TSMC (TSFA) AI Stock Analysis

TSMC

(Frankfurt:TSFA)

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Positive Factors

Advanced-node leadershipTSMC’s high advanced-node mix demonstrates strong positioning in the most technically demanding and valuable part of semiconductor manufacturing. Leadership across 2 nm, 3 nm, 5 nm and 7 nm supports customer relevance, pricing power and durable demand from high-performance computing and AI applications.

Negative Factors

Structural capital intensityTSMC’s growth model requires exceptionally high and sustained capital spending on fabs, equipment and packaging capacity. Although investment supports future revenue, weaker free-cash-flow conversion can reduce near-term financial flexibility and makes returns more sensitive to utilization, execution and semiconductor-cycle conditions.

TSMC (TSFA) vs. iShares MSCI Germany ETF (EWG)

Market Cap: EUR 2.11T
Dividend Yield: 0.72%
Average Volume (3M): 1,860
Price to Earnings (P/E): 24.1
Beta (1Y): 0.81
Revenue Growth: 29.05%
EPS Growth: ―
Country: Germany
Employees: 65,152
Sector: Technology
Sector Strength: 61
Industry: Semiconductors

TSMC Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company Description

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), along with its affiliated entities, operates globally in the semiconductor industry, specializing in the manufacturing, packaging, meticulous testing, and worldwide distribution of integrated...

TSMC Earnings Call Summary

Earnings Call Date:Oct 14, 2026(Q3-2026)|% Change Since:-6.48%|Next Earnings Date:Jan 20, 2027

Earnings Call SentimentPositive

The call was strongly positive, supported by a third-quarter revenue beat, a 44% full-year 2026 growth outlook, extremely robust AI and leading-edge demand, broad capacity expansion, and strong cash generation. The main challenges were sequential gross-margin pressure from the 2 nm ramp and overseas fabs, expected overseas-fab dilution of 3%-4% in the next few years, supply and back-end capacity shortages, input-cost inflation, and weaker consumer and price-sensitive markets. Management remained confident in long-term demand and TSMC's technology and manufacturing position.

Positive Updates

Strong Third-Quarter Revenue Beat

Third-quarter revenue increased 17.6% sequentially in NT dollars and 16.2% sequentially in U.S. dollar terms to $46.7 billion, above the high end of guidance, driven by strong demand for leading-edge process technologies.

Negative Updates

Sequential Gross-Margin Decline

Third-quarter gross margin decreased 1.3 percentage points sequentially to 66.4%, primarily due to margin dilution from the initial ramp-up of 2 nm technology.

Company Guidance

TSMC expects fourth quarter 2026 revenue to be between $52.3 billion and $54.3 billion, representing a 14% sequential increase or a 58% year-over-year increase at the midpoint, with gross margin between 65% and 67% and operating margin between 56.5% and 58.5%, based on one U.S. dollar to TWD 31.8; full year 2026 revenue growth is expected to be around 44% year-over-year in U.S. dollar term, and the full year 2026 capital budget is reiterated at between $60 billion and $64 billion, while CapEx from 2026 to 2028 is expected to be significantly higher than the past three years and the increase in revenue is expected to outpace the increase in CapEx; gross margin dilution from overseas fabs is expected to be closer to 2% and widen to 3%-4% in the next few years, or 3 percentage point to 4 percentage point in the second part of the five-year period; N2 family technologies annual capacity is expected to more than double in 2027, A14 risk production is well on track for 2027 with volume production starting in 2028, and the company previously guided AI accelerator CAGR to grow mid to high 50s percentage from 2024 to 2029, which “probably will be higher.”

TSMC Risk Analysis

TSMC disclosed 26 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. TSMC reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.

Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy

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TSMC Peers Comparison

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Sector (61)

Financial Indicators

DE:TSFA against its peers
Name	Overall Rating	Market Cap	P/E Ratio	ROE	Dividend Yield	Revenue Growth	EPS Growth
TSEM	71Outperform	$18.90B	68.98	9.82%	―	14.90%	45.52%
GFS	69Neutral	$22.99B	32.48	6.07%	0.57%	1.40%	―
UMC	66Neutral	$42.81B	16.37	19.96%	2.40%	12.12%	97.89%
Sector *	61Neutral	$37.18B	12.37	-10.20%	1.83%	8.50%	-7.62%
ASX	56Neutral	$90.31B	38.08	20.38%	1.02%	24.24%	113.53%
INTC	49Neutral	$347.61B	-27.63	-11.24%	―	12.08%	-17126.43%

* Technology Sector Average

Performance Comparison

DE:TSFA and its peers over the selected period
Ticker	Company Name	Price	Change	% Change
DE:TSFA	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	361.00	98.13	37.33%
ASX	Ase Technology Holding	39.50	23.43	145.80%
INTC	Intel	65.76	26.26	66.48%
TSEM	Tower Semiconductor	166.48	82.07	97.23%
UMC	United Microelectronics	16.68	8.94	115.62%
GFS	Globalfoundries Inc.	41.90	6.38	17.97%

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