Breaking: $TSM Surge 3% As Chipmaker's Results Top EstimatesThe price of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE: NYSE:TSM ) saw an uptick of 3%, after the world's largest contract chip manufacturer reported first-quarter results that topped analysts' estimates and stuck with its 2025 revenue outlook despite the growing trade war.
TSMC, which supplies tech heavyweights Apple (AAPL) and Nvidia (NVDA), registered earnings per share (EPS) of 13.94 New Taiwan dollars ($0.43) on revenue that rose 42% year-over-year to NT$839.25 billion ($25.85 billion). Analysts polled by Visible Alpha expected NT$13.61 and NT$835.92 billion, respectively.
The company projected second-quarter revenue of $28.4 billion to $29.2 billion. Analysts were looking for about $27.1 billion.
Shares of TSMC, which entered Thursday having lost nearly a quarter of their value in 2025, were up about 3.5% up in premarket session following the results.
CEO C.C. Wei said on the earnings call that the company understands:
"there are uncertainties and risk from the potential impact of tariff policies," according to a transcript provided by AlphaSense. "However, we have not seen any change in our customers' behavior so far. Therefore, we continue to expect our full-year 2025 revenue to increase by close to mid-20s percent in U.S. dollar terms."
Technical Outlook
As of the time of writing, NYSE:TSM is up 2.76% in Thursday's premarket session, with the last close RSI at 39.91, NYSE:TSM might be on the cusp of a breakout amidst the earnings beat. A break above the $180 resistant might clear the path to $200 zone albeit the stock market is still plaque with Trumps Tariff woes. Similarly, failure to break above that pivot could resort to a correction to the recent support point.
