Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSM): return on invested capital, 10 filed years
ROIC at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited was 44.3% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 6 computed years from FY2020 it ranged from 38.4% (FY2020) to 60.2% (FY2022), with a median of 45.8%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 44.3%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | ROIC | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 20-F, filed 2018-04-19 |
| FY2017 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 20-F, filed 2018-04-19 |
| FY2018 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 20-F, filed 2019-04-17 |
| FY2019 The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read. | n/a | 20-F, filed 2020-04-15 |
| FY2020 | 38.4% | 20-F, filed 2021-04-16 |
| FY2021 | 47.3% | 20-F, filed 2022-04-14 |
| FY2022 | 60.2% | 20-F, filed 2023-04-20 |
| FY2023 | 39.9% | 20-F, filed 2024-04-18 |
| FY2024 | 48.6% | 20-F, filed 2025-04-17 |
| FY2025 | 44.3% | period ended 2025-12-31 |
How each year is computed
Operating income x (1 - effective tax rate) / (equity + total debt - cash) x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.