Katamaran Capital LLP Has $3.97 Million Stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Katamaran Capital LLP lowered its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 14.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 14,199 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,388 shares during the period. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing makes up approximately 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.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Childress Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 1,891 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 9.4% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 101,876 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $28,470,000 after buying an additional 8,738 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 28.6% in the third 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 in the last quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management raised its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 125.3% in 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Cherokee Insurance Co bought a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the second quarter valued at $1,248,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Price Performance

Shares of TSM opened at $355.28 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $1.84 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.31. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 1 year low of $134.25 and a 1 year 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 company has a current ratio of 2.69, a quick ratio of 2.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19.

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

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be issued a $0.9678 dividend. This is a positive change from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $3.87 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.57%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have commented on TSM. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $325.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 16th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Monday, January 5th. UBS Group set a $330.00 target price on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Sunday, December 7th. Dbs Bank upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Monday, December 29th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $381.67.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News Roundup

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

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.