Paragon Advisors LLC Sells 2,329 Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Paragon Advisors LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 6.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 31,719 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,329 shares during the period. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing accounts for about 2.6% of Paragon Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Paragon Advisors LLC’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $9,639,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in TSM. Brown Advisory Inc. increased its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 43.2% in the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 6,650,983 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,506,389,000 after acquiring an additional 2,006,745 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 109.5% during the 2nd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,526,160 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $798,640,000 after acquiring an additional 1,842,951 shares during the period. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main grew its stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 268.2% in the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 2,499,677 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $566,152,000 after purchasing an additional 1,820,852 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 18.0% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 10,457,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,368,587,000 after purchasing an additional 1,593,786 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SurgoCap Partners LP acquired a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the third quarter valued at $360,443,000. 16.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Up 1.3%

Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock opened at $347.80 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $349.46 and a 200-day simple moving average of $311.90. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $134.25 and a fifty-two week high of $390.20. The firm has a market cap of $1.80 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a quick ratio of 2.42, a current ratio of 2.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The semiconductor company reported $3.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 34.89% and a net margin of 45.13%.The firm had revenue of $30.65 billion for the quarter. On average, equities analysts forecast that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.9503 per share. This represents a $3.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 28.36%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

TSM has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday. UBS Group set a $330.00 price target on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Sunday, December 7th. Freedom Capital raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $325.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $391.43.

More Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Broadcom warns TSMC is hitting production capacity limits — markets view the bottleneck as evidence of sustained demand for TSMC’s leading-edge nodes, supporting pricing power and long-term revenue visibility. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: ASML’s nearly $8B order for EUV tools signals a multiyear memory/AI capex cycle that increases demand for advanced packaging and leading-node wafer capacity — a structural tailwind for TSM as the primary contract manufacturer for AI GPUs and server chips. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Arm’s new AGI CPU is being built on TSMC 3nm (with Meta partnership) — another concrete order/roadmap signal that TSMC’s advanced nodes will see durable hyperscaler and AI customer demand. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Insider buying by a TSMC VP and recent analyst price-target upgrades reinforce management confidence and a constructive sell-side view on growth and margins. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader analysis pieces compare TSMC with other AI-infrastructure names (Broadcom, Micron, AMD) and highlight TSMC’s strategic role — useful for positioning but not an immediate earnings catalyst. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical and commodity risks (energy, helium supply disruptions tied to the Iran conflict) raise the prospect of production interruptions or higher fab operating costs — a material operational risk for Taiwan-based fabs. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Logistics and ecosystem moves (e.g., UPS $100M Taiwan hub) show supply-chain players scaling to support elevated chip flows — reduces distribution friction and signals sustained order volumes. Read More.

Insider Transactions at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

In other Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing news, VP Bor-Zen Tien purchased 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Sunday, March 22nd. The shares were purchased at an average price of $55.93 per share, for a total transaction of $55,930.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 9,051 shares in the company, valued at $506,222.43. This represents a 12.42% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 1.11% of the company’s stock.

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.