Banco Santander SA vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Banco Santander SA trades at $13.74 (market cap $191.46B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.14 (market cap $51.00B). The key difference: Banco Santander SA is far larger — about 3.8× United Microelectronics Corp's market cap, and Banco Santander SA pays the higher dividend (2.09%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SAN | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $191.46B | $51.00B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $14.37 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $8.40 | $6.58 |
Dividend Yield | 2.09% | 2.03% |
Enterprise Value | — | $48.57B |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Santander's focus is on retail and commercial banking. Latin America is geographically the largest operation, with Brazil by far the largest. Its continental European business is still mainly Iberian. Santander's U.K. presence is the result of the acquisition of building society Abbey. In the U.S., Santander operates a vehicle finance business and a regional bank focused on the Northeastern states.
Read more on SAN →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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