TSM vs. AMD, ARM, NXPI, LHX, VRT, NOK, ERIC, UI, STM, and ASX
Should you be buying Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing include Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), ARM (ARM), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Vertiv (VRT), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Ubiquiti (UI), STMicroelectronics (STM), and ASE Technology (ASX). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing vs.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus price target of $133.23, suggesting a potential upside of 9.44%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a consensus price target of $217.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.79%. Given Advanced Micro Devices' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Advanced Micro Devices is more favorable than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a net margin of 40.51% compared to Advanced Micro Devices' net margin of 6.36%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's return on equity of 30.47% beat Advanced Micro Devices' return on equity.
In the previous week, Advanced Micro Devices had 2 more articles in the media than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices and 76 mentions for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. Advanced Micro Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's score of 0.88 indicating that Advanced Micro Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Micro Devices. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Micro Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advanced Micro Devices received 1381 more outperform votes than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.85% of users gave Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 62.55% of users gave Advanced Micro Devices an outperform vote.
Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Advanced Micro Devices beats Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TSM) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff