Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd Takes $444,000 Position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 1,589 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $444,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Childress Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 145.3% in the third quarter. Childress Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,192 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $891,000 after purchasing an additional 1,891 shares in the last quarter. Shannon River Fund Management LLC acquired a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the third quarter worth $2,430,000. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 9.4% during the third quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 101,876 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,470,000 after purchasing an additional 8,738 shares in the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 28.6% in the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 37,216 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $10,394,000 after buying an additional 8,284 shares during the period. Finally, Hollencrest Capital Management grew its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 125.3% in the 3rd quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management now owns 5,216 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,457,000 after buying an additional 2,901 shares during the period. 16.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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

• Positive Sentiment: Big Tech is projected to spend roughly $720 billion on AI capex in 2026; that surge in infrastructure spending supports higher wafer/service demand for foundries like TSMC. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s strong AI chip outlook from GTC increases near-term demand pressure for advanced-node capacity, a tailwind for TSMC’s premium-margin business. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Large, unusual options activity: traders bought ~468,549 TSM call options on Monday (≈213% above average), signaling short-term bullish investor positioning.
• Positive Sentiment: Research houses (including Bernstein coverage noted in recent headlines) remain bullish on TSMC’s AI opportunity and capacity-led upside, reinforcing buy-side conviction. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage arguing the “TSMC AI bottleneck” thesis is maturing (not breaking) suggests sustained structural demand for advanced nodes and capacity pricing power. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Microsoft’s Maia 200 and other in-house AI chip efforts keep competitive dynamics evolving; TSMC could still be a fabricator for many designs but competition among OEMs may shift mix. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro calendar (Fed decisions, tech events) is creating short-term market volatility that can amplify TSMC moves but doesn’t change the company’s long-term demand drivers. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/supply risk: analysts warn a helium shortage or Strait-of-Hormuz disruption could impair chip production inputs and logistics, posing short-term operational risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: China’s push to develop domestic 7nm supply and longer-term onshore fabrication ambitions represent strategic competition risk that could erode addressable market share over time. Read More.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

TSM has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. 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 cut Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. Zacks Research upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. TD Cowen raised their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $325.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Friday, January 9th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $391.43.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of NYSE:TSM opened at $346.01 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $1.79 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.49, a PEG ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 1.29. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 12 month low of $134.25 and a 12 month high of $390.20. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $347.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $307.99. The company has a quick ratio of 2.42, a current ratio of 2.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The semiconductor company reported $3.11 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $30.65 billion during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 45.13% and a return on equity of 34.89%. As a group, research analysts forecast that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 11th will be given a dividend of $0.9503 per share. This represents a $3.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 11th. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.57%.

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.