Che-Chia Wei Purchases 152 Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) Stock

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) CEO Che-Chia Wei purchased 152 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 7th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $73.31 per share, with a total value of $11,143.12. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 17,987 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,318,626.97. This represents a 0.85% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Che-Chia Wei also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, July 7th, Che-Chia Wei acquired 146 shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of $76.62 per share, for a total transaction of $11,186.52.
• On Friday, June 5th, Che-Chia Wei acquired 150 shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock. The stock was bought at an average price of $76.01 per share, for a total transaction of $11,401.50.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Price Performance

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock opened at $419.94 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $427.01 and a 200 day simple moving average of $387.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 2.46 and a quick ratio of 2.25. The company has a market capitalization of $2.18 trillion, a PE ratio of 30.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.39. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a one year low of $223.70 and a one year high of $479.00.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $39.89 billion during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 39.37% and a net margin of 50.31%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 16.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 16th will be issued a dividend of $1.1136 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 16th. This represents a $4.45 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. This is an increase from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.95. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s payout ratio is 21.43%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have weighed in on TSM. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $625.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 17th. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Monday, July 6th. Bank of America raised their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $490.00 to $590.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Zacks Research raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $496.25.

Trending Headlines about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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

• Positive Sentiment: TSMC reported July revenue of 467.58 billion New Taiwan dollars, approximately $14.5 billion, representing a 44.7% increase from the same month last year. The result suggests demand for advanced chips remains strong despite broader market volatility. World’s biggest chipmaker TSMC’s sales surge 45% amid buoyant AI demand
• Positive Sentiment: Reports also cited a 77% year-over-year increase in second-quarter profit, with analysts raising some price targets to as high as $530. The figures strengthen the case that TSMC can benefit regardless of which technology company ultimately leads the AI market. Taiwan Semiconductor Stock: AI Boom Fuels Record July Revenue Growth
• Positive Sentiment: TSMC and Sony plan to invest approximately 1 trillion yen, or $6.32 billion, in a Japan-based joint venture for next-generation image-sensor chips. Sony would own about 60% and TSMC 40%, with production potentially beginning in 2029, expanding TSMC’s strategic manufacturing footprint. Sony, TSMC to spend $6.3 billion jointly making image sensors
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary continues to describe TSMC as a potential bottleneck in the AI-chip supply chain and highlights its large planned investments to expand capacity. These are long-term growth positives, but the articles provide limited new details beyond the latest sales report.
• Negative Sentiment: The Sony project and broader capacity expansion require substantial capital and will not generate meaningful production until later in the decade, creating execution, timing and return-on-investment risks.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Quattro Advisors LLC bought a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Strategic Advocates LLC boosted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 62.1% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Advocates LLC now owns 94 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Ares Financial Consulting LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the fourth quarter worth $31,000. Institutional investors own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

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.