Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM Position Lessened by Geneos Wealth Management Inc.

Geneos Wealth Management Inc. reduced its stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 19.1% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 17,845 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 4,220 shares during the quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $4,984,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TSM. Jennison Associates LLC grew its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 26.7% in the 2nd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 12,046,792 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,728,478,000 after purchasing an additional 2,537,760 shares during the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. grew its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 43.2% in the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 6,650,983 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,506,389,000 after buying an additional 2,006,745 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 109.5% in the 2nd quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,526,160 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $798,640,000 after acquiring an additional 1,842,951 shares during the period. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main raised its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 268.2% during the 2nd quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 2,499,677 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $566,152,000 after acquiring an additional 1,820,852 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 18.0% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 10,457,800 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,368,587,000 after acquiring an additional 1,593,786 shares during the period. 16.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Several major analysts raised targets and reiterated buy calls, citing stronger-than-expected AI-driven demand and higher margin visibility — a key driver of the stock rally today. Goldman Sachs Price Target
• Positive Sentiment: A bullish valuation note projects further upside (Seeking Alpha’s $358 target), reinforcing investor belief that TSMC is the central beneficiary of the AI infrastructure buildout and pricing power on advanced nodes. Seeking Alpha Bull Case
• Positive Sentiment: Policy and product developments could materially lift volumes: a U.S. one‑year export license to allow TSMC to import U.S. equipment for its China fabs plus potential large H200 GPU orders from NVIDIA create a pathway for sizable incremental revenue if approvals continue. Benzinga Export License MarketBeat on NVIDIA H200
• Neutral Sentiment: Market positioning and derivatives activity have picked up (notable options volume), signaling speculative interest and positioning that can amplify moves in either direction. Benzinga Options Activity
• Neutral Sentiment: Management tweak at TSMC Arizona (new treasurer) reflects ongoing U.S. buildout and operational scaling but is not expected to materially change fundamentals near term. TipRanks Arizona Appointment
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk persists: Taiwanese prosecutors filed additional indictments related to alleged trade‑secret theft tied to TSMC technology, a reputational and potential operational/legal overhang that could weigh on sentiment if it escalates. Reuters Trade-Secrets Case

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have commented on TSM shares. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Susquehanna increased their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $300.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Wall Street Zen cut Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. UBS Group set a $330.00 price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Sunday, December 7th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Friday. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $355.00.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Price Performance

NYSE TSM opened at $327.22 on Wednesday. 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 Company Ltd. has a 1 year low of $134.25 and a 1 year high of $333.08. The company has a market cap of $1.69 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.56, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.29. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $294.52 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $268.26.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last released its earnings results on Friday, November 14th. The semiconductor company reported $14.32 earnings per share for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 43.72% and a return on equity of 34.34%. On average, analysts predict that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 EPS for the current year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced 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. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 17th. This is an increase from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. This represents a $3.87 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is currently 25.74%.

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.