Contravisory Investment Management Inc. Sells 5,938 Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Contravisory Investment Management Inc. cut its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 11.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 45,011 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 5,938 shares during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing accounts for about 2.7% of Contravisory Investment Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Contravisory Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $13,678,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

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

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Up 2.9%

Shares of TSM stock opened at $338.68 on Tuesday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 1 year low of $134.25 and a 1 year high of $390.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.75 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.29. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $348.80 and a two-hundred day moving average of $310.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 2.42 and a current ratio of 2.62.

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

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 11th will be given a dividend of $0.9503 per share. This represents a $3.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s payout ratio is 28.36%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on TSM shares. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Friday, January 9th. Argus raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $380.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $391.43.

Key Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News

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

• Positive Sentiment: TSMC’s 2nm capacity crunch is forcing major customers (including NVIDIA) to rethink designs, underscoring extreme demand and limited supply for TSMC’s leading-edge nodes — a near-term pricing and leverage positive for TSMC. Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Drops 3% Amid TSMC Manufacturing Bottleneck Concerns
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage pieces emphasize TSMC’s de facto “AI gatekeeper” role (dominant share of advanced foundry and packaging technologies), reinforcing expectations for sustained revenue and margin strength. Taiwan Semiconductor Controls 72% of the Global Chip Market, and the Stock Could Surge in 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Recent analyst upgrades and “buy” recommendations add buy-side momentum and institutional validation, supporting the rally. Taiwan Semiconductor Given Average Recommendation of “Buy” by Analysts
• Neutral Sentiment: TSMC’s CEO publicly dismissed some Chinese humanoid robot demos as “fun but useless,” a PR/data-point emphasizing that advanced robotics still require cutting-edge semiconductors — more narrative than operational news. Robot Brain Maker TSMC (TSM) Blasts Chinese Humanoids as “Fun But Useless”
• Negative Sentiment: Operational risk: a reported helium/energy supply crunch (Qatar disruption) could hit EUV tool uptime and constrain production runs — a real short-term production vulnerability for advanced-node output. TSMC Helium Crisis: How the Persian Gulf War Put the World’s Chip Supply on an 11-Day Clock
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk: Samsung’s aggressive ~$73B spending push to bolster AI-focused fabs raises medium-term competition for advanced nodes and packaging capacity. Samsung Targets SK Hynix AI Lead With $73 Billion Blitz
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical risk remains a watch item (Middle East tensions, Taiwan’s strategic exposure); several pieces flag the potential for disruptions that could pressure investor sentiment despite TSMC’s global expansion plans. Are Rising Geopolitical Tensions a Reason to Sell Taiwan Semiconductor Stock?

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.