Northrop Grumman Corporation vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $574.5 (market cap $81.78B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $19.56 (market cap $47.81B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is the larger of the two by market cap, and United Microelectronics Corp pays the higher dividend (2.12%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NOC | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $81.78B | $47.81B |
Sector | Industrials | Technology |
52-Week High | $768.02 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $496.02 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $95.77B | $44.93B |
Dividend Yield | 1.63% | 2.12% |
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Northrop Grumman is a defense contractor that is diversified across short-cycle and long-cycle businesses. The firm's segments include aeronautics, mission systems, defense services, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces various piloted and autonomous flight systems. Mission systems creates a variety of sensors and processors for defense hardware. The defense systems segment is a long-range missile manufacturer. Finally, the company's space systems segment produces various space structures, sensors, and satellites.
Read more on NOC →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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