Taiwan Semiconductor TSM
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$23.12M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.
The five largest holders on file together own 21.3% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 0.64% to 0.57% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Capital Management, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +3,258,225 | 4.0% |
| American Century Investment Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,328,400 | 0.2% |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +951,386 | 0.5% |
| Vanguard Capital Management, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,907,782 | 4.0% |
| American Century Investment Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,287,600 | 0.2% |
| Franklin Resources | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,104,845 | 0.3% |
| GQG Partners, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,709,200 | 0.2% |
| Yuanta Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +17,740,416 | 2.2% |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +7,428,982 | 0.2% |
| Uni-President Assets Management Corp. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +4,013,238 | 0.1% |
| Situational Awareness LP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,626,612 | 0.1% |
| Dodge & Cox | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +2,179,767 | 0.5% |
| KGI Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,553,035 | 0.1% |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,216,396 | 0.0% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +1,196,581 | 0.2% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jun 2026 | Lipen Yuan | VP & Vice President of Business Development | Private Acquisition | +1,000 | $79.19 | 7,828 |
| 14 Jun 2026 | Lipen Yuan | VP & Vice President of Business Development | Private Acquisition | +1,000 | $75.26 | 6,828 |
| 7 Jun 2026 | Arthur Chuang | Vice President of Operations & Facility | Other Disposition | -500,000 | – | 4,001,055 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | C. C. Wei | Chairperson & CEO | Private Acquisition | +150 | $76.01 | 8,455,544 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Kuo Hsu | Former President of WaferTech LLC | Private Acquisition | +53 | $76.01 | 204,528 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Jen-Chau Huang | Senior VP, CFO & Spokesperson | Private Acquisition | +30 | $76.01 | 1,835,229 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Y. P. Chyn | Executive VP & Co-COO | Private Acquisition | +71 | $76.01 | 9,433,681 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Cliff Hou | Senior VP, Chief Information Security Officer & Deputy Co-COO | Private Acquisition | +62 | $76.01 | 750,731 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Y. J. Mii | Executive VP & Co-COO | Private Acquisition | +72 | $76.01 | 1,325,361 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Sylvia Fang | Senior VP, General Counsel & Corporate Governance Officer | Private Acquisition | +55 | $76.01 | 1,343,235 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Y. L. Wang | Officer | Private Acquisition | +56 | $76.01 | 1,514,839 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Kevin Zhang | Senior VP of Business Development, Global Sales and Overseas Operations Office & Deputy Co-COO | Private Acquisition | +62 | $76.01 | 357,015 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Min Cao | VP of Research, Development, Pathfinding & Corporate Research and CTO | Private Acquisition | +54 | $76.01 | 559,538 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | T. S. Chang | Senior Fellow & Senior VP of Operations | Private Acquisition | +53 | $76.01 | 333,541 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Y.H. Liaw | Former Vice President | Private Acquisition | +48 | $76.01 | 906,283 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Simon Jang | Private Acquisition | +49 | $76.01 | 458,711 | |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Horng-Dar Lin | Vice President of Corporate Information Technology & Chief Information Officer | Private Acquisition | +48 | $76.01 | 156,056 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Geoffrey Yeap | Senior Vice President of Research & Development and Technology Development | Private Acquisition | +55 | $76.01 | 230,339 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Arthur Chuang | Vice President of Operations & Facility | Private Acquisition | +46 | $76.01 | 4,001,055 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Jun He | Vice President | Private Acquisition | +46 | $76.01 | 132,425 |
From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.
Short interest, by report
| Report date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 29,310,548 | 0.6% | 2.6 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 30,492,512 | 0.6% | 3.1 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 27,789,695 | 0.5% | 2.8 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 29,835,409 | 0.6% | 3.1 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 30,161,233 | 0.6% | 2.9 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 33,191,967 | 0.6% | 2.0 |
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