Stephens Inc. AR Decreases Position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM

Key Points

• Stephens Inc. AR reduced its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM) by 4.2%, now holding 52,360 shares valued at approximately $11.86 million.
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing reported strong quarterly earnings with an EPS of $2.92, exceeding estimates, and a revenue increase of 40.1% year-over-year.
• The company announced an increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.8348 per share, marking a rise from the previous $0.65, with an annualized yield of 1.1%.

Stephens Inc. AR lessened its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM - Free Report) by 4.2% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 52,360 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 2,285 shares during the quarter. Stephens Inc. AR's holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $11,859,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale raised its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 1,339,479 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $214,442,000 after purchasing an additional 11,693 shares during the period. Powers Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the second quarter valued at about $240,000. Hudson Edge Investment Partners Inc. increased its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 10.1% in the second quarter. Hudson Edge Investment Partners Inc. now owns 236,503 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $53,566,000 after acquiring an additional 21,648 shares during the period. Quantbot Technologies LP increased its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 452.2% in the first quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 47,425 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $7,873,000 after acquiring an additional 38,837 shares during the period. Finally, RFG Holdings Inc. increased its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 66.1% in the second quarter. RFG Holdings Inc. now owns 3,898 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $883,000 after acquiring an additional 1,551 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 16.51% of the company's stock.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Price Performance

Shares of NYSE TSM opened at $297.92 on Tuesday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 1 year low of $134.25 and a 1 year high of $311.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 2.37 and a quick ratio of 2.15. The company's 50-day moving average is $263.28 and its 200 day moving average is $223.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.55 trillion, a P/E ratio of 30.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.28.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 16th. The semiconductor company reported $2.92 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.33. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 43.72% and a return on equity of 36.06%. The business had revenue of $32.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $951.89 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.94 earnings per share. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's quarterly revenue was up 40.1% on a year-over-year basis. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.8348 per share. 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. This represents a $3.34 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's payout ratio is presently 26.67%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have issued reports on TSM. Itau BBA Securities began coverage on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. They issued an "outperform" rating on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c+)" rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $300.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a "positive" rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Friday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $371.67.

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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