Palantir Technologies Inc vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Palantir Technologies Inc trades at $125.02 (market cap $318.03B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.13 (market cap $52.23B). The key difference: Palantir Technologies Inc is far larger — about 6.1× United Microelectronics Corp's market cap, and United Microelectronics Corp pays a 1.95% dividend while Palantir Technologies Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| PLTR | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $318.03B | $52.23B |
Sector | Technology | Technology |
52-Week High | $207.18 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $107.27 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $310.21B | $49.83B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.95% |
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Palantir Technologies provides organizations with solutions to manage large disparate data sets in an attempt to gain insight and drive operational outcomes. Founded in 2003, Palantir released its Gotham software platform in 2008, which focuses on the government intelligence and defense sectors. Palantir expanded into various commercial markets with its Foundry software platform in 2016 with the intent of becoming the data operating system for companies and industries. The Denver company had 125 customers as of its initial public offering and roughly splits its revenue between commercial and government customers.
Read more on PLTR →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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