Terra Alpha Investments LLC Sells 1,794 Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Terra Alpha Investments LLC reduced its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 25,670 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,794 shares during the period. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing comprises about 7.3% of Terra Alpha Investments LLC’s holdings, making the stock its largest holding. Terra Alpha Investments LLC’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $7,169,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 3.6% during the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 15,759,419 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,401,448,000 after purchasing an additional 541,047 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 14,805,720 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,353,348,000 after buying an additional 115,158 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 12,591,542 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,516,692,000 after buying an additional 544,750 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 18.0% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 10,457,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,368,587,000 after buying an additional 1,593,786 shares during the period. Finally, WCM Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 10,058,659 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,299,108,000 after acquiring an additional 324,615 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently issued reports on the company. Itau BBA Securities started coverage on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Tuesday, October 7th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Barclays upped their target price on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $380.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $360.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Dbs Bank raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, UBS Group set a $330.00 price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Sunday, December 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $381.67.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:TSM opened at $330.69 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.71 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.05, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.29. The business has a 50-day moving average of $309.73 and a two-hundred day moving average of $281.06. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $134.25 and a fifty-two week high of $351.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 2.69 and a quick ratio of 2.47.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last issued 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 for the quarter. On average, equities research analysts predict that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be paid a $0.9678 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 17th. This is a positive change from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. This represents a $3.87 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is presently 23.57%.

Trending Headlines about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and sector writeups highlight TSMC as a core beneficiary of the AI boom — Zacks groups TSMC with NVIDIA as AI chip winners, underscoring sustained data‑center demand that supports TSMC’s revenue and margin outlook. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s CEO publicly backing TSMC’s global expansion and noting rising AI memory needs reinforces TSMC’s strategic role in next‑generation AI supply — a direct demand cue for TSMC’s advanced-node capacity. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA winning approval for a $105M Taiwan hub and deepening local ties further cements the NVIDIA–TSMC ecosystem, implying more fab capacity demand and partnership stability. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Broker commentary and upgrades (Goldman/Morgan Stanley mentions, margin expansion notes) and coverage pieces emphasize TSMC’s improving profitability and leadership position — supportive for medium‑term analyst estimates and investor positioning. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Broader investor guides and AI stock roundups continue to list TSMC as a core AI‑infrastructure play, reinforcing demand narrative among long‑term investors. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks notes elevated investor attention on TSMC — this raises near‑term liquidity and volatility but doesn’t change the company’s underlying fundamentals. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage roundups (MSN/Wall Street take) and interim data writeups summarize the company’s strong results and higher capex but add little incremental surprise; useful for sentiment but not clearly catalytic. Read More. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Large leveraged liquidations in crypto markets (Bitcoin) drove risk‑off flows that contributed to broader market volatility and intraday weakness in chips and tech, a likely headwind for TSMC’s short‑term price action. Read More.

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.