Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) Stock Price Down 1.8% – Time to Sell?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM)’s share price traded down 1.8% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $386.12 and last traded at $397.1560. 18,071,577 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 28% from the average session volume of 14,072,924 shares. The stock had previously closed at $404.54.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Market commentary says TSMC could be one of the smartest AI bets, with a bullish price target implying meaningful upside and reflecting confidence in sustained demand for its leading-edge chips. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks highlighted TSMC’s strong year-to-date performance, driven by AI demand and advanced-node expansion, while noting the company remains a core growth name in semiconductors. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: TSMC approved a large capital injection for its Arizona unit and also greenlit a major capacity expansion, signaling continued investment in U.S. manufacturing and future production growth. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: TSMC’s CEO made a small insider purchase, which is a modest confidence signal from management and can be viewed favorably by investors. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles focused on investor interest and analyst coverage, including a consensus “Buy” rating, but these are more sentiment indicators than new fundamental catalysts. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Some commentary warned that TSMC’s strong run has made the stock more valuation-sensitive, so upside may depend on AI demand staying very strong. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: One report said TSMC shares slipped after the company approved up to $20 billion of additional funding for its Arizona site, raising near-term capital spending concerns even though the move supports long-term growth. Article Title

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently commented on the company. Freedom Capital upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Zacks Research lowered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Barclays upped their target price on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $450.00 to $470.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. Weiss Ratings upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $410.00 to $480.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $404.29.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $2.06 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.39. The company has a quick ratio of 2.32, a current ratio of 2.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $362.07 and a 200 day simple moving average of $331.93.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $3.11 EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of $30.65 billion during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 38.17% and a net margin of 46.97%. As a group, research analysts predict that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 15.25 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, VP Bor-Zen Tien purchased 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Sunday, March 22nd. The stock was bought at an average cost of $55.93 per share, for a total transaction of $55,930.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the vice president directly owned 9,051 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $506,222.43. The trade was a 12.42% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders bought 1,346 shares of company stock worth $78,185 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 1.11% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Shannon River Fund Management LLC bought a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,430,000. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC lifted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 9.4% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 101,876 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $28,470,000 after buying an additional 8,738 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 28.6% during the 3rd 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 last quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management lifted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 125.3% during the 3rd 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 during the last quarter. Finally, Boyer Financial Services Inc. bought a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the 4th quarter worth approximately $648,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

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.