Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC Sells 32,671 Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM
by Renee Jackson · The Cerbat GemKovitz Investment Group Partners LLC decreased its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM – Free Report) by 74.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 11,388 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 32,671 shares during the quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $3,461,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 11.1% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 17,464,962 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,307,428,000 after purchasing an additional 1,750,824 shares during the period. Life Cycle Investment Partners Ltd bought a new position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the 4th quarter worth $495,163,000. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 168.6% during the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,093,115 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $636,077,000 after buying an additional 1,313,917 shares during the period. SurgoCap Partners LP acquired a new stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the third quarter worth $360,443,000. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors lifted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 66.3% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 3,215,353 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $976,821,000 after buying an additional 1,281,648 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 16.51% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
TSM has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, March 22nd. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $450.00 target price on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Friday, April 17th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $410.00 to $480.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Finally, Barclays increased their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $450.00 to $470.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $404.29.
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Insider Activity
In other Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing news, VP Lipen Yuan acquired 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $75.26 per share, for a total transaction of $75,260.00. Following the acquisition, the vice president directly owned 4,000 shares in the company, valued at $301,040. This represents a 33.33% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP Tzu-Sou Chuang sold 200,000 shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.83, for a total transaction of $13,966,000.00. Following the sale, the vice president owned 2,495,165 shares in the company, valued at approximately $174,237,371.95. This represents a 7.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders bought 4,496 shares of company stock valued at $304,667 over the last quarter. 1.11% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing News Roundup
Here are the key news stories impacting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Multiple recent articles argue TSMC remains attractively valued despite its strong run, with bullish takes calling it a buy on AI demand, earnings growth, and momentum. Taiwan Semiconductor: Not Expensive When You Run The Numbers On AI Demand
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts and commentators say TSMC is still benefiting from surging AI chip demand and tight advanced-node capacity, supporting the case for continued growth. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM) Does Not Rule Out Price Rises as Costs Increase
- Neutral Sentiment: Investors are also watching the impact of U.S.-China trade tensions and possible tariff escalation, which could add volatility for global chipmakers. They Forgot to Protect Our Industries With TARIFFS! — Does a Trump Trade War 2.0 Loom?
- Neutral Sentiment: Fresh headlines about U.S. scrutiny of ASML and Taiwan’s potential chip export curbs to China keep geopolitical risk in focus for the semiconductor sector. ASML Draws Fresh China Scrutiny
- Neutral Sentiment: Intel’s new Apple partnership may stir competition in U.S. chip manufacturing, but it also underscores how dominant TSMC remains in advanced foundry production. Trump says Apple to partner with Intel on US chip design, production
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Up 0.1%
Shares of NYSE TSM opened at $462.80 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.40 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.50, a PEG ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a current ratio of 2.49, a quick ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 12 month low of $206.20 and a 12 month high of $465.22. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $406.96 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $358.16.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The semiconductor company reported $3.11 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $30.65 billion for the quarter. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a net margin of 46.97% and a return on equity of 36.81%. As a group, analysts forecast that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 15.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 8th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 16th will be paid a $1.1136 dividend. This is an increase from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.95. This represents a $4.45 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 16th. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s payout ratio is currently 25.12%.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Profile
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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