Cantor Fitzgerald L. P. Cuts Stock Holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Cantor Fitzgerald L. P. reduced its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 42.0% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 14,475 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 10,475 shares during the quarter. Cantor Fitzgerald L. P.’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $4,043,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of TSM. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 1.0% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 17,833,127 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,980,614,000 after purchasing an additional 168,171 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 3.6% in 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 buying an additional 541,047 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 0.9% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 14,935,893 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,171,445,000 after buying an additional 130,173 shares during the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 4.5% during the third quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 12,591,542 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,516,692,000 after buying an additional 544,750 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 10,687,037 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,984,783,000 after buying an additional 229,237 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. UBS Group set a $330.00 price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Sunday, December 7th. Zacks Research upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $380.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. Freedom Capital raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $391.43.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Price Performance

TSM stock opened at $346.01 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $1.79 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.49, a P/E/G 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 has a 50-day moving average price of $347.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $307.99. The company has a current ratio of 2.62, a quick ratio of 2.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17.

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

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

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

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 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.