Why analysts are watching it
Analysts are closely watching TSM, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, because it's a vital player in the semiconductor industry, reportedly with a $2.1 trillion valuation on May 11, 2026, as noted by Jeremy Lefebvre (Financial Education) in his video "This Stock is the Next AMD or Micron‼️". Ticker Symbol: YOU, in his April 19, 2026 video "Claude Will Crash Stocks Within 257 Days (Prepare Now)", highlighted TSM as the "hardware factory responsible for the software apocalypse," building and packaging chips that power AI. Brian Feroldi emphasized TSM's strong pricing power and 19% revenue growth in his April 15, 2026 video "TSMC: Is It Too Late to Buy the High-Growth Monopoly? (Deep Dive Analysis)". Conversely, on May 18, 2026, Couch Investor mentioned trimming TSMC, while also noting others were adding to the stock in "The Stocks Billionaire Investors Are Quietly Buying." The primary risk for this stock includes geopolitical tensions given its location.
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"But then you have TSMC, right? The builder of all these chips. Look at them. $2.1 trillion."
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"745s] It'd be like if Nvidia and Taiwan semi [747s] were together. Right."
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"Drago asks, "Does the uh does the dividend get paid quarterly annually? Do you know? Are you sure? Are do you know if that ho how often they pay that out?""
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"is this a stock that you own? TSM, Taiwan Semi"
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"TSMC, ASML, and Broadcom are the chip building, the packaging, and the networking companies tying it all together."
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"and [283s] trimmed TSMC here as well."
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"Taiwan Semiconductor with 39.5% of the vote beating out Uber quite quite handily."
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"And that brings me to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, ticker symbol TSM. I've been covering TSM stock for over five years."
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"The semiconductor supply chain. TSMC is the hardware factory responsible for the software apocalypse."
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"And it should be asking me what company and this is TSM Tai Taiwan Semi."
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"including chips from the companies like TSMC."
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"The ticker symbol here is TSM."
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"Nvidia, AMD, Micron, TSM, those stocks are holding the whole show up right now, right?"
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"Cuz if you're going to sell your AMD, your Nvidia, your TSM, your Micron, whatever, right?"
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"112s] But Taiwan Semi is the one who actually [114s] makes them. Intel does both parts."
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"The number one choice was Taiwan Semiconductor with 39.5% of the vote"
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"And let's research TSM Taiwan Semi."
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"Evidence shows the TSM plans to raise prices for its most advanced processors by three to 10% annually to offset the higher cost for raw materials power and international expansion. Does this company have pricing power uh in spades?"
— TSMC: Is It Too Late to Buy the High-Growth Monopoly? (Deep Dive Analysis)
"I see it now. TSM is the ticker, right? Taiwan."
— TSMC: Is It Too Late to Buy the High-Growth Monopoly? (Deep Dive Analysis)
"TSMC is the hardware factory responsible for the software apocalypse. Advanced packaging is what lets GPUs and high-bandwidth memory sit close enough together to move data at the speeds that AI needs. Every software is dead headline is actually powered by the chips that are built, packaged, tested, and shipped by TSMC."
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"If transistors are like [516s] switches, then AI cores are like [518s] workers."
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"And that brings me to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, ticker symbol TSM. I've been covering TSM stock for over five years."
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"1375s] this is now a liability by falling [1378s] behind Taiwan Semi's in process [1380s] leadership."
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"Taiwan Semi is putting up 19% revenue growth."
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"Uh, primary growth driver marketing and sales moderate. There are pure play where the sales is primary technical R&D."
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"1543s] As as Taiwan Semi starts building [1545s] fabrication plants in the United States, [1548s] that is a serious threat to this type of [1550s] moat."
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"TSM Taiwan Semi? Let us know this is a massive company. I think it was a two trillion dollar market cap the last I looked."
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"506s] and Taiwan Semi's building stuff, too. [508s] So, don't get me wrong on US soil."
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"The ticker symbol here is TSM. I opened up access to our prompts library."
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"which helped me find stocks like Nvidia, TSMC, and Micron years before the rest of the market."
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"Taiwan Semiconductor TSM this is usually seen as a stable company in the semiconductor space right 16% the stock is up in the past year TSM says is this is the greatest stock market in history right"
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"1436s] squeezed by Nvidia and TSMC and their [1440s] valuation multiple of PE of 32."
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"Then you have TSMC, right? The builder of all these chips. Look at them. $2.1 trillion."
— This Stock is the Next AMD or Micron‼️
"Taiwan Semiconductor TSM, this is usually seen as a stable company in the semiconductor space, right? 16% the stock is up in the past year. TSM says is this is the greatest stock market in history, right?"
— This Stock is the Next AMD or Micron‼️
"If you're going to sell your AMD, your Nvidia, your TSM, your Micron, whatever, right?"
— This Stock is the Next AMD or Micron‼️
"Okay. Drago asked does the does the dividend get paid quarterly annually? Do you know? Are you sure? Do you know if that how often they pay that out? Well let's look it up. We'll open up fresh copy of Fiscal. TSM. >> I see it now. TSM is the ticker right? Taiwan."
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"Cerebras built a chip that should [1018s] be unbuildable. They partnered with TSMC [1021s] to develop a process that didn't exist."
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