Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TSM or AMD?

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

Do analysts prefer TSM or AMD?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing currently has a consensus price target of $233.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.46%. Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus price target of $147.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.40%. Given Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is more favorable than Advanced Micro Devices.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Advanced Micro Devices	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Which has more volatility & risk, TSM or AMD?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TSM or AMD?

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
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	$90.08B	13.26	$35.33B	$7.78	29.61
Advanced Micro Devices	$25.79B	9.21	$1.64B	$1.36	107.66

Does the media refer more to TSM or AMD?

In the previous week, Advanced Micro Devices had 17 more articles in the media than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 109 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices and 92 mentions for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. Advanced Micro Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's score of 1.09 indicating that Advanced Micro Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	66 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Advanced Micro Devices	69 Very Positive mention(s)	16 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TSM or AMD more profitable?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a net margin of 41.67% compared to Advanced Micro Devices' net margin of 8.03%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's return on equity of 31.43% beat Advanced Micro Devices' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	41.67%	31.43%	20.24%
Advanced Micro Devices	8.03%	8.30%	6.83%

Summary

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing beats Advanced Micro Devices on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.