The framework has shifted from accumulation to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 30% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 95%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 37%. The street (18 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $468.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
TSM · NYSE (ADR) · Market cap $2.32T · 76,907 employees
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,…
Not yet scoredAt the last full screen
2026-05-15
Screened 2026-05-15 · the tape above runs as of 23:26 UTC · 4 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
This name holds its markdown label.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing holds its Markdown at $415.17. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 282 days.
| Phase | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 282 days |
| Price at the screen | $415.17 |
| Valuation | 35.13 trailing · 21.22 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | Not scored · score 50.0 |
| Beta | 1.26 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
This security has not been fully scored against the values screen yet.
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.00% | Below 5% | Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Our framework reads FAIR VALUE: it trades above our $313.24 fair value estimate, strong competitive moat, 35.10% revenue growth.
Fair value range in , drawn from the 2026-05-15 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. The price runs 24.6% above the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 18 covering, consensus None. The average target sits +12% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our more conservative model reads it as fully-to-richly valued here, while the Street is more bullish: a quality-at-a-fair-price name rather than a deep-value one.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-05-15 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsWhy it is worth knowing
A quality business: a strong moat and 47% profit margins. At today's price it sits 25% above our $313.24 fair value: priced for the quality, not a bargain.
| Forward P/E | 21.2xcheap for a company growing this fast |
| Trailing P/E | 35.1xexpensive: the price assumes strong growth ahead |
| EPS, forward | 19.29 |
| Revenue growth | +35.1%strong top-line growth |
| Profit margin | 46.5%highly profitable on every dollar of sales |
| Return on equity | 36.2%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| Dividend yield | 0.91% |
| Debt to equity | 0.17minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 2.49comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 1.26moves a little more than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.01% |
| 52-week range | 188.81 - 421.97 |
| Moat | STRONG |
| Market cap | $2.32T |
| Employees | 76,907 |
The risks · The things to watch: its business and earnings are exposed to Taiwan and to currency swings.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical pass with moderate score. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 30% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 95%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 37%. The street (18 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $468.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical pass with moderate score. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 30% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 95%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 37%. The street (18 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $468. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
5 July 2026 — $415.17 — ACCUMULATION (state model: sideways, 282 days). Journal opened. The quiet season on the irreplaceable company: quality 92, forward 21 times, discount geopolitical not financial. Tensions on file: values pass with zero headroom at 50; insider VP raised stake 18% late June. Watch: the nine-month range edges, the screen line, fab geography.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical pass with moderate score. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical pass with moderate score. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | Tien Bor-Zen | VP | Purchase | 2,000 | $18 |
| 2026-04-28 | TIEN BOR-ZEN | Officer | 20 | $7,760 | |
| 2026-03-31 | BURNS URSULA M | Director | 1,000 | $322,050 |
Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May2026 | Rick Allen | Republican | buy | 1K–15K |
| 8 May2026 | Ro Khanna | Democrat | buy | 1K–15K |
| 10 Jul2026 | Cleo Fields | Democrat | buy | 1K–15K |
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $404.54 | +1.1% | · | $1,011 | +1.1% |
| 2 months | $370.60 | +10.3% | · | $1,103 | +10.3% |
| 3 months | $335.76 | +21.8% | $0.96 | $1,221 | +22.1% |
| 6 months | $303.99 | +34.5% | $0.96 | $1,348 | +34.8% |
| 1 year | $209.86 | +94.9% | $3.39 | $1,965 | +96.5% |
| 2 years | $163.81 | +149.6% | $5.86 | $2,532 | +153.2% |
| 3 years | $98.34 | +315.8% | $7.82 | $4,237 | +323.7% |
| 5 years | $108.84 | +275.7% | $11.56 | $3,863 | +286.3% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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