Key Takeaways
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company said that revenue in March jumped 34% from the year-ago month. Quarterly revenue increased 17%, coming in higher than analysts' expectations.
- TSMC has seen an increase in demand for its semiconductors due to the boom in demand for artificial intelligence products and rising crypto prices.
- The company's stock, which was already trending upward this week after it announced it would receive up to $6.6 billion in direct federal funding to expand a facility in Arizona, rose Wednesday in U.S. trading, bucking a broader downturn for equities.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM) on Wednesday reported quarterly revenue that came in higher than analysts' expectations, and just above the midpoint of the company's guidance.
TSMC, which will release a full earnings report next week, has seen a boom in demand for its products, which it supplies to a number of tech giants including Apple (AAPL) and Nvidia (NVDA), thanks in part to the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:artificial intelligence (AI) craze of the last year.
The company reported revenue of 195.21 billion New Taiwan dollars ($6.07 billion) for March, up 34% from the year-earlier month. For the quarter, revenue increased 17% to TWD592.64 billion ($18.42 billion), ahead of analysts' expectation of TWD580 billion ($18.03 billion), according to estimates compiled by Visible Alpha, and also above the midpoint of TSMC's guidance of between $18 billion and $18.8 billion.
Wedbush analysts said in a note following the revenue update that TSMC's above-expectations sales figures can be attributed to a number of factors, from the AI boom to record-high 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:cryptocurrency prices fueling demand for 🌊mꦉining equipment that it plays a role in producing, along with increases in standard server demand.
"With TSMC exceeding prior estimates, we see no reason to deviate from our positive stance on the name and are reiterating our Outperform rating," the analysts wrote.
澳洲幸🦩运5官方开奖结果体彩网:American depositary receipts (ADRs) of the Taiwanese company were up 0.3% at $145.87 at around 1:45 p.m. ET, after rising as high as $148.43 earlier in the session. Earlier this week, they gained on the announcement that TSMC would 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:receive up to $6.6 billion in 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:CHIPS Act funding to expand its plans to three factories at an Arizona facility it beꦦgan🌺 constructing in 2021.