SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC Sells 2,239 Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC lessened its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 3.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 71,426 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,239 shares during the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing accounts for approximately 3.6% of SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $21,706,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Childress Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 145.3% during the 3rd quarter. Childress Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,192 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $891,000 after acquiring an additional 1,891 shares in the last quarter. Shannon River Fund Management LLC bought a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the 3rd quarter worth $2,430,000. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 8,738 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 8,284 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hollencrest Capital Management raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 2,901 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

TSM has been the subject of several analyst reports. Freedom Capital raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Weiss Ratings raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Friday, March 20th. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price objective 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. Finally, Argus raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $391.43.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Performance

Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock opened at $379.92 on Wednesday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a one year low of $145.84 and a one year high of $390.20. The firm has a market capitalization 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 business has a 50-day simple moving average of $352.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $320.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 2.62 and a quick ratio of 2.42.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last issued 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 business had revenue of $30.65 billion during the quarter. On average, research analysts anticipate that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 11th will be given a $0.9503 dividend. This represents a $3.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 11th. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s payout ratio is presently 27.89%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, VP Bor-Zen Tien purchased 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Sunday, March 22nd. The stock was acquired at an average price of $55.93 per share, for a total transaction of $55,930.00. Following the purchase, the vice president owned 9,051 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $506,222.43. This trade represents a 12.42% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 1.11% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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

• Positive Sentiment: Consensus expects Q1 to confirm robust AI demand after a ~35% revenue jump; the market is focused on whether earnings will validate continued pricing power and margin strength. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Record revenue and March sales surge (reported in social/market summaries) have reinforced views that TSMC is central to the AI infrastructure buildout and that capacity is largely sold out for advanced nodes. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: ASML raised its outlook as customers including TSMC struggle to meet demand — a signal that equipment/order trends remain strong and support TSMC’s forward demand visibility. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: CEO insider buy (small open-market purchase) provides a governance/ confidence signal to investors ahead of the print. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Previews and analyst notes (Zacks, TipRanks, Investopedia) skew toward a beat, which raises the bar for the report and makes post-earnings moves likely to be larger. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: New ETFs and fund flows (including a TSM-linked GraniteShares YieldBOOST product) could amplify inflows or outflows around the print but are not a change to fundamentals. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Rising costs from overseas fab expansion and elevated capex can pressure margins even as revenue grows — a principal earnings risk investors are watching. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/supply risks (Middle East tensions, “zero-availability” constraints) and very high expectations mean any guidance shortfall or conservative tone could trigger outsized downside volatility. Read More.

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.