Aperture Investors LLC Sells 29,761 Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Key Points

• Aperture Investors LLC reduced its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company by 26.7%, selling 29,761 shares and now holding 81,526 shares.
• Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and other investors have increased their holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, with Goldman Sachs boosting its stake by 55.6% in the first quarter.
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing recently announced a quarterly dividend increase to $0.8348, representing an annualized yield of 1.4%.

Aperture Investors LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM - Free Report) by 26.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 81,526 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 29,761 shares during the period. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing makes up 1.7% of Aperture Investors LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 23rd largest holding. Aperture Investors LLC's holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $13,533,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 55.6% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 17,306,108 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,872,814,000 after buying an additional 6,180,445 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 19.1% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 12,350,239 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $2,050,141,000 after buying an additional 1,984,835 shares in the last quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 0.6% during the first quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 9,734,044 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,608,551,000 after purchasing an additional 59,079 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC raised its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 36.8% during the first quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 9,509,032 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,578,499,000 after purchasing an additional 2,559,512 shares during the period. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 13.8% during the fourth quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 7,381,233 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,457,912,000 after purchasing an additional 895,379 shares during the period. 16.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on TSM shares. Wall Street Zen lowered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 23rd. Barclays reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $240.00 target price (up from $215.00) on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Tuesday, June 3rd. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $270.00 target price on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Citigroup reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. Finally, Susquehanna upped their target price on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $255.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $258.33.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Down 0.4%

NYSE TSM opened at $238.42 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.24 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.19, a PEG ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.19. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $234.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of $199.68. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 12 month low of $134.25 and a 12 month high of $248.28. The company has a current ratio of 2.37, a quick ratio of 2.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 17th. The semiconductor company reported $2.47 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.13 by $0.34. The business had revenue of $30.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $28.50 billion. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 33.37% and a net margin of 42.91%.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's quarterly revenue was up 44.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.48 EPS. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts predict that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 11th will be given a $0.8348 dividend. This represents a $3.34 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 11th. This is an increase from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's previous quarterly dividend of $0.65. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's payout ratio is currently 28.16%.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Profile

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices in Taiwan, China, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, the United States, and internationally. It provides a range of wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal- oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, bipolar CMOS mixed-signal, and others.

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