United Microelectronics (United Microelectronics) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

: $4,636 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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United Microelectronics's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jun. 2023 ($5,454.83 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($4,551.67 Mil) but then increased from Sep. 2023 ($4,551.67 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($4,635.99 Mil).

United Microelectronics's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Dec. 2021 ($6,159.13 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($5,826.61 Mil) and declined from Dec. 2022 ($5,826.61 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($4,635.99 Mil).

United Microelectronics Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Microelectronics's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

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United Microelectronics Annual Data

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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

3,257.49

3,885.08

6,159.13

5,826.61

4,635.99

United Microelectronics Quarterly Data
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Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities																5,826.61	5,804.43	5,454.83	4,551.67	4,635.99

United Microelectronics Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

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2303:Taiwan UMC:Mexico UMCB:Germany

Address

No. 3, Li-Hsin 2nd Road, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, TWN

Website

https://www.umc.com

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.