Utd Microelectronics Dividend yield

Utd Microelectronics is part of Technology Hardware and Equip. business, which is part of Technology industry. Utd Microelectronics is a company from Taiwan, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Utd Microelectronics stock dividend

Utd Microelectronics paid a total dividend of 45,018 million TWD last year, for a market value of 568,978 millions (Market Cap 533,349 millions). Utd Microelectronics dividend per share is 3.60 TWD, and his stock market price 45.50 TWD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Utd Microelectronics has a dividend yield of 7.91%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Taiwan. It is also bigger than average of Technology industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Utd Microelectronics stocks dividend with other Technology Hardware and Equip. companies or other of the best Taiwan dividend stocks list.

Utd Microelectronics Dividend Payout

About the ability of Utd Microelectronics to maintain his current dividend of TWD 3.60 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.91%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Utd Microelectronics payout on ernings is currently 49.86%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Technology industry, which are 39.34% and 35.32% respectively. Both figures show that Utd Microelectronics can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Utd Microelectronics is TWD 11.67 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of TWD 3.60, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Utd Microelectronics, compared againt world market average, Taiwan companies, Technology industry and Technology Hardware and Equip. sector companies.

Utd Microelectronics Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Utd Microelectronics's dividend stock, both in percentage and in TWD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	TWD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	7.91%	3.60	49.86%	12,505
2022	7.37%	3.00	64.10%	12,482
2021	2.46%	1.60	62.26%	12,422
2020	1.71%	0.81	84.38%	12,422
2019	3.59%	0.59	76.62%	11,724
2018	6.33%	0.71	78.02%	12,624
2017	3.52%	0.50	60.98%	12,624
2016	5.02%	0.56	46.67%	12,706
2015	4.64%	0.55	50.46%	12,706

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Utd Microelectronics dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Taiwan stocks and that of the Technology Hardware and Equip. stocks.

Utd Microelectronics Stock performance

Finally, last moth Utd Microelectronics showed a return of -3.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.32% of Technology firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 10.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Taiwan and Technology Hardware and Equip. firms.