Monetta Financial Services Inc. Purchases New Holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Monetta Financial Services Inc. acquired a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 3,100 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,480,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quattro Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Strategic Advocates LLC raised its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 62.1% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Advocates LLC now owns 94 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the period. Ares Financial Consulting LLC acquired a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the fourth quarter valued at about $29,000. Finally, Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the fourth quarter valued at about $31,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

In other Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing news, VP Bor-Zen Tien acquired 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were bought at an average cost of $73.06 per share, for a total transaction of $73,060.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the vice president owned 14,051 shares in the company, valued at $1,026,566.06. This trade represents a 7.66% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, VP Lipen Yuan bought 1,000 shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 22nd. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $79.19 per share, with a total value of $79,190.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the vice president directly owned 5,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $395,950. The trade was a 25.00% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Insiders acquired a total of 16,312 shares of company stock worth $1,207,238 in the last 90 days. 1.11% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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

• Positive Sentiment: Samsung is reportedly raising prices on selected advanced foundry services by as much as 15% amid strong AI-chip demand from Nvidia, Apple, Tesla and other customers. The pricing action supports TSM’s ability to maintain or increase wafer prices and suggests favorable supply-demand conditions. After TSMC, Samsung Is Also Reportedly Planning To Hike Chip Prices
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts at Bank of America reportedly see momentum building for TSM’s U.S. fabrication expansion, reinforcing the company’s long-term capacity and geopolitical diversification story. BofA Sends Bullish Message For Taiwan Semiconductor Stock Fans
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional investors have reportedly rotated capital toward TSM, including managers reducing exposure to Broadcom amid valuation and margin concerns. Separately, David Tepper’s Appaloosa continued building its TSM position, supporting the stock’s institutional sponsorship. Broadcom Faces Rising Hedge Fund Caution
• Positive Sentiment: Brokerage firms collectively maintain an average “Buy” recommendation, indicating that analysts continue to view TSM’s AI and advanced-foundry exposure favorably. TSMC Given Average Recommendation of Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: U.S. regulators took initial steps toward allowing futures tied to AI-compute economics and GPU prices. Such derivatives could improve price discovery and investor access to the AI semiconductor market, but the immediate effect on TSM’s earnings is unclear. U.S. Markets Prepare For AI Compute Derivatives
• Negative Sentiment: TSM is trading substantially above a referenced GF Value estimate, raising concerns that strong AI expectations are already reflected in the share price. That valuation risk may be contributing to profit-taking even as chip capacity remains tight. TSMC Trades Above GF Value as Chip Capacity Tightens

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Down 0.2%

NYSE:TSM opened at $412.61 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.14 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.77, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.38. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 52-week low of $223.70 and a 52-week high of $479.00. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $425.83 and its 200 day moving average price is $392.45. The company has a quick ratio of 2.25, a current ratio of 2.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.28 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $39.89 billion during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 39.25% and a net margin of 50.31%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 16.44 EPS for the current year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 10th will be given a $1.0854 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 10th. This represents a $4.34 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is 21.43%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen cut Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 8th. Susquehanna increased their target price on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Barclays raised their target price on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $625.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 17th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $480.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $524.25.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 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.