TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTD TSM
SPONSORED ADS · ADR · CUSIP 874039100 · ISIN US8740391003
Semiconductor foundry company headquartered in Taiwan
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($138.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $104.23. Options: 68 managers hold calls ($3.2bn notional), 66 hold puts ($4.7bn).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,305 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,403 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,501 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,571 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,530 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,683 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 679 | 594 |
| Q1 2023 | 813 | 583 |
| Q2 2023 | 707 | 716 |
| Q3 2023 | 751 | 665 |
| Q4 2023 | 815 | 637 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $2.4bn | $2.5bn | 1.03 |
| Q2 2023 | $2.8bn | $2.8bn | 1.02 |
| Q3 2023 | $2.5bn | $3.8bn | 1.55 |
| Q4 2023 | $3.2bn | $4.7bn | 1.45 |
Biggest buyers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +43.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +17.9m |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +5.8m |
| Man Group plc | New | +5.4m |
| Capital World Investors | Added | +4.2m |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | Added | +2.8m |
| Harding Loevner LP | Added | +2.0m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Added | +1.6m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +1.6m |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | New | +1.6m |
Biggest sellers
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co | Reduced | -10.1m |
| Man Group plc | Sold out | -4.8m |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP | Reduced | -3.4m |
| Capital International Investors | Reduced | -2.7m |
| Orbis Allan Gray Ltd | Reduced | -2.1m |
| COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -2.1m |
| Altshuler Shaham Ltd | Sold out | -2.0m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -2.0m |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | Reduced | -1.8m |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Reduced | -1.8m |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $583.7m5.6m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $287.0m2.8m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $256.7m2.5m shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $178.3m1.7m shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Added | $172.8m1.7m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $160.5m1.5m shares |
| ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $158.6m1.5m shares |
| MAPLELANE CAPITAL, LLC | Reduced | $144.0m1.4m shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $127.7m1.2m shares |
| Governors Lane LP | Added | $121.2m1.2m shares |
Biggest puts
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | Added | $1.1bn10.5m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $621.1m6.0m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $252.3m2.4m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $251.3m2.4m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $243.3m2.3m shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | $199.7m1.9m shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Reduced | $151.9m1.5m shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $139.5m1.3m shares |
| CTC LLC | Added | $125.9m12.1k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $125.8m1.2m shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q4 2023.
Holders, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.44% of their portfolio | 82.6m $8.6bn | Added +43.3m |
| Sanders Capital, LLC 8.56% of their portfolio | 44.5m $4.6bn | Added +1.5m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.19% of their portfolio | 41.7m $4.3bn | Added +17.9m |
| Capital World Investors 0.76% of their portfolio | 41.4m $4.3bn | Added +4.2m |
| FMR LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 39.7m $4.1bn | Reduced -2.0m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 1.71% of their portfolio | 31.1m $3.2bn | Added +423.0k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.96% of their portfolio | 28.4m $3.0bn | Added +1.6m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.53% of their portfolio | 25.1m $2.6bn | Reduced -603.1k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.42% of their portfolio | 16.1m $1.7bn | Reduced -231.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 15.2m $1.6bn | Added +1.6m |
| Capital International Investors 0.33% of their portfolio | 14.1m $1.5bn | Reduced -2.7m |
| Fiera Capital Corp 4.28% of their portfolio | 13.4m $1.4bn | Reduced -409.1k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.23% of their portfolio | 12.0m $1.2bn | Reduced -843.3k |
| Harding Loevner LP 6.86% of their portfolio | 11.6m $1.2bn | Added +2.0m |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 2.15% of their portfolio | 11.4m $1.2bn | Reduced -3.4m |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 3.40% of their portfolio | 11.2m $1.2bn | Reduced -550.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 10.8m $1.1bn | Reduced -1.1m |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 1.29% of their portfolio | 9.6m $993.6m | Reduced -451.5k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 2.25% of their portfolio | 9.1m $942.8m | Added +84.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.10% of their portfolio | 8.8m $913.1m | Reduced -469.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 8.6m $896.9m | Added +253.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.11% of their portfolio | 7.6m $788.0m | Added +103.3k |
| LONE PINE CAPITAL LLC 6.25% of their portfolio | 6.9m $722.6m | Reduced -852.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.36% of their portfolio | 6.9m $721.3m | Added +440.1k |
| GQG Partners LLC 1.50% of their portfolio | 6.8m $710.1m | Added +289.4k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.56% of their portfolio | 6.8m $707.5m | Reduced -47.5k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 1.09% of their portfolio | 5.9m $613.0m | Added +96.7k |
| ALKEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 4.01% of their portfolio | 5.9m $611.3m | Reduced -118.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.24% of their portfolio | 5.8m $608.4m | Added +890.3k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.85% of their portfolio | 5.8m $607.9m | Added +901.2k |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.54% of their portfolio | 5.8m $599.1m | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 5.7m $589.0m | Added +892.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.28% of their portfolio | 5.7m $588.9m | Reduced -243.7k |
| SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.77% of their portfolio | 5.6m $581.5m | Reduced -91.4k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.61% of their portfolio | 5.6m $580.9m | Reduced -450.8k |
| Man Group plc 1.62% of their portfolio | 5.4m $563.1m | New |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.91% of their portfolio | 5.3m $549.8m | Reduced -16.1k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.69% of their portfolio | 5.2m $543.8m | Added +295.9k |
| PineStone Asset Management Inc. 5.81% of their portfolio | 5.2m $541.3m | Added +401.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 5.1m $528.7m | Reduced -315.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 4.5m $468.6m | Reduced -64.0k |
| AXIOM INVESTORS LLC /DE 4.38% of their portfolio | 4.3m $446.8m | Added +743.1k |
| FIL Ltd 0.46% of their portfolio | 4.2m $441.8m | Reduced -57.3k |
| Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. 6.77% of their portfolio | 4.1m $423.3m | Reduced -125.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.29% of their portfolio | 4.0m $417.8m | Added +544.1k |
| WINDACRE PARTNERSHIP LLC 6.34% of their portfolio | 4.0m $417.6m | Reduced -1.6m |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 3.9m $401.2m | Added +37.1k |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 1.09% of their portfolio | 3.7m $381.5m | Added +33.2k |
| Sarasin & Partners LLP 4.19% of their portfolio | 3.7m $381.2m | Reduced -287.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.07% of their portfolio | 3.6m $376.7m | Added +131.4k |
| MARTIN CURRIE LTD 12.36% of their portfolio | 3.6m $376.6m | Reduced -144.1k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.58% of their portfolio | 3.6m $371.7m | Added +2.8m |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 4.48% of their portfolio | 3.6m $371.6m | Added +499.0k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd 1.10% of their portfolio | 3.5m $368.1m | Reduced -294.7k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 3.4m $357.5m | Reduced -202.4k |
| CI INVESTMENTS INC. 1.79% of their portfolio | 3.3m $345.3m | Added +325.4k |
| Cantillon Capital Management LLC 2.30% of their portfolio | 3.3m $344.0m | Reduced -80.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.3m $342.3m | Added +45.9k |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. 2.83% of their portfolio | 3.3m $338.2m | Reduced -198.4k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 3.1m $320.9m | Added +22.7k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.1m $317.6m | Added +529.9k |
| TIGER GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.25% of their portfolio | 3.0m $316.7m | Added +983.2k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.56% of their portfolio | 3.0m $315.8m | Added +572.4k |
| Orbis Allan Gray Ltd 1.92% of their portfolio | 2.9m $305.8m | Reduced -2.1m |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.47% of their portfolio | 2.8m $294.8m | Added +363.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.47% of their portfolio | 2.7m $279.1m | Reduced -1.8m |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 1.01% of their portfolio | 2.6m $274.2m | Added +565.4k |
| ARGA Investment Management, LP 9.47% of their portfolio | 2.6m $273.0m | Reduced -25.5k |
| Amundi 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.6m $263.1m | Reduced -117.9k |
| AustralianSuper Pty Ltd 1.60% of their portfolio | 2.6m $266.3m | Unchanged |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.36% of their portfolio | 2.5m $258.7m | Added +42.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.5m $258.0m | Reduced -805.7k |
| Northcape Capital Pty Ltd 30.37% of their portfolio | 2.5m $256.5m | Added +24.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.4m $252.6m | Added +67.1k |
| VONTOBEL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 1.60% of their portfolio | 2.4m $269.7m | Added +4.5k |
| Mirova US LLC 3.74% of their portfolio | 2.4m $248.3m | Reduced -35.0k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.31% of their portfolio | 2.4m $245.5m | Reduced -276.4k |
| MENORA MIVTACHIM HOLDINGS LTD. 2.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $238.5m | Added +611.0k |
| AXA S.A. 0.38% of their portfolio | 2.3m $238.0m | Added +971.7k |
| COMGEST GLOBAL INVESTORS S.A.S. 3.56% of their portfolio | 2.3m $237.3m | Reduced -42.0k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.31% of their portfolio | 2.3m $234.2m | Added +199.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $235.2m | Reduced -320.9k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ 0.60% of their portfolio | 2.2m $225.0m | Reduced -406.9k |
| Intermede Investment Partners Ltd 5.35% of their portfolio | 2.1m $222.9m | Reduced -92.9k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.62% of their portfolio | 2.1m $222.8m | Reduced -83.9k |
| Voyager Global Management LP 10.56% of their portfolio | 2.1m $221.0m | Added +300.0k |
| SATURNA CAPITAL CORP 3.44% of their portfolio | 2.1m $221.0m | Added +3.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.29% of their portfolio | 2.1m $219.1m | Reduced -496.6k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.73% of their portfolio | 2.1m $217.7m | Reduced -48.1k |
| LANSDOWNE PARTNERS (UK) LLP 15.84% of their portfolio | 2.1m $215.9m | Added +266.0k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.13% of their portfolio | 2.1m $214.4m | Reduced -79.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 2.0m $203.0m | Added +7.0k |
| Morningstar Investment Services LLC 1.13% of their portfolio | 1.9m $200.2m | Added +937.6k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.43% of their portfolio | 1.9m $196.7m | Reduced -10.1m |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC 0.83% of their portfolio | 1.9m $197.4m | Reduced -37.7k |
| Manning & Napier Group, LLC 2.33% of their portfolio | 1.9m $196.0m | Added +543.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.9m $193.0m | Added +1.1m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.8m $191.9m | Added +128.9k |
| Railway Pension Investments Ltd 1.97% of their portfolio | 1.8m $190.9m | Unchanged |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 1.8m $187.4m | Added +194.0k |