Roffman Miller Associates Inc. PA raised its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM - Free Report) by 37.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 35,133 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 9,622 shares during the quarter. Roffman Miller Associates Inc. PA's holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $10,677,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TSM. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main boosted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 268.2% in 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 purchasing an additional 1,820,852 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 18.0% in the second 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 during the last quarter. SurgoCap Partners LP purchased a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the third quarter valued at $360,443,000. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 3,164.9% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,192,927 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $333,172,000 after purchasing an additional 1,156,389 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab purchased a new stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the third quarter valued at $232,924,000. 16.51% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Insider Buying and Selling at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
In related news, VP Bor-Zen Tien purchased 1,000 shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock in a transaction that occurred on Sunday, March 22nd. The stock was purchased at an average price of $55.93 per share, for a total transaction of $55,930.00. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 9,051 shares in the company, valued at approximately $506,222.43. This trade represents a 12.42% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 1.11% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Down 0.2%
TSM stock opened at $365.15 on Friday. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $350.44 and its 200-day simple moving average is $317.71. The company has a quick ratio of 2.42, a current ratio of 2.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 52-week low of $145.84 and a 52-week high of $390.20. The firm has a market cap of $1.89 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.29, a PEG ratio of 1.00 and a beta of 1.35.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $3.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 45.13% and a return on equity of 34.89%. The business had revenue of $30.65 billion for the quarter. As a group, equities 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. Investors of record on Thursday, June 11th will be given a dividend of $0.9503 per share. This represents a $3.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's dividend payout ratio is 27.89%.
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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several equities research analysts have commented on TSM shares. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Monday, January 5th. DA Davidson raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Sunday, March 22nd. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Finally, Dbs Bank raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to a "moderate buy" rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $391.43.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Profile
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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.
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