.
Read more on MU →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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