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Profile - United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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July 31Conference call: United Microelectronics Corporation Earnings (Q2 2001)
Location
c/o UMC (USA), 488 De Guigne Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Phone: (408) 523-7800
Fax: (408) 733-8090
Email: ir@umc.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,452
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 9%
·Institutional: 4% (4% of float)
(172 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 25.5M shares (+23.06%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
United Microelectronics (UMC) specializes in providing foundry services for high-performance semiconductor applications. The Company's core competency lies in its ability to produce high-yield Integrated Circuit wafers, manufactured on a per-customer basis and using technology such as its 0.15 micron process and copper interconnect technology. In addition to wafer manufacturing, UMC offers extensive Internet protocol (IP) resources, free-of-charge design libraries and full front-end and back-end support. UMC has offices in Taiwan, Japan, Europe and the United States.
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Financial Summary
United Microelectronics is a Taiwan-based semiconductor manufacturing company, specializing in providing foundry services for high performance semiconductor applications. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales fell 12% to NT$38.6 billion. Net income fell 76% to NT$4.62 billion. Revenues reflect reduced volumes due to ongoing difficulties in the semiconductor industry. Earnings also reflect lower margins due to lower volumes.
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Officers

Position
Robert TsaoChairman
Jim KupecPres
Peter ChangVice Chairman, CEO
John HsuanVice Chairman
Ing-Dar LiuVice Chairman
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:UMCAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 17-July-2001
$6.75 
Recent Price$7.49 
52-Week High
on 21-Sep-2000
$15.188
Daily Volume (3-month avg)2.34M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2.33M
Stock Performance
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26-Week Change-21.1%
26-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-14.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$17.2B
Shares Outstanding2.29B
Float2.09B
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.07 
Earnings (ttm)$0.46 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.02 
Sales (ttm)$1.27 
Cash (mrq)$0.76 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.44 
Price/Earnings (ttm)16.35 
Price/Sales (ttm)5.91 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$2.89B
EBITDA (ttm)$966.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$1.04B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)35.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)33.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)11.88%
Return on Equity (ttm)15.72%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.46 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.18 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.75B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short15.7M
Percent of Float0.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
7.97M
Short Ratio4.66 
Daily Volume3.36M
ADR Information
Shares/ADR1
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001);   dollar amounts based on an exchange rate of 34.55 Taiwanese Dollars/US Dollar

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