Bonsai Partners recently released its Q1 2021 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The fund posted a return of -0.8% for the quarter (net of fees), underperforming their benchmark, the S&P 500 Index which returned 6.2% in the same quarter. You should check out Bonsai Partners’ top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of this year.
In the Q1 2021 Investor Letter, the fund highlighted a few stocks and Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) is one of them. Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) is a semiconductor company. In the last three months, Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) stock lost 7%. Here is what the fund said:
“Taiwan Semiconductor is the world’s largest outsourced foundry of logic semiconductor chips. TSMC’s shares appreciated 8.9% during the quarter.
Similar to last quarter, the supply-demand imbalance in semiconductor chips continues to benefit TSMC. To fuel new technological advances and meet the current supply imbalance, we see significantly increased capital spending across the industry over the coming years.
TSMC has an extraordinary track record of return on these large investments despite their rapid historical cadence of expansion. I remain hopeful that the large capital expenditure plan they now have ($100 billion of investment over the next three years) will be money well spent and not lead to industry oversupply in the medium term. Hopefully, future returns on these investments will look as good as those of the past.”
Bonsai Partners has been a long time Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) bull. In October 2020, we shared Bonsai Partners TSM’s thesis in this article.
In Q4 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) stock increased by about 7% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers believe in TSM’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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