Twist Bioscience Corp vs United Microelectronics Corp — how do they compare? Twist Bioscience Corp trades at $88.31 (market cap $5.45B), while United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.15 (market cap $51.00B). The key difference: United Microelectronics Corp is far larger — about 9.4× Twist Bioscience Corp's market cap, and United Microelectronics Corp pays a 2.03% dividend while Twist Bioscience Corp pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| TWST | UMC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $5.45B | $51.00B |
Sector | Health | Technology |
52-Week High | $102.88 | $28.02 |
52-Week Low | $24.16 | $6.58 |
Enterprise Value | $5.37B | $48.57B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.03% |
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Twist Bioscience Corp is a synthetic biology company. It develops a disruptive DNA synthesis platform to industrialize the engineering of biology. The company's DNA synthesis platform utilizes a proprietary semiconductor-based synthetic DNA manufacturing process that synthesizes DNA on silicon instead of on traditional well plastic plates to enable the production of high-quality synthetic DNA faster and affordable as well as overcomes inefficiencies. Powering cost-effective, rapid high-throughput synthesis, it enables researchers to rapidly realize opportunities ahead. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
Read more on TWST →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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