{"id":60681,"date":"2021-01-14T10:08:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T09:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=60681"},"modified":"2021-01-14T10:08:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T09:08:01","slug":"tsmc-reports-fourth-quarter-eps-of-nt5-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/60681-tsmc-reports-fourth-quarter-eps-of-nt5-51\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">TSMC<\/span> Reports Fourth Quarter <span class=\"caps\">EPS<\/span> of <span class=\"caps\">NT<\/span>$5.51"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Hsin\u00adchu, Tai\u00adwan, R.O.C., Janu\u00adary 14, 2021<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;\u2013 <span class=\"caps\">TSMC<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span>(<span class=\"caps\">TWSE<\/span>: 2330, <span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">TSM<\/span>)&nbsp;today announ\u00adced con\u00adso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adted reve\u00adnue of <span class=\"caps\">NT<\/span>$361.53 bil\u00adli\u00adon, net inco\u00adme of <span class=\"caps\">NT<\/span>$142.77 bil\u00adli\u00adon, and diluted ear\u00adnings per share of <span class=\"caps\">NT<\/span>$5.51 (<span class=\"caps\">US<\/span>$0.97 per <span class=\"caps\">ADR<\/span> unit) for the fourth quar\u00adter ended Decem\u00adber 31,&nbsp;2020.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Year-over-year, fourth quar\u00adter reve\u00adnue increased 14.0% while net inco\u00adme and diluted <span class=\"caps\">EPS<\/span> both increased 23.0%. Com\u00adpared to third quar\u00adter 2020, fourth quar\u00adter results repre\u00adsen\u00adted a 1.4% increase in reve\u00adnue and a 4.0% increase in net inco\u00adme. All figu\u00adres were pre\u00adpared in accordance with <span class=\"caps\">TIFRS<\/span> on a con\u00adso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adted&nbsp;basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">In <span class=\"caps\">US<\/span> dol\u00adlars, fourth quar\u00adter reve\u00adnue was $12.68 bil\u00adli\u00adon, which increased 22.0% year-over-year and increased 4.4% from the pre\u00advious quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Gross mar\u00adgin for the quar\u00adter was 54.0%, ope\u00adra\u00adting mar\u00adgin was 43.5%, and net pro\u00adfit mar\u00adgin was 39.5%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">In the fourth quar\u00adter, ship\u00adments of 5\u2011nanometer accoun\u00adted for 20% of total wafer reve\u00adnue; 7\u2011nanometer and 16-nano\u00adme\u00adter accoun\u00adted for 29% and 13% respec\u00adtively. Advan\u00adced tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, defi\u00adned as 16-nano\u00adme\u00adter and more advan\u00adced tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, accoun\u00adted for 62% of total wafer revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Our fourth quar\u00adter busi\u00adness was sup\u00adport\u00aded by strong demand for our indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding 5\u2011nanometer tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, dri\u00adven by <span class=\"caps\">5G<\/span> smart\u00adphone laun\u00adches and HPC-rela\u00adted appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d said Wen\u00addell Huang, <span class=\"caps\">VP<\/span> and Chief Finan\u00adcial Offi\u00adcer of <span class=\"caps\">TSMC<\/span>. \u201cMoving into first quar\u00adter 2021, we expect our busi\u00adness to be sup\u00adport\u00aded by HPC-rela\u00adted demand, reco\u00advery in the auto\u00admo\u00adti\u00adve seg\u00adment, and a mil\u00adder smart\u00adphone sea\u00adso\u00adna\u00adli\u00adty than in recent years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Based on the Company\u2019s cur\u00adrent busi\u00adness out\u00adlook, manage\u00adment expects the over\u00adall per\u00adfor\u00admance for first quar\u00adter 2021 to be as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Reve\u00adnue is expec\u00adted to be bet\u00adween <span class=\"caps\">US<\/span>$12.7 bil\u00adli\u00adon and <span class=\"caps\">US<\/span>$13.0 billion;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">And, based on the exch\u00adan\u00adge rate assump\u00adti\u00adon of 1 <span class=\"caps\">US<\/span> dol\u00adlar to 27.95 <span class=\"caps\">NT<\/span> dollars,<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Gross pro\u00adfit mar\u00adgin is expec\u00adted to be bet\u00adween 50.5% and 52.5%;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Ope\u00adra\u00adting pro\u00adfit mar\u00adgin is expec\u00adted to be bet\u00adween 39.5% and 41.5%.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The manage\u00adment fur\u00adther expects the 2021 capi\u00adtal bud\u00adget to be bet\u00adween <span class=\"caps\">US<\/span>$25 bil\u00adli\u00adon and <span class=\"caps\">US<\/span>$28 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4Q20_E.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4Q20_E.jpg\" alt width=\"652\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4Q20_E.jpg 652w, https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/4Q20_E-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hsin\u00adchu, Tai\u00adwan, R.O.C., Janu\u00adary 14, 2021&nbsp;\u2013 <span class=\"caps\">TSMC<\/span>&nbsp;(<span class=\"caps\">TWSE<\/span>: 2330, <span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">TSM<\/span>)&nbsp;today announ\u00adced con\u00adso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adted reve\u00adnue of <span class=\"caps\">NT<\/span>$361.53 bil\u00adli\u00adon, net inco\u00adme of <span class=\"caps\">NT<\/span>$142.77 bil\u00adli\u00adon, and diluted ear\u00adnings per share of <span class=\"caps\">NT<\/span>$5.51 (<span class=\"caps\">US<\/span>$0.97 per <span class=\"caps\">ADR<\/span> unit) for the fourth quar\u00adter ended Decem\u00adber 31,&nbsp;2020. Year-over-year, fourth quar\u00adter reve\u00adnue increased 14.0% while net inco\u00adme and diluted <span class=\"caps\">EPS<\/span> both increased 23.0%. Com\u00adpared (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/60681-tsmc-reports-fourth-quarter-eps-of-nt5-51\/\">Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[368,1037],"class_list":["post-60681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-quartalszahlen","tag-tsmc","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60683,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60681\/revisions\/60683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}