Castleview Partners LLC Buys New Stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Castleview Partners LLC purchased a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 2,016 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $613,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TSM. Traynor Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 9.7% during the fourth quarter. Traynor Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,954 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,809,000 after purchasing an additional 526 shares in the last quarter. First Merchants Corp raised its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 12.0% in the 4th quarter. First Merchants Corp now owns 16,517 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,019,000 after buying an additional 1,766 shares in the last quarter. Asset Allocation & Management Company LLC bought a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the 4th quarter worth approximately $213,000. National Wealth Management Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the 4th quarter worth approximately $348,000. Finally, PUREfi Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 28.9% in the 4th quarter. PUREfi Wealth LLC now owns 6,264 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,904,000 after buying an additional 1,406 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 16.51% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, VP Bor-Zen Tien acquired 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Sunday, March 22nd. The shares were purchased at an average price of $55.93 per share, with a total value of $55,930.00. Following the acquisition, the vice president directly owned 9,051 shares in the company, valued at $506,222.43. The trade was a 12.42% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 1.11% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Up 1.3%

TSM stock opened at $347.80 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $349.46 and a 200 day moving average price of $311.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a current ratio of 2.62 and a quick ratio of 2.42. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a fifty-two week low of $134.25 and a fifty-two week high of $390.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.80 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.66, a P/E/G ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.29.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The semiconductor company reported $3.11 EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of $30.65 billion for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 34.89% and a net margin of 45.13%. Analysts expect 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. Investors of record on Thursday, June 11th will be given a dividend of $0.9503 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. This represents a $3.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is 28.36%.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Broadcom warns TSMC is hitting production capacity limits — markets view the bottleneck as evidence of sustained demand for TSMC’s leading-edge nodes, supporting pricing power and long-term revenue visibility. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: ASML’s nearly $8B order for EUV tools signals a multiyear memory/AI capex cycle that increases demand for advanced packaging and leading-node wafer capacity — a structural tailwind for TSM as the primary contract manufacturer for AI GPUs and server chips. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Arm’s new AGI CPU is being built on TSMC 3nm (with Meta partnership) — another concrete order/roadmap signal that TSMC’s advanced nodes will see durable hyperscaler and AI customer demand. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Insider buying by a TSMC VP and recent analyst price-target upgrades reinforce management confidence and a constructive sell-side view on growth and margins. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader analysis pieces compare TSMC with other AI-infrastructure names (Broadcom, Micron, AMD) and highlight TSMC’s strategic role — useful for positioning but not an immediate earnings catalyst. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical and commodity risks (energy, helium supply disruptions tied to the Iran conflict) raise the prospect of production interruptions or higher fab operating costs — a material operational risk for Taiwan-based fabs. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Logistics and ecosystem moves (e.g., UPS $100M Taiwan hub) show supply-chain players scaling to support elevated chip flows — reduces distribution friction and signals sustained order volumes. Read More.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have weighed in on TSM. Barclays upped their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $380.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Friday, March 20th. UBS Group set a $330.00 target price on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Sunday, December 7th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Friday, January 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a consensus 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.