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United Microelectronics Corp. ( UMC , Financial)( TPE:2303 , Financial) is the third largest chip foundry in the world behind Taiwan Semiconductor ( TPE:2330 , Financial) and Samsung ( XKRX:005930 , Financial). However, while Taiwan Semiconductor has a market capitalization north of $500 billion and Samsung is valued close to $350 billion (when translated to U.S. dollars), United Microelectronics is priced at just $21 billion.

Undervalued growth stocks are often overlooked by investors, they can offer significant potential for capital appreciation. One way to identify undervalued growth stocks is to look for companies with high revenue and earnings growth, but low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios.

United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC ) Q4 2022 Results Conference Call January 16, 2023 4:00 AM ET Company Participants Michael Lin - Head, IR Jason Wang - President Chi-Tung Liu - CFO Conference Call Participants Randy Abrams - Credit Suisse Gokul Hariharan - JP Morgan Charlie Chan - Morgan Stanley Szeho Ng - China Renaissance Sunny Lin - UBS Laura Chen - Citigroup Bruce Lu - Goldman Sachs Operator Welcome everyone to UMC's 2022 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent background noise.

Taiwanese chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) said on Monday it was implementing strict cost controls because of soft demand and a weak outlook, in a further sign of pain facing the tech industry.

Investors shouldn't ignore Taiwan's second-largest contract chipmaker.

This thesis assesses the risks to Taiwan's two main chip contract manufacturers by focusing on the location and impacts on their fabs in case of military action. First, U.S. sanctions restricting chip exports to China not only reduce China's ability to modernize its army but also reduce the competitiveness of its AI industry, which increases the probability of confrontation.