Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) Competitors

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate AMD or TSM?

Advanced Micro Devices presently has a consensus price target of $139.57, indicating a potential upside of 45.29%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a consensus price target of $212.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.91%. Given Advanced Micro Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Advanced Micro Devices is more favorable than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advanced Micro Devices	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media prefer AMD or TSM?

In the previous week, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had 10 more articles in the media than Advanced Micro Devices. MarketBeat recorded 103 mentions for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and 93 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices. Advanced Micro Devices' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's score of 0.57 indicating that Advanced Micro Devices is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Advanced Micro Devices	43 Very Positive mention(s)	15 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	44 Very Positive mention(s)	19 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AMD or TSM?

71.3% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AMD or TSM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Advanced Micro Devices	$25.79B	6.02	$1.64B	$0.99	97.03
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	$3.14T	0.27	$36.49B	$7.78	21.14

Is AMD or TSM more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advanced Micro Devices	6.36%	7.42%	6.14%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	40.51%	30.47%	19.55%

Which has more risk and volatility, AMD or TSM?

Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMD or TSM?

Advanced Micro Devices received 1367 more outperform votes than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.79% of users gave Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 62.52% of users gave Advanced Micro Devices an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Advanced Micro Devices	Outperform Votes 2013 62.52%	Underperform Votes 1207 37.48%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	Outperform Votes 646 67.79%	Underperform Votes 307 32.21%

Summary

Advanced Micro Devices beats Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.