Eurizon Asset Management Hungary Ltd. Makes New Investment in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Eurizon Asset Management Hungary Ltd. bought a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSMFree Report) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 3,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $912,000. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing comprises about 12.9% of Eurizon Asset Management Hungary Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC raised its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 868 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $264,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Oak Harvest Investment Services raised its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Oak Harvest Investment Services now owns 1,106 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $336,000 after purchasing an additional 31 shares in the last quarter. Falcon Wealth Planning grew its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Falcon Wealth Planning now owns 780 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $237,000 after buying an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. Drive Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Drive Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,997 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,522,000 after buying an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sovereign Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. Sovereign Financial Group Inc. now owns 793 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $241,000 after buying an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Key Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $410.00 to $480.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Friday, March 20th. 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 raised their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $450.00 to $470.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally, DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $450.00 price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Friday, April 17th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $404.29.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, VP Bor-Zen Tien bought 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was bought at an average price of $69.91 per share, with a total value of $139,820.00. Following the purchase, the vice president directly owned 11,051 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $772,575.41. This represents a 22.10% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through 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 shares were sold at an average price of $69.83, for a total transaction of $13,966,000.00. Following the sale, the vice president directly owned 2,495,165 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $174,237,371.95. This trade represents a 7.42% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have acquired a total of 3,346 shares of company stock valued at $218,005 in the last three months. Company insiders own 1.11% of the company’s stock.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Down 6.6%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock opened at $415.62 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $387.89 and a 200 day moving average price of $347.72. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 52 week low of $203.23 and a 52 week high of $450.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 2.31 and a current ratio of 2.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.16 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.30 and a beta of 1.38.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSMGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $3.11 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $30.65 billion during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 46.97% and a return on equity of 36.81%. Research analysts forecast that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 15.29 EPS for the current year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 8th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $1.1136 per share. This is an increase 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 (DPR) is 24.71%.

About Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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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.

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