Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM is Linden Rose Investment LLC’s 3rd Largest Position

Linden Rose Investment LLC boosted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 223.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 37,239 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 25,717 shares during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing accounts for about 16.5% of Linden Rose Investment LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest position. Linden Rose Investment LLC’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $12,585,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 11.1% during the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 17,464,962 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,307,428,000 after purchasing an additional 1,750,824 shares in the last quarter. Life Cycle Investment Partners Ltd purchased a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $495,163,000. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 168.6% during the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,093,115 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $636,077,000 after purchasing an additional 1,313,917 shares during the last quarter. SurgoCap Partners LP bought a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the third quarter valued at approximately $360,443,000. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 66.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 3,215,353 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $976,821,000 after buying an additional 1,281,648 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

In other Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing news, VP Bor-Zen Tien bought 2,000 shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were bought at an average price of $69.91 per share, with a total value of $139,820.00. Following the acquisition, the vice president owned 11,051 shares in the company, valued at approximately $772,575.41. This trade represents a 22.10% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP Tzu-Sou Chuang sold 200,000 shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.83, for a total transaction of $13,966,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 2,495,165 shares in the company, valued at approximately $174,237,371.95. The trade was a 7.42% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have acquired 6,857 shares of company stock valued at $512,334. Insiders own 1.11% of the company’s stock.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of TSM opened at $419.43 on Thursday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 1 year low of $223.70 and a 1 year high of $479.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 2.49 and a quick ratio of 2.31. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $427.18 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $377.06. The firm has a market cap of $2.18 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.89, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.36.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 15th. The semiconductor company reported $3.49 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.31 by $0.18. The firm had revenue of $35.49 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $35.47 billion. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 46.97% and a return on equity of 36.81%. The business’s revenue was up 40.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.12 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 15.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 16th will be paid a $1.1136 dividend. This is a positive change from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 16th. This represents a $4.45 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is currently 24.71%.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Reuters said TSMC is expected to post a fifth straight quarter of record earnings, with second-quarter net profit likely up 59% year over year thanks to booming AI infrastructure spending. TSMC’s second-quarter profit seen hitting record on AI boom
• Positive Sentiment: Wedbush reiterated an Outperform rating, saying TSMC’s monthly revenue trends suggest it likely beat its prior second-quarter revenue estimate by about 1%, which would reinforce the company’s AI growth story. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company heads into earnings with Wedbush expecting continued AI-driven growth
• Positive Sentiment: Several reports highlighted TSMC’s June sales surge and strong AI-driven demand, which investors view as evidence that the company remains the key manufacturing bottleneck for advanced chips used by Nvidia, Meta and other large customers. TSMC's 68% Sales Surge Just Validated This Billionaire's $9.5 Billion Bet
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are also watching TSMC’s earnings as a broader test of whether Big Tech will keep spending aggressively on AI chips, making the report a major catalyst but not necessarily a one-way outcome. TSMC Earnings Will Be a Crucial Test for AI Thursday
• Negative Sentiment: One possible headwind is pricing pressure from ASML, after reports that TSMC is pushing back against proposed price increases on chipmaking tools, which could modestly squeeze margins if equipment costs rise. ASML has room to raise prices, CFO says

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently commented on TSM. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Monday, July 6th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Monday. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 22nd. Barclays increased their target price on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $450.00 to $470.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally, DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $450.00 price target on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Friday, April 17th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $449.38.

About Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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.