TSMC is the dominant advanced semiconductor foundry behind chips from Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm. The stock thesis depends on AI silicon demand, advanced-node leadership, capacity discipline, customer concentration, and Taiwan geopolitical risk.
Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) Stock Price & Market Analysis
TSM · NYSE · Semiconductors
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$457.99
▼ -$14.21(-3.01%)4:00 PM ET - vs previous closeQuote as of Oct 8, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
Regular-session close · Oct 8, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT.
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Last session28%
$452.88L Oct 8 '26$471.12H Oct 8 '26
52-week range87%
$266.82$487.47H Oct 5 '26
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Available history(2000-10-09)94%
$1.95L Oct 10 '02$487.47H Oct 5 '26
Price history: 2000-10-09–2026-10-08. Earlier trading may not be included. Highs and lows use intraday prices when available, otherwise closing prices. The 52-week range is reported separately by Yahoo Finance.
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About Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM)
Sector, leadership, and how Taiwan Semiconductor earns its revenue.
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Company · Profile
About Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM)
Sector, leadership, and how Taiwan Semiconductor earns its revenue.
Taiwan Semiconductor
NYSE · TSM · TW
Company overview.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Country
- TW
- Founded
- 1987
- Employees
- 65,152
- CEO
- C.C. Wei
- Exchange
- NYSE
How Taiwan Semiconductor makes money
Foundry moat
The manufacturing layer of AI
TSMC turns chip designs into physical silicon at the most advanced process nodes, making it a critical supplier to nearly every major AI and consumer-chip designer.
Advanced nodes
Process leadership drives pricing power
The strongest part of the thesis is TSMC ability to lead at 3nm, 2nm, and packaging technologies where competitors struggle to match yield and scale.
Customer base
Concentrated but strategically essential
Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm dependence creates visibility, but also means customer product cycles and bargaining power matter.
Geopolitics
Taiwan risk is the permanent discount
No TSMC analysis is complete without Taiwan security risk, export controls, and the cost of global fab diversification.
Key takeaways for TSM
TSM is the manufacturing backbone of the AI chip cycle.
Advanced-node share and packaging capacity are more important than simple semiconductor cyclicality.
The main risk is geopolitical and operational concentration in Taiwan, not lack of customer demand.
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