Compound Planning Inc. Boosts Stock Position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Compound Planning Inc. increased its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 10.1% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 39,007 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 3,591 shares during the quarter. Compound Planning Inc.’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $10,894,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Westfuller Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Westfuller Advisors LLC now owns 1,551 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $434,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares during the period. BankPlus Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 1.6% in the third quarter. BankPlus Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,291 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $640,000 after buying an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Jackson Hole Trust boosted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 7.5% in the third quarter. Bank of Jackson Hole Trust now owns 500 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $140,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the period. New Millennium Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 2.9% in the third quarter. New Millennium Group LLC now owns 1,248 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $349,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the period. Finally, Catalyst Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 2.8% during the third quarter. Catalyst Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,407 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $393,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. 16.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Down 0.2%

TSM opened at $369.97 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $329.67 and its 200 day simple moving average is $294.52. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 52 week low of $134.25 and a 52 week high of $380.00. The company has a quick ratio of 2.47, a current ratio of 2.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. The stock has a market cap of $1.92 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.74, a P/E/G ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.31.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November 14th. The semiconductor company reported $14.32 earnings per share for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 36.18% and a net margin of 45.13%.The business had revenue of $32.50 billion during the quarter. As a group, research analysts expect that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 11th will be issued a $0.9503 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. This represents a $3.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is 23.57%.

Key Headlines Impacting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Here are the key news stories impacting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Huge institutional vote of confidence — Point72 disclosed roughly $870M of new TSM exposure, signaling large‑scale buy interest from an active hedge fund and supporting near‑term demand for the shares. Billionaire fund manager drops $2.8 billion on Big Tech stocks
• Positive Sentiment: AI demand thesis remains intact — multiple analysts and trade pieces (Zacks, Yahoo) list TSMC among AI leaders that are outpacing peers as data‑center orders and margin recovery drive revenue and earnings upside. This underpins long‑term revenue visibility. 3 AI Stocks Outpacing NVIDIA in 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Structural supply‑chain importance — MarketBeat/Market articles emphasize TSMC as the linchpin of the nanotech/lithography stack (ASML, Applied Materials, Entegris), reinforcing TSMC’s pricing power and capex moat as AI workloads expand. The Supply Chain Quietly Powering the AI Boom—And 4 Ways to Play It
• Positive Sentiment: Options and technical flows point to continued upside — options‑market analysis and commentaries suggest bulls remain willing to pay for upside, helping limit downside even amid valuation debates. Taiwan Semi Stock Is Soaring Above AI Bubble Fears
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall‑Street analyst ratings mixed in usefulness — coverage pieces note analysts are broadly bullish on TSMC, but warn average broker ratings can be overstated; useful for sentiment but not definitive for timing. Is It Worth Investing in TSMC (TSM) Based on Wall Street’s Bullish Views?
• Neutral Sentiment: Nvidia results and the chip cycle still matter — upcoming NVDA earnings and broader data‑center demand prints could swing sentiment for TSMC either way; they’re catalysts but not company‑specific news. Dow Jones Futures Fall After Trump Hikes Global Tariff To 15%
• Negative Sentiment: Trade/tariff shock creates near‑term downside risk — headlines of a 15% global tariff increase are weighing on broad markets and could pressure semiconductor demand, capex plans or supply‑chain costs if implemented, creating an overhang on TSMC despite its fundamentals. How Will Dow Jones Futures Open After Trump Hikes Global Tariff To 15%?

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. Argus upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Monday, December 29th. DA Davidson raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Friday, January 2nd. Finally, Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $391.43.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 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.