Tufton Capital Management Trims Stock Position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Tufton Capital Management trimmed its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 5.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 25,645 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 1,511 shares during the period. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing accounts for approximately 1.4% of Tufton Capital Management’s holdings, making the stock its 27th largest holding. Tufton Capital Management’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $7,793,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Meadow Creek Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 10.8% during the 4th quarter. Meadow Creek Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,319 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $401,000 after acquiring an additional 129 shares during the last quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 6.0% in the fourth quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 2,659 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $808,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. EPG Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. EPG Wealth Management LLC now owns 10,958 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,330,000 after purchasing an additional 532 shares during the period. HB Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 11.1% during the fourth quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 45,963 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $13,968,000 after purchasing an additional 4,605 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 30.8% during the fourth quarter. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 16,298 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,953,000 after purchasing an additional 3,837 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

TSM has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Friday, March 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Dbs Bank upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Freedom Capital raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $404.29.

Trending Headlines about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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

• Positive Sentiment: TSMC debuted its new A13 process (a shrink of A14) at its North America Technology Symposium, signaling a clear roadmap for higher-performance, more power-efficient chips targeted at AI and HPC customers; this supports long-term revenue and pricing power. TSMC Debuts A13 Technology
• Positive Sentiment: Synopsys announced certified IP and EDA flows for TSMC’s most advanced nodes (including 3nm and 2nm), reducing customer time-to-market and strengthening TSMC’s ecosystem advantage for AI chips. Synopsys Partners with TSMC
• Positive Sentiment: TSMC confirmed plans to open an advanced packaging plant in Arizona by 2029, addressing a key bottleneck for multi-die AI packages and supporting U.S. onshoring demand from major customers. TSMC plans to open chip packaging plant in Arizona
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and market commentary point to strong Q1 margins and accelerating AI-driven demand, and Barclays raised its price target, which can support investor sentiment and multiple expansion. TSMC Hits Record Margins
• Neutral Sentiment: TSMC showcased process variants (A13 and an N2U option) that aim to push performance using existing EUV tools rather than immediately shifting to higher-cost high-NA machines — this reduces near-term capex but may affect ultimate node scaling trade-offs. TSMC shows smaller, faster chips
• Neutral Sentiment: Partner companies and ecosystem players (e.g., Alchip) highlighted 2nm readiness and packaging/3DIC integration at TSMC’s symposium, underscoring ecosystem momentum but not immediate revenue impact. Alchip to Showcase Advanced AI ASIC Technologies
• Negative Sentiment: TSMC said ASML’s next-gen high-NA lithography is too expensive for now and has limited purchases for research use only; markets interpreted a delayed high-NA rollout as a potential long-term technology risk for the industry, which pressured ASML’s stock and creates an execution/competitive-risk debate for the very bleeding-edge roadmap. TSMC says ASML’s chipmaking too pricey to use

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Performance

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock opened at $387.72 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.01 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 1.35. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a one year low of $156.00 and a one year high of $390.20. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $355.38 and its 200 day moving average price is $323.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 2.32 and a current ratio of 2.51.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $3.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $30.65 billion for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 38.17% and a net margin of 46.97%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 15.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 11th will be issued a $0.9503 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 11th. This represents a $3.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is currently 24.96%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, VP Bor-Zen Tien acquired 1,000 shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock in a transaction on Sunday, March 22nd. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $55.93 per share, for a total transaction of $55,930.00. Following the purchase, the vice president directly owned 9,051 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $506,222.43. The trade was a 12.42% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 1.11% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.