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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is TSM or AMD more profitable?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a net margin of 39.10% compared to Advanced Micro Devices' net margin of 7.52%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's return on equity of 27.44% beat Advanced Micro Devices' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	39.10%	27.44%	17.49%
Advanced Micro Devices	7.52%	6.62%	5.46%

Which has more risk & volatility, TSM or AMD?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Micro Devices has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate TSM or AMD?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing presently has a consensus price target of $220.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.01%. Advanced Micro Devices has a consensus price target of $178.61, indicating a potential upside of 47.05%. Given Advanced Micro Devices' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Advanced Micro Devices is more favorable than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.

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)	6 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$69.30B	15.83	$27.82B	$6.24	33.90
Advanced Micro Devices	$24.30B	8.11	$854M	$1.11	109.42

Does the media refer more to TSM or AMD?

In the previous week, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had 46 more articles in the media than Advanced Micro Devices. MarketBeat recorded 167 mentions for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and 121 mentions for Advanced Micro Devices. Advanced Micro Devices' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's score of 0.88 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	98 Very Positive mention(s)	21 Positive mention(s)	31 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Advanced Micro Devices	74 Very Positive mention(s)	21 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Advanced Micro Devices shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TSM or AMD?

Advanced Micro Devices received 1346 more outperform votes than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.69% of users gave Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 62.60% of users gave Advanced Micro Devices an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	Outperform Votes 639 67.69%	Underperform Votes 305 32.31%
Advanced Micro Devices	Outperform Votes 1985 62.60%	Underperform Votes 1186 37.40%

Summary

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