In the latest trading session,, 2.26 million United Micro Electronics ADR (NYSE:UMC) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.06. With the company’s most recent per share price at $6.97 changing hands around $0.03 or 0.36% at last look, the market valuation stands at $17.49B. UMC’s current price is a discount, trading about -29.12% off its 52-week high of $9.00. The share price had its 52-week low at $5.61, which suggests the last value was 19.51% up since then. When we look at United Micro Electronics ADR’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 12.38 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 15.03 million.
Analysts gave the United Micro Electronics ADR (UMC) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.50. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended UMC as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. United Micro Electronics ADR’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.14.
United Micro Electronics ADR (NYSE:UMC) trade information
Instantly UMC is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action 2.43%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 7.32%, with the 5-day performance at 2.43% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, United Micro Electronics ADR (NYSE:UMC) is 6.34% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 77.46 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 4.75 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 8.66, meaning bulls need an upside of 19.52% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, UMC’s forecast low is 7.4 with 9.93 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -42.47% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -6.17% for it to hit the projected low.
United Micro Electronics ADR (UMC) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 7.11% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 11 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 61.31B. 11 analysts are of the opinion that United Micro Electronics ADR’s revenue for the current quarter will be 63.27B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 56.8B and 60.48B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 7.95%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 4.61%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 34.72%. The 2025 estimates are for United Micro Electronics ADR earnings to decrease by -10.17%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 5.39% per year.
UMC Dividends
United Micro Electronics ADR is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Apr-23. The 6.54% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.46. It is important to note, however, that the 6.54% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 5.1 per year.
United Micro Electronics ADR (NYSE:UMC)’s Major holders
The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 6.58%. There are 6.58% institutions holding the United Micro Electronics ADR stock share, with BLACKROCK INC. the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 0.1861% of the shares, roughly 23.11 million UMC shares worth $202.42 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 0.1226% or 15.22 million shares worth $133.31 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Semiconductor ETF and VANGUARD Intl Eqy. INDEX Fd.S-Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fd . With 11.35 shares estimated at $78.7 million under it, the former controlled 0.45% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD Intl Eqy. INDEX Fd.S-Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fd held about 0.28% of the shares, roughly 7.12 shares worth around $49.36 million.
