Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab Makes New $232.92 Million Investment in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab acquired a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 833,985 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $232,924,000. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing makes up approximately 3.6% of Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest position.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 1.0% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 17,833,127 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,980,614,000 after purchasing an additional 168,171 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 3.6% in the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 15,759,419 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,401,448,000 after buying an additional 541,047 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 14,935,893 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $4,171,445,000 after buying an additional 130,173 shares in the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 12,591,542 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,516,692,000 after buying an additional 544,750 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 10,687,037 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,984,783,000 after buying an additional 229,237 shares during the period. 16.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on TSM. DA Davidson upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Argus upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $380.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $360.00 to $410.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $391.43.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Performance

NYSE TSM opened at $346.01 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $1.79 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.49, a PEG ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $347.73 and a 200 day simple moving average of $307.99. The company has a current ratio of 2.62, a quick ratio of 2.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 12-month low of $134.25 and a 12-month high of $390.20.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The semiconductor company reported $3.11 earnings per share for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 45.13% and a return on equity of 34.89%. The firm had revenue of $30.65 billion for the quarter. Sell-side analysts predict that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 11th will be issued a $0.9503 dividend. This represents a $3.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.57%.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Big Tech is projected to spend roughly $720 billion on AI capex in 2026; that surge in infrastructure spending supports higher wafer/service demand for foundries like TSMC. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s strong AI chip outlook from GTC increases near-term demand pressure for advanced-node capacity, a tailwind for TSMC’s premium-margin business. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Large, unusual options activity: traders bought ~468,549 TSM call options on Monday (≈213% above average), signaling short-term bullish investor positioning.
• Positive Sentiment: Research houses (including Bernstein coverage noted in recent headlines) remain bullish on TSMC’s AI opportunity and capacity-led upside, reinforcing buy-side conviction. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage arguing the “TSMC AI bottleneck” thesis is maturing (not breaking) suggests sustained structural demand for advanced nodes and capacity pricing power. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Microsoft’s Maia 200 and other in-house AI chip efforts keep competitive dynamics evolving; TSMC could still be a fabricator for many designs but competition among OEMs may shift mix. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro calendar (Fed decisions, tech events) is creating short-term market volatility that can amplify TSMC moves but doesn’t change the company’s long-term demand drivers. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/supply risk: analysts warn a helium shortage or Strait-of-Hormuz disruption could impair chip production inputs and logistics, posing short-term operational risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: China’s push to develop domestic 7nm supply and longer-term onshore fabrication ambitions represent strategic competition risk that could erode addressable market share over time. Read More.

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.