United Microelectronics (United Microelectronics) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.18 (As of Dec. 2023)

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United Microelectronics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $449 Mil. United Microelectronics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,604 Mil. United Microelectronics's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11,495 Mil. United Microelectronics's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.18.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for United Microelectronics's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

UMC' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.14 Med: 0.21 Max: 0.39
Current: 0.18

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of United Microelectronics was 0.39. The lowest was 0.14. And the median was 0.21.

UMC's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
60.07% of 879 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 0.26 vs UMC: 0.18

United Microelectronics Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Microelectronics's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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United Microelectronics Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

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Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.33

0.19

0.18

0.14

0.18

United Microelectronics Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.14	0.12	0.13	0.24	0.18

Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductors subindustry, United Microelectronics's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, United Microelectronics's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Microelectronics's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

United Microelectronics Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

United Microelectronics's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(449.397	+	1603.595)	/	11495.055
	=	0.18

United Microelectronics's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(449.397	+	1603.595)	/	11495.055
	=	0.18

United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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United Microelectronics (United Microelectronics) Business Description

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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.