Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

20 years of experience researching capital markets in Asia and the USA.

Managing Director, Zero One

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Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR (TSM US)

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<li>We're now two-thirds through the Taiwan Semiconductor earnings season and about one-third through the Taiwan Hardware earnings season.</li>
<li>Semiconductor gross margins declines have been relatively large, and we believe are tracking to be worse than what consensus expected going into the earnings season.</li>
<li>There have been few examples of inventory situations improving for semicondcutor companies; results data released so far indicates a potentially deeper trough than previously expected.</li>
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We're now two-thirds through the Taiwan Semiconductor earnings season and about one-third through the Taiwan Hardware earnings season.
Semiconductor gross margins declines have been relatively large, and we believe are tracking to be worse than what consensus expected going into the earnings season.
There have been few examples of inventory situations improving for semicondcutor companies; results data released so far indicates a potentially deeper trough than previously expected.


Taiwan Semiconductors Mid-Earnings Season Review: Margins, Inventories Appear Worse Than Expected