US Stocks Move｜UMC Continues to Fall Over 6% Pre-market as Q4 Earnings Slightly Miss Expectations and Q1 Guidance Remains Conservative

Glonghui, February 2｜According to reports, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) saw its Q4 2025 revenue grow by 2.4% year-on-year to $1.97 billion, exceeding market expectations by $60 million; earnings per share were $0.129, slightly below market expectations by $0.01; gross margin was 30.7%. During the period, wafer shipments decreased slightly by 0.6% quarter-on-quarter to 994,000 units (equivalent to 12 inches), with overall capacity utilization maintained at 78%. Looking ahead to the first quarter of this year, the company expects wafer shipments to remain stable, average selling prices to remain strong, gross margin to fall back to a high range of around 20%, and capacity utilization to be in the mid-70% range. (Glonghui)