Pacific Point Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 9,122 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Pacific Point Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 9,122 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,548,000. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing accounts for about 1.5% of Pacific Point Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest holding.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Jennison Associates LLC raised its holdings in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 43.2% during the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 6,650,983 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,506,389,000 after acquiring 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 worth $798,640,000 after purchasing an additional 1,842,951 shares during the last quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main raised its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 268.2% during the second 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. raised its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $2,368,587,000 after purchasing an additional 1,593,786 shares in the last quarter. 16.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of NYSE:TSM opened at $366.47 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.90 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.41, a PEG ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.31. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $321.78 and its 200 day simple moving average is $288.42. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 12 month low of $134.25 and a 12 month high of $380.00. The company has a quick ratio of 2.47, a current ratio of 2.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last announced its earnings results on Friday, November 14th. The semiconductor company reported $14.32 EPS for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 45.13% and a return on equity of 36.18%. The business had revenue of $32.50 billion during the quarter. As a group, research analysts forecast that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 EPS for the current fiscal 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 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.57%.

Key Stories Impacting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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

• Positive Sentiment: TSMC reported strong consolidated net revenue for January 2026 (NT$401.26bn), +19.8% month‑over‑month and +36.8% year‑over‑year; the board also approved a cash dividend — a direct support to the stock’s Fundamentals and yield story. TSMC Reports Strong January Revenue Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Market reaction to the dividend pushed TSM higher in some sessions (reported trading up after the announcement), reflecting investor appetite for cash returns alongside growth. TSM Trading Up After Dividend Announcement
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and commentary are reframing TSM as an AI‑era play: Seeking Alpha notes Nvidia has become TSM’s largest customer and AI chips now drive growth — implying stronger pricing power and stickier demand versus the handset era. That longer‑term structural story supports earnings visibility. Taiwan Semiconductor: Transition From An iPhone To An AI Era
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple market writeups and stock‑picks lists (e.g., The Motley Fool) continue to include TSM as a core chipmaker exposure for AI/data‑center buildouts, keeping investor interest in the name. 5 Best Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Buy in February
• Neutral Sentiment: Market rotation commentary (Chaikin/MarketBeat) favors AI infrastructure and chip‑chain suppliers (testing, packaging, power)—a positive backdrop for TSM but one that spreads gains across many suppliers rather than guaranteeing further outsized moves for TSM alone. Is AI Really Eating Software? A Wall Street Veteran Says No—Here’s Why
• Negative Sentiment: Some coverage highlights that major cloud providers (Microsoft, Google, Amazon) are signaling caution on near‑term AI capex, which could temper the pace of future orders and create short‑term volatility for chip suppliers. That risk helps explain profit‑taking despite good January sales. These 3 stocks are quietly soaring as Microsoft, Google slump on AI spending

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently issued reports on the stock. TD Cowen upped their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $325.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. Dbs Bank upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. DA Davidson started coverage on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Thursday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $450.00 price objective on the stock. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Freedom Capital upgraded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $391.43.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 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.