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Global Unichip Corp.3443.TWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Taiwan · TWD·Information Technology›Semiconductors

TSMC-affiliated ASIC design-service company that turns customers' chip specs into manufacturable silicon, especially AI/HPC ASICs.

≈ Taiwan's version of Broadcom/Marvell's custom-ASIC business, tied closely to TSMCMomentum leader 94
Mkt cap
$25.1B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
57%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$484M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
50.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+73.9 pp
WACC 13.9%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · TWDNT$6,205
1D-3.1%
1W-18.7%
1M-27.9%
3M+49.7%
6M+28.9%
YTD+193.3%
1Y+272.1%
ATR %9.7%
52w lowhigh29.1% off high

What Global Unichip does

TSMC-affiliated ASIC design-service company that turns customers' chip specs into manufacturable silicon, especially AI/HPC ASICs.

Earns design fees up front from customers, then larger revenue from managing chip production through TSMC and its packaging partners, buying wafers and selling finished chips back, so revenue is lumpy and swings with a few projects. TSMC is its largest shareholder.

In one line: Taiwan's version of Broadcom/Marvell's custom-ASIC business, tied closely to TSMC.

Products and services

  • Custom ASIC design services
  • IP licensing (SerDes, interface IP)
  • Turnkey wafer/production management

Customers

  • Cloud/hyperscale AI-chip customers
  • Networking equipment makers
  • TSMC (as a Value Chain Aggregator partner)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Semiconductors
  • Fabless/design services
  • ASIC design & turnkey silicon

What could go right

  • AI accelerator/ASIC demand from hyperscalers
  • Advanced-node design win growth

What could go wrong

  • Customer/order concentration
  • Long, lumpy design-win cycles

Moat: narrow (process know-how, IP / patents, customer qualification). Deep access to TSMC's advanced processes and design IP; long, sticky design-in cycles with each customer.

Headquarters: Hsinchu, Taiwan · Founded: 1998

Named competitors

Global Unichip at a glance

Size Global Unichip (3443.TW) is a Taiwan Information Technology company (Semiconductors) with a market value of $25.1B, the 21st largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$6,205 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 28.9%, against -20.5% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 103.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +24.4%); the operating margin is 12.9% (peer median 20.6%).

Valuation It trades at 50.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.2× (5th most expensive of 18).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 73.9 points above its cost of capital (13.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10015011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20263443.TW 126Peer median 76
Six months, rebased to 100: Global Unichip against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Global Unichip financials

Reported figures in TWD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNT$56.5BNT$34.1BNT$25.0BNT$26.2BNT$24.0B
Revenue growth—+36%-5%+9%—
Gross profitNT$11.6BNT$7.82BNT$7.53BNT$7.41BNT$7.72B
EBITDANT$8.11BNT$5.03BNT$4.43BNT$4.58BNT$4.75B
Net incomeNT$6.63BNT$3.77BNT$3.45BNT$3.51BNT$3.71B
Free cash flowNT$2.89B-NT$1.80BNT$5.92BNT$4.50BNT$1.31B
Capital expenditureNT$1.76BNT$1.17BNT$832MNT$478MNT$680M
Total debtNT$411MNT$270MNT$187MNT$251MNT$284M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Global Unichip competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%-40%-20%0%3986688795688008688347ON6888206723688072FSLR688802GFSMCHP300394SWKSALAB30166623032408STMPA3443.TW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Global Unichip is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+200%+400%+600%0×200×400×3986688008688347ON6888206723688802ALAB2408STMPA3443.TWRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Global Unichip is the large dot.

Global Unichip competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (3443.TW vs 3661.TW vs AVGO vs MRVL)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Global Unichip 3443.TW$25.1B+29%+104%13%50.1×n/a
Alchip Technologies Limitd 3661.TW$7.35B-32%-51%23%14.4×n/a
Broadcom AVGO$1.40T-32%+49%49%16.9×26.6%
Marvell Technology MRVL$124B-17%+31%17%25.0×54.4%
Faraday Technology 3035.TW$1.26B-9%-32%5%29.6×25.2%

How Global Unichip compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Global Unichip against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure3443.TWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-27.9%-21.7%7th lowest of 21
6-month return+28.9%-20.5%2nd highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-29.1%-53.1%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+103.5%+24.4%6th highest of 20
Operating margin12.9%20.6%6th lowest of 18
Forward P/E50.1×16.2×5th most expensive of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital+73.9 pp+0.3 pphighest of 18
Net debt / EBITDA-1.1×-0.4×2nd least indebted of 11

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Global Unichip 3443.TWTaiwan$25.1B+29%+104%13%50.1×n/an/a
GigaDevice Semiconductor 3986.HKHong Kong$25.1B-43%+181%50%11.6×-8.8%+14.6%
Moore Threads Technology 688795.SSChina$25.1B-53%+226%-9%n/an/an/a
Montage Technology 688008.SSChina$25.5B-13%+33%42%43.7×39.7%+24.5%
Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor 688347.SSChina$25.5B+23%+18%-2%234.7×n/an/a
ON Semiconductor ONUnited States$24.6B-39%+3%19%14.3×20.0%+2.7%
Shanghai Enflame Technology 688801.SSChina$23.8Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
SJ Semiconductor 688820.SSChina$22.9B-21%+1%n/a136.4×n/an/a
Renesas Electronics 6723.TJapan$27.9B-23%+26%24%9.9×12.2%+13.0%
Piotech 688072.SSChina$21.7B+23%+24%14%55.5×43.5%+71.7%
First Solar FSLRUnited States$21.6B-9%-1%39%9.2×12.4%+14.0%
MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) 688802.SSChina$29.5B-35%+84%n/a469.5×n/an/a
GlobalFoundries GFSUnited States$21.2B-48%+1%12%16.2×24.9%+7.0%
Microchip Technology MCHPUnited States$31.7B-41%+21%16%14.5×34.2%-2.8%
Suzhou TFC Optical Communication 300394.SZChina$19.9B-44%+26%51%36.3×44.8%+42.7%
Skyworks Solutions SWKSUnited States$19.3B+24%-3%9%14.3×39.4%-5.0%
Astera Labs ALABUnited States$33.1B-5%+115%26%28.0×n/an/a
DapuStor 301666.SZChina$18.8B+20%+611%23%n/an/an/a
United Micro Electronics 2303.TWTaiwan$34.9B+11%+13%21%13.7×14.2%+6.1%
Nanya Technology 2408.TWTaiwan$35.8B+34%+586%71%2.9×0.6%+1.8%
STMicroelectronics STMPA.PAFrance$37.7B-32%+10%7%31.4×34.0%+3.1%

Questions

Who are Global Unichip's main competitors?
Named competitors: Alchip Technologies (3661.TW), Broadcom (AVGO), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Faraday Technology (3035.TW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes GigaDevice Semiconductor (3986.HK), Moore Threads Technology (688795.SS), Montage Technology (688008.SS), Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor (688347.SS), ON Semiconductor (ON), Shanghai Enflame Technology (688801.SS).
Is Global Unichip expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 50.1× against a peer median of 16.2×, 5th most expensive of 18 in its peer set.
How has Global Unichip stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +28.9% against -20.5% for the median peer; over one year +272.1%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.