TSM · NYSE · Semiconductors
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, better known as TSMC, is the world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry.
Current price
$430.35
▼ −$14.77 (3.32%) today
ET&A View
Last reviewed 17 September 2026
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
TSMC is arguably the highest-quality semiconductor manufacturing franchise globally, with unmatched scale, process technology leadership and deep integration into the product roadmaps of the world's most important semiconductor…
Business Health
Is the business financially healthy?
Yes — very healthy
Revenue, earnings, margins, cash generation and the balance sheet stand out.
Overall
Revenue
TWD 4.44tn · ↑ +32% last year
Earnings
TWD 2.22tn · ↑ +47% last year
Margins
Keeps 60% of sales as operating profit
Cash generation
TWD 992.4bn spare cash a year · 22% of sales
Balance sheet
More cash than debt
Dividend
0.9% yield · Pays out 25% of earnings · covered 3.9×
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TSMC is arguably the highest-quality semiconductor manufacturing franchise globally, with unmatched scale, process technology leadership and deep integration into the product roadmaps of the world's most important…
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Reported annual results, newest first · Market data. “Growth” is the change in sales on the year before.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | TWD 3.81tn | +31.6% | 50.8% | TWD 1.70tn | TWD 331.25 | TWD 992.4bn |
| FY2024 | TWD 2.89tn | +33.9% | 45.7% | TWD 1.16tn | TWD 226.25 | TWD 861.2bn |
| FY2023 | TWD 2.16tn | −4.5% | 42.6% | TWD 851.7bn | TWD 161.70 | TWD 286.6bn |
| FY2022 | TWD 2.26tn | — | 49.5% | TWD 992.9bn | TWD 196.00 | TWD 521.0bn |
Long-term growth investors
Also suits: Investors who want a mix of growth and stability · Adventurous investors comfortable with big swings
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, better known as TSMC, is the world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry. The company manufactures chips on behalf of many of the largest technology businesses globally, supporting customers across smartphones, artificial intelligence, data centres, high-performance computing, automotive electronics, consumer devices, industrial systems, and communications infrastructure.
TSMC sits at the centre of the global semiconductor supply chain. Its strength comes from its advanced manufacturing process technology, scale, execution quality, and deep relationships with fabless chip designers that rely on external foundries rather than owning their own factories. As demand grows for AI accelerators, advanced processors, high-bandwidth memory packaging, and more energy-efficient chips, TSMC remains one of the most strategically important companies in global technology.
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As of 14 October 2026
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| Measure | Today | Source |
|---|---|---|
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| Forward P/E | Members | |
| EV/EBITDA | Members | |
| Price/Sales | Members | |
| FCF Yield | Members |
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Read the full ET&A methodology →The ET&A View combines our assessment of the business with where today’s price sits against our Preferred Entry and Fair Value. It is a considered judgement, not a mechanical score.
ET&A Score: ET&A's overall assessment of business quality, valuation, growth and risk, out of 10. It weighs business quality, financial strength, growth, valuation, risk, future prospects.
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The automatic, rules-based scores that feed our research. The ET&A Score blends these with our own analysis of the business and its value. How the framework works →
Highly profitable · Strong balance sheet · Strong
Context — not part of the score
Valuation and share-price swings describe the shares, not the company, so they are judged in the ET&A Score and View instead.
Based on the factors that could be measured (45% of the model).
Each area is scored from 0 to 10 on ET&A’s methodology scales — the same ones our research uses — then given a word: Excellent from 8.5, Strong from 7, Good from 5.5, Average from 4.5, Below Average from 3, Weak below 3. The overall answer is the average of the areas we could rate (at least three); the dividend isn’t part of it.
| Area | Based on | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
Rated on 3-year average revenue growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 8.8 / 10 | Excellent |
| Earnings |
Rated on 3-year average earnings growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 8.9 / 10 | Excellent |
| Margins |
The average of operating and net margin, each scored on ET&A's margin scales. A negative margin scores 1 (Weak). | 9.3 / 10 | Excellent |
| Cash generation |
Free cash flow as a share of sales, on ET&A's cash-generation scale. | 9.5 / 10 | Excellent |
| Balance sheet |
Net debt ÷ EBITDA — roughly how many years of operating earnings would repay the debt — on ET&A's leverage scale. | 9.7 / 10 | Excellent |
| Dividend |
Dividend yield on ET&A's income scale. Not part of the overall health rating. | 2.7 / 10 | Weak |
| Overall | Average of the 5 rated areas | 9.2 / 10 | Excellent |
Where each band starts on the scales above. They are fixed and identical for every company we cover; they come straight from ET&A’s methodology, so a company is judged the same way here as in our research.
| Measure | Excellent | Strong | Good | Average | Below Average | Weak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowthStructural Growth (Fundamental Conviction) | 18%+ | 10%+ | 5.0%+ | 1.7%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Operating marginCompetitive Position (Fundamental Conviction) | 29%+ | 20%+ | 13%+ | 7.5%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Net marginEarnings Durability (Fundamental Conviction) | 23%+ | 15%+ | 9.8%+ | 6.0%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Free-cash-flow marginCapital Allocation (Fundamental Conviction) | 15%+ | 8.5%+ | 3.8%+ | 1.3%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Net debt ÷ EBITDAStructural Risk (Fundamental Conviction) | net cash | ≤ 1.5× | ≤ 2.8× | ≤ 3.6× | ≤ 5.0× | above 5.0× |
| Return on equity (banks & insurers)Bank and insurer quality | 16%+ | 12%+ | 9.0%+ | 6.7%+ | 2.7%+ | below 2.7% |
| Equity ÷ assetsBank capital | 7.5%+ | 6.0%+ | 4.7%+ | 4.0%+ | any | — |
| Dividend yieldIncome factor (ET&A Quant Score) | 5.8%+ | 4.0%+ | 2.5%+ | 1.8%+ | 1.0%+ | below 1.0% |
Band floors: Excellent 8.5 · Strong 7 · Good 5.5 · Average 4.5 · Below Average 3 (scores out of 10). Utilities and property companies’ structural debt is scored 6.5, as in ET&A’s risk model.
TSM Company Research Note
1 September 2026 · PDF · 198 KB
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