Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) Trading Down 1.7% – Time to Sell?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM)’s share price traded down 1.7% on Thursday . The company traded as low as $276.41 and last traded at $277.65. 15,415,363 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 7% from the average session volume of 14,401,321 shares. The stock had previously closed at $282.37.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

TSM has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $330.00 to $355.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Itau BBA Securities started coverage on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $300.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, October 10th. Wall Street Zen cut Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 1st. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $371.67.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Down 0.9%

The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $287.83 and a 200-day simple moving average of $245.25. The company has a quick ratio of 2.15, a current ratio of 2.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The stock has a market cap of $1.43 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.31.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 16th. The semiconductor company reported $2.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.59 by $0.33. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 36.06% and a net margin of 43.72%.The company had revenue of $32.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $951.89 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.94 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 40.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be issued a $0.9678 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 17th. This is a positive change from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. This represents a $3.87 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s payout ratio is currently 26.97%.

Institutional Trading of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the 3rd quarter valued at $159,551,000. Bell Investment Advisors Inc raised its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 19.7% in the third quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 286 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $80,000 after buying an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. Tcfg Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 4.5% in the third quarter. Tcfg Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,255 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $630,000 after buying an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Ariadne Wealth Management LP boosted its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 3.6% during the third quarter. Ariadne Wealth Management LP now owns 2,936 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $829,000 after buying an additional 102 shares during the period. Finally, WBI Investments LLC purchased a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the third quarter worth about $450,000. Institutional investors own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Profile

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.