• United Microelectronics Corporation

• United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is engaged in the business of manufacturing or fabrication of ICs for applications in major sectors of semiconductor industry.

  Founded in 1980 and listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1985, the company is best known for dedicated semiconductor foundry business maintaining a customer base across industries, including communication, consumer electronics, computer, memory and others.

  UMC employs approximately 12,000 people worldwide including operation sites in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States.

• Performance

  The company's stock price closed at NT$12.85 on the TSE on Thursday, April 17, 2014.

  The company has reported consolidated revenues of NT$11,289 million for March 2014, representing a 9.2% increase on month and 17.6% increase on year.

  For the fourth quarter of 2013, the company totaled NT$30,719 million in consolidated revenues, down 8.1% sequentially and up 6.5% on year.
  Brief

  Full name: United Microelectronics Corporation

  Chinese name: 聯華電子股份有限公司

  Short name: UMC

  Arconym: UMC

  Stock code: 2303

  Tax ID: 47217677

  Market: TSE

  Established: 22 May 1980

  Paid in capital: NT$126.54 billion

  Listed on TSE: 16 Jul 1985

  Public since: 30 May 1981

  Website: www.umc.com
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• On display
  • 

    300mm wafer from UMC with 11 copper layers

    SemiTech Taipei 2006: UMC showcases a 300mm wafer with 11 copper layers, manufactured on a 65nm process using triple-gate...

    Photo: Vyacheslav Sobolev, DigiTimes, May 4.
  • 

    SEMICON Taiwan: Hermes Liu, UMC.

    SEMICON Taiwan: Hermes Liu from UMC delivering his presentation "Microloop brings foundry and fabless closer on 65nm yield...

    Photo: Vyacheslav Sobolev, DigiTimes, Sep 13.
• Latest stock

  UMC [2303] historical stock price (NT$)
  Date	Volume (k)	Transactions	Value	Open	High	Low	Close	Change		Ask	Bid
  18-Apr	18,181	3,879	234,790,986	12.95	13.00	12.85	12.95	+0.10	+0.78%	12.95	12.90
  17-Apr	27,876	5,869	359,145,904	12.95	12.95	12.85	12.85	+0.00	+0.00%	12.85	12.80
  16-Apr	35,522	5,895	457,822,088	13.00	13.00	12.85	12.85	-0.10	-0.77%	12.90	12.85
  15-Apr	28,930	6,236	374,249,180	13.00	13.00	12.85	12.95	+0.00	+0.00%	13.00	12.95
  14-Apr	20,823	3,345	270,218,541	13.05	13.05	12.90	12.95	-0.15	-1.15%	12.95	12.90

  • Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes

  Latest sales

  UMC: Consolidated revenues, Mar 2013 - Mar 2014 (NT$m)
  Month	Sales	M/M	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  Mar-14	11,289	9.2%	17.6%	31,694	14.1%
  Feb-14	10,342	2.8%	18.5%	20,404	12.2%
  Jan-14	10,063	1.6%	6.5%	10,063	6.5%
  Dec-13	9,905	(4.3%)	13.7%	123,812	7%
  Nov-13	10,345	(1.2%)	2.5%	113,906	6.5%
  Oct-13	10,468	(3.5%)	4.1%	103,561	6.9%
  Sep-13	10,851	(1.3%)	14.7%	93,093	7.2%
  Aug-13	10,998	(4.8%)	6.2%	82,242	6.3%
  Jul-13	11,558	7.4%	11.6%	71,244	6.3%
  Jun-13	10,761	(0.9%)	11.2%	59,686	5.4%
  May-13	10,863	5.7%	5.2%	48,925	4.2%
  Apr-13	10,281	7.1%	(0.8%)	38,062	3.9%
  Mar-13	9,599	9.9%	6.9%	27,781	5.8%

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, April 2014

  UMC: Consolidated revenues, 4Q12 - 4Q13 (NT$m)
  Quarter	Sales	Q/Q	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  4Q-13	30,719	(8.1%)	6.5%	123,812	7%
  3Q-13	33,407	4.7%	10.7%	93,093	7.2%
  2Q-13	31,905	14.8%	5%	59,686	5.4%
  1Q-13	27,781	(3.7%)	5.8%	27,781	5.8%
  4Q-12	28,854	(4.4%)	10.7%	115,675	(0.9%)

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, April 2014

  Latest balance sheet and income statement

  UMC: Consolidated balance sheet, 4Q12 - 4Q13 (NT$k)
  Item	4Q-2013	3Q-2013	2Q-2013	1Q-2013	4Q-2012
  Current assets	88,796,224	88,902,767	92,899,530	91,797,388	80,027,131
  Intangible assets	4,739,647	4,808,838	4,724,729	2,978,473	2,798,159
  Non-current assets	207,106,605	210,846,168	210,192,343	208,634,747	203,011,574
  Assets	295,902,829	299,748,935	303,091,873	300,432,135	283,038,705
  Current liabilities	48,203,970	52,268,518	57,616,303	37,300,419	40,120,512
  Non-current liabilities	35,257,683	36,083,571	35,571,589	48,715,609	38,387,153
  Liabilities	83,461,653	88,352,089	93,187,892	86,016,028	78,507,665
  Stockholders' equity	212,441,176	211,396,846	209,903,981	214,416,107	204,531,040

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, April 2014

  UMC: Consolidated income statement, 4Q12 - 4Q13 (NT$k)
  Item	4Q-2013		3Q-2013		2Q-2013		1Q-2013		4Q-2012
  	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales
  Gross sales	29,645,507		32,482,133		30,955,534		26,817,811		28,258,995
  Operating revenue	30,718,744	103.6%	33,406,772	102.8%	31,904,704	103.1%	27,781,416	103.6%	28,854,353	102.1%
  Gross profit (loss) from operations	5,557,258	18.7%	7,336,900	22.6%	6,177,310	20%	4,491,507	16.7%	3,237,350	11.5%
  Operating expenses	5,316,961	17.9%	4,894,439	15.1%	5,016,713	16.2%	4,177,410	15.6%	4,170,070	14.8%
  Operating income (loss)	193,880	0.7%	2,394,778	7.4%	1,149,469	3.7%	293,993	1.1%	-932,720	-3.3%
  Non-operating revenues and gains							7,248,702	27%	2,996,765	10.6%
  Non-operating expenses and losses	888,627	3%	1,561,640	4.8%	0	0%			1,379,884	4.9%
  Income from continuing operations before income tax	1,082,507	3.7%	3,956,418	12.2%	1,780,174	5.8%	7,542,695	28.1%	900,939	3.2%
  Net income (loss)	587,532	2%	3,365,561	10.4%	1,738,173	5.6%	6,413,694	23.9%	744,154	2.6%
  Diluted earnings per share (NT$)	0		0.3		0.1		0.5		0.1

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, April 2014

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