TSMC - Financial Overperformance

u/ekremb1 · Reddit — r/ValueInvesting · February 15, 2026 at 09:25 · ⬆ 2 pts · 💬 6 comments  | View on Reddit ↗
AI Summary

Original Reddit post

Author highlights TSMC's FY2025 results showing 35% YoY net income growth on 20% revenue growth with 48% net margin and rising operational efficiency.

TSM — LONG The author points to TSMC's 4Q 2025 results showing 35% YoY net income growth on only 20% revenue growth, a 48% net profit margin, and COGS rising just 10% versus 20% turnover growth, indicating strong operational efficiency. He cites management commentary on cost improvements, favorable FX, higher capacity utilization, 20% ASP increase, and node optimization including converting part of N5 to N3. The implied thesis is that TSMC's dominant ~70% foundry share plus expanding margins make it a quality compounder. No explicit risk or time horizon is stated.

They reached 35% YoY net income growth, with only a 20% increase in revenue: "strong operational execution"

Score 2
Comments 6
Full Post Text
Ideas
u/ekremb1 Reddit r/ValueInvesting
TSMC margin expansion on 70% foundry share
The author points to TSMC's 4Q 2025 results showing 35% YoY net income growth on only 20% revenue growth, a 48% net profit margin, and COGS rising just 10% versus 20% turnover growth, indicating strong operational efficiency. He cites management commentary on cost improvements, favorable FX, higher capacity utilization, 20% ASP increase, and node optimization including converting part of N5 to N3. The implied thesis is that TSMC's dominant ~70% foundry share plus expanding margins make it a quality compounder. No explicit risk or time horizon is stated.
More from Reddit — r/ValueInvesting

This Reddit post, published February 15, 2026, features u/ekremb1 discussing TSM. 1 trade idea extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: u/ekremb1  · Tickers: TSM