Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSM): Among Billionaire Louis Bacon's Stock Picks with Huge Upside Potential
We recently published a list of Billionaire Louis Bacon's 10 Stock Picks with Huge Upside Potential. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) stands against other stock picks with huge upside potential.
Louis Moore Bacon is the founder, Chairman, and principal investment manager of Moore Capital Management, a global investment management firm that provides services to institutional and high-net-worth clients through diversified hedge funds and specialized funds that focus on global fixed-income and emerging markets. It was established in March 1989 and is headquartered in New York City with offices in London and Hong Kong. He holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School and a BA in American Literature from Middlebury College. Bacon's investment philosophy is based on risk management and capital preservation principles. His trading strategies are focused on macroeconomic trends and fundamental analysis of the markets.
Bacon emphasizes diversification, which allows him to invest across different geographies and asset classes. He is known for his contrarian investment style and takes positions against prevailing market sentiment. Moore Capital Management is a hedge fund with 4 clients and discretionary assets under management (AUM) of $33.20 billion, as reported in the firm's Form ADV dated 19 November 2024. Their last reported 13F filing for Q4 2024 included $8.70 billion in managed 13F securities and a top 10 holdings concentration of 25.53%. He believes that there are opportunities to profit from mispricing that come with volatility or fear. Louis Moore Bacon is also the Founder and Co-Chair of The Moore Charitable Foundation, which was established in 1992 to support conservation-focused nonprofits dedicated to preserving land, water, and wildlife habitats. Bacon has received several awards in this regard, including the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award and the Audubon Medal.
To compile the list of billionaire Louis Bacon's 10 stock picks with huge upside potential, we sifted through Q4 2024 13F filings of Moore Global Investments from Insider Monkey. From these filings, we checked each stock's upside potential from CNN and ranked the stocks in ascending order of this upside potential. We have also added Moore Global Investments' stake in each company and the hedge fund sentiment around each stock.
Note: All data was sourced on May 2.
Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (see more details here).
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Moore Global Investments' Stake: $26.23 million
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 186
Average Upside Potential as of May 2: 22.29%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) is a tech company that manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices globally. It provides various wafer fabrication processes. It also offers customer & engineering support services, invests in tech start-up companies, and provides investment services.
The HPC segment made 59% of the company's total revenue in Q1 2025, which totaled $25.78 billion and improved by 41.40% year-over-year. This revenue itself improved by 7% sequentially due to the demand for AI-related applications. TSMC is also at the forefront of advanced chip manufacturing. As of Q1, 3nm chips made up 22% of TSMC's total wafer revenue, while 5nm and 7nm accounted for 36% and 15%, respectively. Altogether, advanced technologies (7nm and below) made 73% of the total wafer revenue.
To support AI and HPC growth, TSMC is investing in advanced packaging technologies, particularly CoWoS, intending to double its CoWoS capacity in 2025. Despite projecting a mid-40% revenue CAGR from AI accelerators for the 5 years starting from 2024, Barclays analyst Simon Coles lowered the price target on the stock to $215 from $255 on April 21 while maintaining an Overweight rating. The company also plans to launch 2nm and 1.6nm chips, which would further strengthen its competitive edge.
The company's results and guidance showcased strong AI chip demand, which is why Sands Capital Technology Innovators Fund stated the following regarding Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:
'Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) third-quarter 2024 results and guidance showcased strong continued demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Revenue increased by 29 percent, and earnings saw a 54 percent rise year-over-year. Gross margins were at their highest since 2022, bolstered by price hikes and record utilization at both the 3 nanometer (nm) and 5nm nodes. TSMC's full-year revenue outlook was revised upward from 25 percent to 30 percent growth. The company also anticipates higher capital expenditure in 2025, a leading indicator for revenue.
Overall, TSM ranks 10th on our list of billionaire Louis Bacon's stock picks with huge upside potential. While we acknowledge the potential of TSM as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold great promise for delivering high returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than TSM but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
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