On July 17, TSMC fell 3.02% overnight, trading at $397.39/share, with turnover of $43.36 million. The decline followed a classic buy-the-expectation, sell-the-fact pattern after the company reported blowout Q2 earnings.

TSMC posted Q2 net profit of NT$706.6 billion, surging 77.4% year-over-year and far exceeding the market consensus of NT$623.7 billion. Revenue reached NT$1.27 trillion (approximately $40.2 billion), up 36% YoY, while gross margin hit a record 67.7%. Despite the stellar results, the stock sold off as Q3 gross margin guidance of 65%-67% implied a sequential decline, and capital expenditure was raised to $60-64 billion from the prior $52-56 billion range, with equipment prices facing inflationary pressure.

With the stock having rallied approximately 77% over the past year, analysts noted that AI-driven growth expectations had already been priced in. Hedge funds have reduced net AI exposure to year-to-date lows, and the broader semiconductor sector experienced synchronized weakness, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index falling over 3%.

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