UMC vs. SWKS, ASX, ALAB, GFS, QRVO, LSCC, ON, AMKR, MTSI, and RMBS
Should you be buying United Microelectronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Microelectronics include Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), ASE Technology (ASX), Astera Labs (ALAB), GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), Qorvo (QRVO), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Onsemi (ON), Amkor Technology (AMKR), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Rambus (RMBS). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) and United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Skyworks Solutions received 1340 more outperform votes than United Microelectronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.80% of users gave Skyworks Solutions an outperform vote while only 61.92% of users gave United Microelectronics an outperform vote.
Skyworks Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $109.05, indicating a potential upside of 21.15%. United Microelectronics has a consensus target price of $8.90, indicating a potential upside of 13.96%. Given United Microelectronics' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Skyworks Solutions is more favorable than United Microelectronics.
Skyworks Solutions has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Microelectronics has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United Microelectronics has higher revenue and earnings than Skyworks Solutions. United Microelectronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skyworks Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Microelectronics has a net margin of 24.79% compared to United Microelectronics' net margin of 18.85%. United Microelectronics' return on equity of 17.20% beat Skyworks Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Skyworks Solutions had 57 more articles in the media than United Microelectronics. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Skyworks Solutions and 12 mentions for United Microelectronics. United Microelectronics' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Skyworks Solutions' score of 0.04 indicating that Skyworks Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Skyworks Solutions pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. United Microelectronics pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Skyworks Solutions pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Microelectronics pays out 62.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Skyworks Solutions has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and United Microelectronics has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
85.4% of Skyworks Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of United Microelectronics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Skyworks Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of United Microelectronics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Skyworks Solutions beats United Microelectronics on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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