CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong Has $10.49 Million Stock Holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong trimmed its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 68.7% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 37,561 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 82,439 shares during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing makes up approximately 0.4% of CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 25th biggest holding. CloudAlpha Capital Management Limited Hong Kong’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $10,490,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of TSM. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 3.6% during the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 15,759,419 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,401,448,000 after buying an additional 541,047 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 14,805,720 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,353,348,000 after acquiring an additional 115,158 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 12,591,542 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,516,692,000 after acquiring an additional 544,750 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 18.0% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 10,457,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,368,587,000 after acquiring an additional 1,593,786 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WCM Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 0.3% in the third quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 10,090,519 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,757,033,000 after acquiring an additional 31,860 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

More Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News

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

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. officials are planning carve-outs for “Big Tech” chips from the next wave of tariffs, with exemptions tied to TSMC’s U.S. investment commitments — this reduces near-term tariff risk for TSMC’s largest customers and supports demand for the company’s U.S. fabs. US plans Big Tech carve-out from next wave of chip tariffs
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang warned TSMC likely must roughly double capacity to meet massive AI demand — a signal of sustained order flow and continued multi-year capex that supports revenue growth for TSMC (but implies heavy investment needs). TSMC Must Double Its Capacity to Meet Massive AI Demand, According to Jensen Huang
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and media bullishness is widespread: TSMC has been highlighted in Zacks/Yahoo bull coverage and included in lists of top AI/tech buys, supporting investor optimism and higher analyst targets (consensus targets imply meaningful upside). TSM Soars 69% in a Year: Should Investors Still Buy the Stock?
• Neutral Sentiment: TSMC is expanding capacity in Arizona, which is positive for U.S. presence and customer diversification — but Taiwanese officials are signaling limits on how much production they’ll relocate, creating a mixed operational/political picture. TSMC (TSM) Expands in Arizona, but Taiwan Draws Limits on U.S. Chip Shift
• Neutral Sentiment: Mainstream buy-list inclusions (Fool, InsiderMonkey, MSN) reinforce the long-term AI/capex thesis; they sustain investor interest but are less immediate catalysts than policy or supply news. Strong Analyst Sentiment on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) As AI Demand Drives Massive 2026 Capital Spending
• Negative Sentiment: Taiwanese officials have pushed back on U.S. demands for a large-scale (e.g., 40%) chip production shift to the U.S.; that resistance increases geopolitical and policy risk, which could complicate subsidy-driven expansion or slow U.S. capacity build-out. ‘Impossible!’: Taiwan slams the brakes on US demands for 40% chip shift

Analyst Ratings Changes

TSM has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Friday, January 2nd. Dbs Bank upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Barclays increased their price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $380.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $381.67.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Price Performance

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock opened at $355.28 on Tuesday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 52 week low of $134.25 and a 52 week high of $359.60. The firm has a market cap of $1.84 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.36, a P/E/G ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 2.47 and a current ratio of 2.69. The business’s fifty day moving average is $315.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $285.57.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 14th. The semiconductor company reported $14.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 45.13% and a return on equity of 36.18%. The business had revenue of $32.50 billion for the quarter. 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 business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 9th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be issued a $0.9678 dividend. This is an increase 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 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 17th. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 23.57%.

About Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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.