Riot Platforms Inc vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Riot Platforms Inc trades at $23.28 (market cap $8.12B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.27 (market cap $52.23B). The key difference: United Microelectronics Corp is far larger — about 6.4× Riot Platforms Inc's market cap, and United Microelectronics Corp pays a 1.95% dividend while Riot Platforms Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| RIOT | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $8.12B | $52.23B |
Sector | Technology | Technology |
52-Week High | $28.67 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $11.03 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $8.79B | $49.83B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.95% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Riot Platforms, Inc. is a Bitcoin mining company that focuses on building, operating, and expanding large-scale infrastructure for digital asset mining in North America. The company's operations include Bitcoin mining, data center hosting, and engineering solutions. Riot's strategy emphasizes vertical integration to maximize efficiency and scale its mining capacity, aiming to be a leader in the global Bitcoin and digital infrastructure industry.
Read more on RIOT →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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