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United Microelectronics Corporation UMC shares rallied 9.2% in the last trading session to close at $7.15. This move can be attributable to notable volume with a higher number of shares being traded than in a typical session. This compares to the stock's 1.6% gain over the past four weeks.
UMC is benefiting from strong demand for AI-driven services, increased semiconductor content in devices, and growing adoption of its 22nm specialty platform, as it launches a new semiconductor fab in Singapore set to begin volume production in 2026 with advanced 22nm and 28nm processes, boosting capacity to over 1 million wafers annually.
This company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.10 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -23.1%. Revenues are expected to be $1.81 billion, up 5.9% from the year-ago quarter.
Earnings and revenue growth expectations certainly give a good sense of the potential strength in a stock, but empirical research shows that trends in earnings estimate revisions are strongly correlated with near-term stock price movements.
For United Microelectronics, the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. And a stock's price usually doesn't keep moving higher in the absence of any trend in earnings estimate revisions. So, make sure to keep an eye on UMC going forward to see if this recent jump can turn into more strength down the road.
The stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>>
United Microelectronics is part of the Zacks Electronics - Semiconductors industry. Qualcomm QCOM, another stock in the same industry, closed the last trading session 0.6% higher at $153.61. QCOM has returned -2.8% in the past month.
Qualcomm's consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has remained unchanged over the past month at $2.79. Compared to the company's year-ago EPS, this represents a change of +14.3%. Qualcomm currently boasts a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
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