{"id":83408,"date":"2026-06-13T19:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T19:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/83408\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T19:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T19:59:09","slug":"taiwan-semiconductor-tsm-posts-strong-may-sales-ubs-names-stock-a-top-pick-on-agentic-ai-outlook-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/83408\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) Posts Strong May Sales, UBS Names Stock a Top Pick on Agentic AI Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With a profit margin of 47.34% and net income of $55.13 billion (FY25), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM<\/a>) ranks among the most profitable blue chip stocks to buy according to hedge funds<\/a>. Meanwhile, analysts see 9.80% upside for the stock.<\/p>\n

\"Taiwan Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) Sees AI Chip Demand Outpacing Supply <\/p>\n

Those figures are backed by continued operational and financial strength.<\/p>\n

In mid-April, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) reported first-quarter profit of $18.2 billion, up 58% year-over-year, and its eighth straight quarter of double-digit growth. CEO C.C. Wei raised the full-year revenue growth forecast to more than 30% in U.S. dollar terms, up from a prior outlook of close to 30%, and said capital expenditure would come in at the high end of its $52 billion to $56 billion guidance range.<\/p>\n

For the second quarter, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) guided revenue between $39 billion and $40.2 billion. Wei described AI-related demand as extremely robust and said TSMC\u2019s conviction in the multi-year AI megatrend remains high.<\/p>\n

The most recent data point arrived on June 10, 2026, when Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) reported consolidated net revenue of NT$416.98 billion for May 2026, up 1.5% from April and 30.1% year-over-year. Revenue for the first five months of the year reached NT$1.96 trillion, a 30.0% increase over the same period in 2025.<\/p>\n

That backdrop aligns with a broader industry outlook, as on the same day, UBS analyst Nicolas Gaudois projected that global semiconductor revenues will reach $2.38 trillion by 2027, driven by agentic AI lifting demand across the memory, logic, and CPU segments. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) was named among the firm\u2019s preferred stocks, with foundry utilization rates and memory industry operating profits among the cycle indicators UBS described as pointing upward into late 2027.<\/p>\n

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company that manufactures, packages, and tests integrated circuits for various industries.<\/p>\n

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