Katamaran Capital LLP Sells 2,388 Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Katamaran Capital LLP cut its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 14.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 14,199 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,388 shares during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing comprises 3.6% of Katamaran Capital LLP’s holdings, making the stock its 13th biggest position. Katamaran Capital LLP’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $3,966,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Childress Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 145.3% in the 3rd quarter. Childress Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,192 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $891,000 after purchasing an additional 1,891 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 9.4% in the third quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 101,876 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,470,000 after purchasing an additional 8,738 shares in the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 28.6% during the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 37,216 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $10,394,000 after buying an additional 8,284 shares during the period. Hollencrest Capital Management grew its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 125.3% during the third quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management now owns 5,216 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,457,000 after buying an additional 2,901 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cherokee Insurance Co bought a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the second quarter worth about $1,248,000. 16.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on TSM shares. Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $360.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. UBS Group set a $330.00 target price on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Sunday, December 7th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $380.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Friday, January 2nd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $381.67.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Price Performance

NYSE:TSM opened at $355.28 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.47, a current ratio of 2.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 12-month low of $134.25 and a 12-month high of $359.60. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $315.86 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $285.57. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.84 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.36, a P/E/G ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.31.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last posted its earnings results on Friday, November 14th. The semiconductor company reported $14.32 earnings per share for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 36.18% and a net margin of 45.13%.The business had revenue of $32.50 billion for the quarter. On average, analysts anticipate that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.9678 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $3.87 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. This is a boost from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is 23.57%.

Key Headlines Impacting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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

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.