Is UMC halal?
United Microelectronics Corpora
Halal
United Microelectronics Corpora passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 15 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
19.82
Day
-5.26%
Market cap
$51.79B
Industry
Semiconductors
Sector
Technology
What the company does
United Microelectronics (Taiwan) is a contract chip manufacturer (foundry), mostly on mature, low-cost nodes (28 nm and larger). Revenue comes from making wafers for chip designers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $1.68B ÷ 36-month average market cap (estimated) $24.98B = 6.7%
6.7%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $5.27B ÷ 36-month average market cap (estimated) $24.98B = 21.1%
21.1%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $70.41M ÷ annual revenue $7.34B (2025) = 1.0%
1.0%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $51.79B.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 28.3% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Among halal stocks
- 0.08% · #163 of 1454
- Held by funds
- SPTE 0.90% · SPWO 0.55%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 1 superinvestors · Average reported price: $27.21
- Lee AinslieMaverick Capital$783K0.0%
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