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United Microelectronics (United Microelectronics) Dividend Yield %

: 7.82% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of United Microelectronics is 7.82%.

The historical rank and industry rank for United Microelectronics's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

UMC' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.15   Med: 3.97   Max: 12.09
Current: 7.82

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of United Microelectronics was 12.09%. The lowest was 1.15%. And the median was 3.97%.

UMC's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
95.34% of 537 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.45 vs UMC: 7.82

United Microelectronics's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00.

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.

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.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Dividend Yield % of United Microelectronics is 7.82%.

United Microelectronics's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00.

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.

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.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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United Microelectronics Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Microelectronics's Dividend Yield % 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.

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United Microelectronics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.49 1.62 2.45 7.43 6.93

United Microelectronics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.43 5.71 7.43 8.30 6.93

Competitive Comparison

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 Dividend Yield % Distribution

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 Dividend Yield % Calculation

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 0.5762023-06-262023-06-272023-07-26Cash DividendannuallyUSD: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 Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.576/7.395
=7.79 %

Current Share Price is $7.395.
United Microelectronics's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.576.

United Microelectronics's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.576/7.395
=7.79 %

Current Share Price is $7.395.
United Microelectronics's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.576 * 1 = $0.576.

* 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.


United Microelectronics  (NYSE:UMC) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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United Microelectronics (United Microelectronics) Business Description

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