Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) Stock Price Up 4.2% - Time to Buy?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM - Get Free Report)'s share price traded up 4.2% during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $202.54 and last traded at $199.47. 9,504,568 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 37% from the average session volume of 15,098,036 shares. The stock had previously closed at $191.46.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and issued a $210.00 target price on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $215.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. StockNews.com lowered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Sunday, November 17th. Finally, Susquehanna reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $214.00.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Up 4.6 %

The company has a current ratio of 2.57, a quick ratio of 2.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $192.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $177.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.04 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.97, a P/E/G ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.09.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 17th. The semiconductor company reported $1.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.74 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $23.50 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $22.72 billion. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 27.44% and a net margin of 39.10%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited will post 6.97 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 10th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 18th will be given a $0.5484 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 18th. This represents a $2.19 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.10%. This is an increase from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's previous quarterly dividend of $0.49. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's payout ratio is presently 31.57%.

Institutional Trading of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 7.2% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 55,974,769 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $9,721,138,000 after buying an additional 3,783,802 shares during the period. Clearbridge Investments LLC boosted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 669.7% during the second quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 3,721,489 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $646,832,000 after purchasing an additional 3,237,998 shares in the last quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. grew its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 1,226.7% in the second quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,983,830 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $344,809,000 after purchasing an additional 1,834,298 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its position in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 799.2% during the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 1,899,088 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $329,815,000 after buying an additional 1,687,886 shares during the period. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio bought a new position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing during the third quarter valued at approximately $229,098,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 16.51% of the company's stock.

About Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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

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