S&P Global Inc vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? S&P Global Inc trades at $431.26 (market cap $132.71B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.14 (market cap $51.00B). The key difference: S&P Global Inc is far larger — about 2.6× United Microelectronics Corp's market cap, and United Microelectronics Corp pays the higher dividend (2.03%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SPGI | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $132.71B | $51.00B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $534.79 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $370.42 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $144.68B | $48.57B |
Dividend Yield | 0.87% | 2.03% |
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S&P Global provides data and benchmarks to capital and commodity market participants. In 2021 and excluding IHS Markit, S&P Ratings was over 45% of the firm's revenue and over 55% of the firm's operating income. S&P Ratings is the largest credit rating agency in the world. The firm's other segments include Market Intelligence, Indices, and Platts. Market Intelligence provides desktop tools and other data solutions to investment banks, corporations, and other entities. Indices provides benchmarks for financial markets and is monetized through subscriptions, asset-based fees, and transaction-based royalties. Platts provides benchmarks to commodity markets, principally petroleum.
Read more on SPGI →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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