Monetta Financial Services Inc. Makes New $1.48 Million Investment in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

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

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Tiger Global Management LLC boosted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 49.4% in the 1st quarter. Tiger Global Management LLC now owns 5,565,074 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,880,717,000 after purchasing an additional 1,839,600 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 11.1% in the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 17,464,962 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,307,428,000 after buying an additional 1,750,824 shares in the last quarter. Life Cycle Investment Partners Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $495,163,000. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 168.6% during the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,093,115 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $636,077,000 after acquiring an additional 1,313,917 shares during the period. Finally, SurgoCap Partners LP acquired a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the third quarter worth $360,443,000. 16.51% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

In other Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing news, VP Bor-Zen Tien purchased 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $73.06 per share, for a total transaction of $73,060.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 14,051 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,026,566.06. This trade represents a 7.66% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, VP Shyue-Shyh Lin acquired 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 21st. The shares were bought at an average cost of $74.13 per share, for a total transaction of $74,130.00. Following the purchase, the vice president owned 30,269 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,243,840.97. The trade was a 3.42% increase in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have acquired 16,312 shares of company stock valued at $1,207,238 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 1.11% of the company’s stock.

Key Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News

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%

Shares of TSM stock opened at $412.61 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $2.14 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.77, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.38. 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 Company Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $223.70 and a fifty-two week high of $479.00. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $425.83 and a 200-day simple moving average of $392.45.

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

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their target price on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $430.00 to $554.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 8th. Susquehanna increased their price target on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $480.00 to $530.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $625.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target 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.