Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) Stock Price Up 2.8% – Here’s Why

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) shares rose 2.8% on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $382.16 and last traded at $379.92. Approximately 12,716,471 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 8% from the average daily volume of 13,769,021 shares. The stock had previously closed at $369.57.

Key Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Record Q1 sales and bullish market reaction: Social and trade coverage highlights Q1 revenue surging ~35% YoY to roughly $35.7B (March sales +45%), underpinning optimism that AI-infrastructure demand is already driving outsized revenue. TSMC Stock (TSM) Opinions on Record Q1 Revenue
• Positive Sentiment: Strong guidance and technology edge: Company guidance and coverage point to Q1 revenue of ~$34.6–$35.8B and an expanding share of advanced-node wafer revenue (2nm in mass production), supporting pricing power and long-term AI market leadership. Taiwan Semiconductor Q1: Middle East War Consequences And The Zero-Availability Crisis
• Positive Sentiment: Insider buying: CEO Che‑Chia Wei bought shares in the open market, a small governance signal that can reinforce investor confidence ahead of earnings. SEC Form 4 disclosure
• Neutral Sentiment: New ETF product tied to TSM exposure may change short-term flows: GraniteShares launched a YieldBOOST TSM-linked ETF (TMYY), which could increase options and ETF-driven trading around TSM but is not a fundamental change. GraniteShares Expands YieldBOOST(TM) Lineup with Three New ETFs
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst previews set expectations for a beat — raises potential for bigger post-earnings moves: Multiple previews (Zacks, TipRanks, Motley Fool) expect a Q1 beat, which both lowers the odds of surprise and raises post-release volatility. Rising AI Infrastructure Spending Likely to Boost TSM’s Q1 Revenues
• Negative Sentiment: Margin risk from overseas expansion and higher capex: Coverage warns that expanding fabs abroad and rising operating costs could pressure margins even as revenue rises — a key earnings risk to watch in guidance and margin commentary. TSM Likely to Beat Q1 Earnings Estimates: How to Play the Stock?
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical and supply-chain risks: Analysts flag Middle East tensions and “zero‑availability” constraints as potential disruptions to supply and investor sentiment that could trigger short-term pullbacks. Taiwan Semiconductor Q1: Middle East War Consequences And The Zero-Availability Crisis
• Negative Sentiment: Elevated volatility risk: With the stock near all‑time highs and expectations high, any earnings miss or cautious guidance could produce outsized downside given stretched multiples. Here’s How Much TSMC Stock Is Expected to Move After Earnings

Analyst Ratings Changes

TSM has been the topic of a number of research reports. Wall Street Zen upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, March 22nd. Dbs Bank upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. DA Davidson upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Friday, March 20th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $391.43.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Up 2.8%

The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $351.80 and a 200 day simple moving average of $319.56. The stock has a market cap of $1.97 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.67, a PEG ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 2.42 and a current ratio of 2.62.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $3.11 EPS for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 34.89% and a net margin of 45.13%.The firm had revenue of $30.65 billion for the quarter. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 EPS for the current year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.9503 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. This represents a $3.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 28.17%.

Insider Activity

In other Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing news, VP Bor-Zen Tien acquired 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Sunday, March 22nd. The shares were acquired at an average price of $55.93 per share, for a total transaction of $55,930.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the vice president directly owned 9,051 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $506,222.43. This trade represents a 12.42% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 1.11% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Mitchell Sinkler & Starr PA boosted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Mitchell Sinkler & Starr PA now owns 1,482 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $450,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. Wayfinding Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Wayfinding Financial LLC now owns 1,152 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $350,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC raised its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 868 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $264,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Oak Harvest Investment Services raised its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Oak Harvest Investment Services now owns 1,106 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $336,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the period. Finally, Solstein Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 4.8% in the 4th quarter. Solstein Capital LLC now owns 695 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $211,000 after buying an additional 32 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 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.