If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of United Microelectronics Corp is 0.76, which seems too high.
During the past 12 months, United Microelectronics's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 64.80% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 47.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 22.30% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of United Microelectronics was 75.50% per year. The lowest was -23.40% per year. And the median was 11.60% per year.
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United Microelectronics Dividends per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for United Microelectronics's Dividends per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of United Microelectronics's Dividends per Share
For the Semiconductors subindustry, United Microelectronics's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
United Microelectronics's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, United Microelectronics's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where United Microelectronics's Dividend Yield % falls into.
United Microelectronics Dividends per Share Calculation
Dividends paid to per common share.
United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) Dividends per Share Explanation
1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.
United Microelectronics's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of United Microelectronics was 1.00. The lowest was 0.41. And the median was 0.72.
Warning Sign:
If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of United Microelectronics Corp is 0.76, which seems too high.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
United Microelectronics Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.575864
2023-06-26
2023-06-27
2023-07-26
Cash Dividend
annually
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
United Microelectronics's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $8.19.
United Microelectronics's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.575864.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of United Microelectronics was 12.09%. The lowest was 1.15%. And the median was 4.01%.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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United Microelectronics (United Microelectronics) Business Description
Founded in 1980, United Microelectronics is the world's third-largest dedicated chip foundry, with 7% market share in 2022 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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