CapWealth Advisors LLC Sells 3,059 Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

CapWealth Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) by 2.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 108,726 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 3,059 shares during the period. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing comprises about 2.7% of CapWealth Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest holding. CapWealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $30,366,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of TSM. 1248 Management LLC bought a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the third quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Resources Management Corp CT ADV bought a new stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the second quarter worth $32,000. Mid American Wealth Advisory Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the second quarter worth $33,000. Finally, First Command Advisory Services Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 174.1% during the second quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 159 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 101 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Key Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News

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

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. granted an annual license allowing TSMC to bring chipmaking equipment into its Nanjing, China fab — this preserves local production capacity and reduces operational uncertainty for TSMC’s China operations. US grants annual approval to TSMC for chipmaking tool exports to China
• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia’s strong AI demand and reports that it has asked TSMC to ramp production of H200/H-series AI chips boost near‑term wafer demand and utilization at TSMC’s advanced nodes. That supports revenue/volume visibility. Exclusive: Nvidia sounds out TSMC on new H200 chip order as China demand jumps, sources say
• Positive Sentiment: TSMC has updated progress on mass production of 2nm chips — a technical leadership point that supports its long‑term moat and pricing power at the most advanced nodes. TSMC Stock (TSM) Rallies on Mass Production of 2nm Chips
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple investor pieces highlight TSMC as a backbone of the AI supply chain and a long‑term winner (e.g., recent Motley Fool writeups), which can help sentiment and attract flows into TSMC shares. 5 Top Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Buy in 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: TSMC closed recent sessions outperforming a weaker market (note pieces covering short‑term gains), reflecting relative strength but not necessarily a catalytic company announcement. Why the Market Dipped But TSMC (TSM) Gained Today
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/feature pieces (Seeking Alpha, Yahoo/finance) argue TSMC’s moat is deepening and it’s a multi‑year AI beneficiary — supportive for long‑term positioning but already largely priced into the stock. TSMC’s Moat Is Deepening
• Negative Sentiment: The Nvidia–Intel arrangement to secure additional advanced packaging capacity could ease NVIDIA’s dependence on TSMC’s packaging throughput over time, potentially reducing one source of pricing power and bottleneck-driven margins for TSMC. Investors may re‑price that competitive dynamic if Intel’s capacity captures meaningful share. Sleeping With the Enemy: Inside the NVIDIA-Intel Deal (TSM)

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on TSM. Susquehanna upped their target price on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $300.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Barclays upped their price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $330.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their target price on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $290.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Sunday, December 7th. UBS Group set a $330.00 target price on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Sunday, December 7th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Monday. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $355.00.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Performance

TSM opened at $303.77 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $293.04 and its 200 day simple moving average is $265.20. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 52-week low of $134.25 and a 52-week high of $313.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 2.47 and a current ratio of 2.69. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.57 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.16, a PEG ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.29.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 14th. The semiconductor company reported $14.32 earnings per share for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 34.34% and a net margin of 43.72%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 9th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be issued a dividend of $0.9678 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 17th. This is a positive change from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. This represents a $3.87 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is presently 25.85%.

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.