UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP UMC
SPON ADR NEW · ADR · CUSIP 910873405 · ISIN US9108734057
Semiconductor foundry company headquartered in Taiwan
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($3.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $8.98. Options: 13 managers hold calls ($41.7m notional), 9 hold puts ($15.6m).
Trends to Q1 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 226 |
| Q4 2022 | 223 |
| Q1 2023 | 222 |
| Q2 2023 | 221 |
| Q3 2023 | 218 |
| Q4 2023 | 251 |
| Q1 2024 | 242 |
| Q2 2024 | 238 |
| Q3 2024 | 269 |
| Q4 2024 | 253 |
| Q1 2025 | 235 |
| Q2 2025 | 241 |
| Q3 2025 | 241 |
| Q4 2025 | 270 |
| Q1 2026 | 318 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 117 | 106 |
| Q3 2024 | 156 | 89 |
| Q4 2024 | 100 | 158 |
| Q1 2025 | 129 | 112 |
| Q2 2025 | 129 | 108 |
| Q3 2025 | 119 | 126 |
| Q4 2025 | 167 | 78 |
| Q1 2026 | 210 | 78 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $1.6m | $8.5m | 5.31 |
| Q3 2025 | $3.8m | $12.2m | 3.18 |
| Q4 2025 | $5.2m | $12.5m | 2.41 |
| Q1 2026 | $41.7m | $15.6m | 0.37 |
Biggest buyers
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +5.8m |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +5.2m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +4.8m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +4.0m |
| Man Group plc | Added | +3.6m |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +3.6m |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +2.1m |
| Tidal Investments LLC | Added | +1.4m |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | +1.3m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +1.1m |
Biggest sellers
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -4.5m |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Reduced | -3.8m |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Sold out | -3.4m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -3.0m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Sold out | -2.0m |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -1.5m |
| KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd | Sold out | -1.3m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -772.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -359.0k |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | Reduced | -199.6k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $15.1m1.7m shares |
| Tidal Investments LLC | New | $12.7m1.4m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $4.9m545.1k shares |
| UBS Group AG | New | $1.8m200.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.4m152.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $1.2m138.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.2m128.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $774.1k86.2k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | New | $691.5k77.0k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $661.8k73.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.5m505.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $3.5m384.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.5m165.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $1.4m159.3k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $1.3m139.5k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.2m135.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $1.1m124.1k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $753.4k83.9k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $350.2k39.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2026-04-29 | 6.5% |
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q1 2026.
Holders, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.5m $246.9m | Added +512.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 14.7m $132.1m | Added +5.2m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 9.7m $86.7m | Added +4.0m |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.0m $80.7m | First filing |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.8m $78.8m | Added +1.1m |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.2m $73.4m | Added +3.6m |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 8.1m $72.9m | Added +5.8m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.9m $52.8m | Added +1.1m |
| Man Group plc 0.11% of their portfolio | 5.7m $51.4m | Added +3.6m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 5.1m $45.8m | Added +4.8m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.0m $45.0m | Added +185.1k |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 5.0m $44.8m | Reduced -1.5m |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.7m $42.6m | Reduced -772.9k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.3m $38.6m | Added +1.3m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2m $28.7m | Reduced -19.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.8m $25.6m | Added +333.0k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $24.8m | First filing |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6m $23.4m | Reduced -3.0m |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.6m $23.1m | Added +2.1m |
| Creative Planning 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.4m $21.2m | Added +204.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.9m $17.0m | Added +1.0m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $15.9m | Added +1.1m |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $14.3m | Added +1.4m |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $14.2m | Added +107.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $9.4m | Added +739.7k |
| MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3.56% of their portfolio | 977.6k $8.8m | New |
| Moran Wealth Management, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 910.4k $8.2m | Added +118.0k |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 815.6k $7.3m | Added +236.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 765.3k $6.9m | Reduced -359.0k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.06% of their portfolio | 745.3k $6.7m | Added +499.8k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 710.6k $6.4m | Added +108.0k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 710.1k $6.4m | Added +695.6k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.01% of their portfolio | 694.2k $6.2m | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 667.6k $6.0m | Reduced -61.8k |
| B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG 0.05% of their portfolio | 653.5k $5.9m | Reduced -5.3k |
| Vident Advisory, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 635.3k $5.7m | Added +78.0k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 604.0k $5.4m | Reduced -163.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 575.7k $5.2m | Added +105.7k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 539.7k $4.8m | Added +287.5k |
| Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 524.2k $4.5m | Added +77.7k |
| QUADRANT CAPITAL GROUP LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 462.7k $4.2m | Added +133.2k |
| Laird Norton Wetherby Trust Company, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 461.6k $4.1m | Added +6.5k |
| Ethic Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 443.7k $4.0m | Reduced -51.9k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 440.6k $4.0m | First filing |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 432.0k $3.9m | Added +19.7k |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 426.6k $3.8m | Added +43.5k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 425.9k $3.8m | Added +16.2k |
| Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 418.3k $3.8m | Added +5.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 406.4k $3.6m | Reduced -27.3k |
| North of South Capital LLP 0.33% of their portfolio | 405.1k $3.6m | Added +203.1k |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 364.2k $3.3m | New |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 363.1k $3.3m | Added +56.6k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.00% of their portfolio | 311.5k $2.8m | Added +66.8k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.01% of their portfolio | 307.4k $2.8m | Unchanged |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.00% of their portfolio | 293.1k $2.5m | Reduced -3.8m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 260.7k $2.2m | Added +119.4k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 244.8k $2.2m | Added +3.1k |
| SIGNATUREFD, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 230.9k $2.1m | Added +750 |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 226.7k $2.0m | Added +49.3k |
| OLD MISSION CAPITAL LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 225.8k $2.0m | New |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 208.9k $1.9m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 208.3k $1.9m | Added +176.2k |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 207.1k $1.9m | Added +9.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 205.4k $1.8m | Reduced -4.5m |
| Vestmark Advisory Solutions, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 194.7k $1.7m | Added +118.9k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 190.4k $1.7m | Added +17.3k |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 185.5k $1.7m | Reduced -49.8k |
| NLB Skladi, upravljanje premozenja, d.o.o. 0.08% of their portfolio | 183.9k $1.7m | Added +11.5k |
| Brooklyn Investment Group 0.05% of their portfolio | 176.5k $1.6m | Added +42.9k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 169.2k $1.5m | Added +141.4k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 166.8k $1.5m | Added +195 |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 164.9k $1.5m | New |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 163.8k $1.5m | New |
| Ballentine Partners, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 162.1k $1.5m | Added +7.0k |
| Delta Global Management LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 159.7k $1.4m | New |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 156.2k $1.4m | Reduced -137.7k |
| Summit Global Investments 0.08% of their portfolio | 153.6k $1.4m | Reduced -107.5k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 152.7k $1.4m | Added +51.8k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 150.9k $1.4m | New |
| Callan Family Office, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 147.5k $1.3m | Added +74.7k |
| GREENLEAF TRUST 0.01% of their portfolio | 143.0k $1.3m | Reduced -9.0k |
| Vise Technologies, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 142.2k $1.1m | Unchanged |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 134.0k $1.2m | New |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.9k $1.2m | Added +1.1k |
| West Family Investments, Inc. 0.39% of their portfolio | 125.3k $1.1m | Reduced -27.3k |
| Parallel Advisors, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 124.8k $1.1m | Added +3.7k |
| PROFUND ADVISORS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 124.3k $1.1m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 123.5k $1.1m | New |
| Frank, Rimerman Advisors LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 123.0k $1.1m | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.1k $1.1m | Reduced -93.5k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.1k $1.0m | Added +57.2k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 113.7k $1.0m | New |
| Caprock Group, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 112.6k $1.0m | Added +8.5k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 112.4k $1.0m | Added +45.4k |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.9k $924.1k | Added +2.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.8k $922.8k | Added +12.8k |
| Headlands Technologies LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 101.8k $913.8k | New |
| Generali Investments CEE, investicni spolecnost, a.s. 0.05% of their portfolio | 101.4k $910.7k | Unchanged |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 99.9k $898.0k | New |
| DRW Securities, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 99.0k $888.8k | New |