Cwm LLC Has $9.46 Million Holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Cwm LLC raised its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 12.2% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 33,879 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,682 shares during the period. Cwm LLC’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $9,462,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 20.9% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 10,930 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,159,000 after acquiring an additional 1,892 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the first quarter worth approximately $908,000. Calton & Associates Inc. grew its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 42.9% during the first quarter. Calton & Associates Inc. now owns 1,480 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $246,000 after purchasing an additional 444 shares during the period. Retirement Planning Co of New England Inc. bought a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the first quarter worth approximately $237,000. Finally, Flputnam Investment Management Co. lifted its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 13.5% in the first quarter. Flputnam Investment Management Co. now owns 71,556 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $11,878,000 after buying an additional 8,488 shares during the period. 16.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

TSM has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $330.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Monday, December 22nd. UBS Group set a $330.00 price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Sunday, December 7th. Wall Street Zen raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, December 14th. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $300.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $355.00.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Down 0.7%

TSM opened at $300.83 on Tuesday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $134.25 and a fifty-two week high of $313.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.56 trillion, a PE ratio of 30.85, a P/E/G ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 2.69 and a quick ratio of 2.47. The company’s 50-day moving average is $292.38 and its 200 day moving average is $264.04.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November 14th. The semiconductor company reported $14.32 EPS for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 34.34% and a net margin of 43.72%. As a group, research analysts predict that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 9th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.9678 per share. This is a boost from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $3.87 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 25.85%.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Profile

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is a leading pure-play semiconductor foundry that provides wafer fabrication and related services to the global semiconductor industry. Founded in 1987 by Morris Chang and headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, TSMC manufactures integrated circuits on behalf of fabless and integrated device manufacturers, offering contract chip production across a broad set of technologies and products.

TSMC’s service offering covers logic and mixed-signal process technologies, specialty processes for radio-frequency, power management and embedded memory, and advanced nodes used in mobile, high-performance computing and AI applications.