Handelsbanken Fonder AB Cuts Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM)

Handelsbanken Fonder AB cut its stake in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM – Free Report) by 17.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 632,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 133,000 shares during the quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $109,759,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of TSM. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 53.4% ​​in the first quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 17,416,194 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,369,473,000 after purchasing an additional 6,060,511 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors boosted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 40.2% in the first quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 19,695,714 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $2,679,602,000 after purchasing an additional 5,643,949 shares during the last quarter. PineStone Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 116.3% in the second quarter. PineStone Asset Management Inc. now owns 7,784,316 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,352,992,000 after purchasing an additional 4,186,133 shares during the period. Clearbridge Investments LLC boosted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 669.7% in the second quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 3,721,489 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $646,832,000 after buying an additional 3,237,998 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Harding Loevner LP grew its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 20.9% during the 4th quarter. Harding Loevner LP now owns 11,616,715 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,222,768,000 after which bought another 2,008,043 shares during the period. 16.51% of shares are owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst upgrades and downgrades

TSM has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $168.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 15th. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $130.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 18th. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price target on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 20th. Finally, Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Wednesday, August 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $200.00, according to MarketBeat.

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Price Performance

Shares of TSM traded up $1.68 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $181.16. 10,001,896 shares of the stock exchanged hands, compared to its average volume of 12,357,744. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $168.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $160.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a quick ratio of 2.21, and a current ratio of 2.47. The stock has a market cap of $939.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.51, a PEG ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.14. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited has a fifty-two week low of $84.95 and a fifty-two week high of $193.47.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM – Get Your Free Report ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 18th. The semiconductor company reported $1.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.11. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 25.54% and a net margin of 37.85%. The company had revenue of $20.82 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.33 billion. In the same quarter last year, the company posted EPS of $1.14. The company’s revenues increased by 34.6% year-on-year. research analysts predict that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Raises Dividends

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th will be given a dividend of $0.4871 per share. This is an increase from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. This represents an annualized dividend of $1.95 and a dividend yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s payout ratio is currently 36.95%.

Profile of Semiconductor Manufacturing in Taiwan

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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 offers a wide range of wafer fabrication processes, including complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), mixed-signal, radio-frequency, embedded memory, bipolar CMOS mixed-signal, and others.

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