Ross Stores, Inc. vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Ross Stores, Inc. trades at $235.9 (market cap $75.63B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.15 (market cap $51.00B). The key difference: Ross Stores, Inc. is the larger of the two by market cap, and United Microelectronics Corp pays the higher dividend (2.03%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ROST | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $75.63B | $51.00B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Technology |
52-Week High | $240.13 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $134.02 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $76.23B | $48.57B |
Dividend Yield | 0.75% | 2.03% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
Ross Stores is a leading American off-price apparel and home fashion retailer, operating over 1,920 stores (at the end of fiscal 2021) across the Ross Dress for Less and dd's Discounts banners. Ross offers a variety of name-brand products and targets undercutting conventional retailers' regular prices by 20%-70%. The company uses an opportunistic, flexible merchandising approach
Read more on ROST →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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