United Microelectronics Corp vs Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? United Microelectronics Corp trades at $21.12 (market cap $51.00B), while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF trades at $58.85. The key difference: United Microelectronics Corp pays a 2.03% dividend while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, United Microelectronics Corp nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| UMC | VWO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $51.00B | — |
Sector | Technology | — |
52-Week High | $28.02 | $61.24 |
52-Week Low | $6.58 | $49.54 |
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 fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the index in terms of key characteristics.
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