Stiles Financial Services Inc Makes New Investment in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Stiles Financial Services Inc bought a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 1,415 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $321,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of TSM. 1248 Management LLC purchased a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 138.8% in the 1st quarter. Signature Resources Capital Management LLC now owns 191 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 111 shares during the period. Graybill Wealth Management LTD. purchased a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the 1st quarter worth approximately $33,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC purchased a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the 1st quarter worth approximately $33,000. Finally, Keener Financial Planning LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the 1st quarter valued at $39,000. 16.51% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Down 1.5%

Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock opened at $299.90 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $255.00 and a 200 day moving average price of $216.42. The company has a current ratio of 2.37, a quick ratio of 2.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a twelve month low of $134.25 and a twelve month high of $307.30. The stock has a market cap of $1.56 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.28.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 17th. The semiconductor company reported $2.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.13 by $0.34. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 42.91% and a return on equity of 33.37%. The firm had revenue of $30.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $28.50 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.48 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 44.4% on a year-over-year basis. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 11th will be given a dividend of $0.8348 per share. This is a positive change from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.65. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 11th. This represents a $3.34 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is currently 29.99%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently issued reports on TSM shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, August 31st. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $270.00 price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $255.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Itau BBA Securities started coverage on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Tuesday. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $288.33.

About Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices in Taiwan, China, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, the United States, and internationally. It provides a range of wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal- oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, bipolar CMOS mixed-signal, and others.