Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) Trading Down 1.9% – What’s Next?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) shares dropped 1.9% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $339.34 and last traded at $339.5570. Approximately 12,473,613 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 11% from the average daily volume of 13,999,359 shares. The stock had previously closed at $345.98.

Key Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Record February revenue — Social chatter and note summaries point to a 30% YoY revenue surge in February (about $10B), driven by AI demand and expanding 3nm output, reinforcing TSMC’s role as the primary AI foundry. TSMC Stock (TSM) Opinions on February Revenue Surge
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and high price targets — Multiple firms maintain buy/overweight views and elevated targets (median ~$405; some as high as $450), arguing AI-driven revenue growth and TSMC’s manufacturing moat justify premium valuations. TSMC Stock Is Still a Buy as the ‘Nvidia Flip’ Reshapes Tech
• Neutral Sentiment: Broad media attention and resilience narrative — Coverage from outlets (Zacks, Kalkine, Motley Fool) highlights TSMC’s competitive moat and investor interest; useful context but not immediately market-moving on its own. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSM) is Attracting Investor Attention
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed institutional activity — QuiverQuant shows large-scale trimming by several big funds (FMR, MFS, Goldman) alongside big additions from others (Point72, Citadel). This creates two-way flows: selling pressure at the margin but also conviction buys. TSMC Stock (TSM) Opinions on February Revenue Surge
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks downgrade — A recent shift from “strong-buy” to “hold” raises near-term sentiment risk and may have prompted some profit-taking. Zacks Downgrades TSMC Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk — Samsung’s $73B AI-chip push increases long-term capex competition (and HBM supply dynamics), which could pressure share performance if investors reprice competitive uncertainty. Samsung Stock Surges on Massive $73B AI Chip Investment Plan
• Negative Sentiment: Customer diversification signal — Reports that Tesla is building a sovereign chip chain (reporting it “snubbed” TSMC) add another near-term cautionary note about customer concentration and supply-chain strategy shifts. Tesla Just Snubbed TSMC — Musk Is Quietly Building A Sovereign Chip Chain

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. DA Davidson raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Freedom Capital raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 14th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $391.43.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Down 2.8%

The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $348.55 and its 200-day simple moving average is $308.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.71 trillion, a PE ratio of 30.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a quick ratio of 2.42, a current ratio of 2.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. 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. Equities analysts expect that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 11th will be paid a $0.9503 dividend. This represents a $3.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 11th. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s payout ratio is 28.36%.

Institutional Trading of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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