United Microelectronics Corp vs Vanguard Sht-Term Inflation-Protected Sec Idx ETF — how do they compare? United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.14 (market cap $51.00B), while Vanguard Sht-Term Inflation-Protected Sec Idx ETF trades at $49.65. The key difference: United Microelectronics Corp pays a 2.03% dividend while Vanguard Sht-Term Inflation-Protected Sec Idx ETF pays none, and United Microelectronics Corp is trading nearer its 52-week high, Vanguard Sht-Term Inflation-Protected Sec Idx ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| UMC | VTIP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $51.00B | — |
Sector | Technology | — |
52-Week High | $28.02 | $50.75 |
52-Week Low | $6.58 | $49.39 |
Enterprise Value | $48.57B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.03% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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.
Read more on UMC →The index is a market-capitalization-weighted index that includes all inflation-protected public obligations issued by the US Treasury with remaining maturities of less than 5 years. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the securities that make up the index, holding each security in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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