Smith & Nephew plc vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Smith & Nephew plc trades at $30.45 (market cap $12.64B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.13 (market cap $51.00B). The key difference: United Microelectronics Corp is far larger — about 4× Smith & Nephew plc's market cap, and Smith & Nephew plc pays the higher dividend (2.57%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SNN | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $12.64B | $51.00B |
Sector | Health | Technology |
52-Week High | $38.70 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $28.73 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $15.41B | $48.57B |
Dividend Yield | 2.57% | 2.03% |
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Smith & Nephew designs, manufactures, and markets orthopedic devices, sports medicine and arthroscopic technologies, and wound-care solutions. Roughly 42% of the U.K.-based firm's revenue comes from orthopedic products, and another 30% is sports medicine and ENT. The remaining 28% of revenue is from the advanced wound therapy segment. Roughly half of Smith & Nephew's total revenue comes from the United States, just over 30% is from other developed markets, and emerging markets account for the remainder.
Read more on SNN →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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