Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

Global Equity Analyst with 15+ years of experience as a Buy Side analyst covering companies in the Emerging and Developed markets.
Fundamental and Quantitative analysis on companies in the Internet, Telecommunication, Media, Technology, IT Services, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and other Industrial sectors.
Idea generation focussed on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

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Independent, Fundamental Quantitative Research

Propitious Research

Fully independent, fundamental and quantitative equity research, focused on companies in the Telecommunication, Media, Technology, Internet and Healthcare sectors in the Global Emerging Markets. Idea generation focused on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Medium-Term revenue growth expectations could be exceeded given capacity expansion plans, announced pricing increases and a continued tight semiconductor supply market.</li>
<li>Based on TSMC’s robust medium-term outlook, for revenue growth and profitability, current sell-side estimates of only 10% EPS growth for FY2023f seem conservative.</li>
<li>TSMC is currently trading at a 16.2x forward PE ratio, one standard deviation below its 5-year average, a level which has historically proven to be a good entry point.</li>
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Medium-Term revenue growth expectations could be exceeded given capacity expansion plans, announced pricing increases and a continued tight semiconductor supply market.
Based on TSMC’s robust medium-term outlook, for revenue growth and profitability, current sell-side estimates of only 10% EPS growth for FY2023f seem conservative.
TSMC is currently trading at a 16.2x forward PE ratio, one standard deviation below its 5-year average, a level which has historically proven to be a good entry point.


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