Southern Copper Corp vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Southern Copper Corp trades at $188.57 (market cap $146.07B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.15 (market cap $51.00B). The key difference: Southern Copper Corp is far larger — about 2.9× United Microelectronics Corp's market cap, and Southern Copper Corp pays the higher dividend (2.28%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SCCO | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $146.07B | $51.00B |
Sector | Basic Materials | Technology |
52-Week High | $218.85 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $90.54 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $148.12B | $48.57B |
Dividend Yield | 2.28% | 2.03% |
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Southern Copper Corp is an integrated producer of copper and other minerals and operates the mining, smelting, and refining facilities in Peru and Mexico. Its production includes copper, molybdenum, zinc, and silver. The company operates through the following segments: Peruvian operations, Mexican open-pit operations, and Mexican underground mining operations. Southern Copper generates the majority of its revenue from the sale of copper and the rest from the sale of non-copper products, such as molybdenum, silver, zinc, lead, and gold. Its geographical segments are The Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Read more on SCCO →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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