JNJ vs TSM: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of Johnson & Johnson and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited โ€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-25.
Johnson & Johnson ยท Healthcare
$270.68
+5.7% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited ยท Technology
$452.00
+13.9% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade B High Quality
QuantHub Verdict
TSM has more upside to fair value (+13.9%). These are model outputs โ€” not personalized investment advice. See all research โ†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric JNJ TSM
Current Price $270.68 $452.00
Fair Value Estimate $286.05 $515.00
Upside to Fair Value +5.7% +13.9%
Market Cap $652.3B $2,344.3B
Forward P/E โ€” โ€”
EV / EBITDA 20.2x 19.2x
Price / Sales 6.7x 0.5x
Price / FCF 35.3x 2.1x
Revenue Growth YoY +6.6% +36.0%
Gross Margin 67.9% 64.2%
Operating Margin 26.8% 56.0%
Return on Equity 25.7% 39.3%
Dividend Yield 1.95% 0.96%
FCF Yield 2.83% 47.62%
Analyst Consensus Buy Buy
Investment Thesis
JNJ โ€” Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is a 141,700-employee healthcare holding company operating two segments, Innovative Medicine (immunology, oncology, neuroscience, infectious disease, cardiovascular and metabolism, pulmonary hypertension) and MedTech (interventional solutions, orthopaedics, surgery, vision), founded in 1887 and headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Business quality is high on fundamentals:โ€ฆ
TSM โ€” Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the world's largest contract chipmaker, manufacturing advanced logic, mixed-signal, RF, and embedded memory wafers for high-performance computing, smartphones, IoT, and automotive customers from a base of 65,152 employees headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The business quality is exceptionally high: TTM gross margin is 64.2%, TTM operating margin is 56โ€ฆ
Accumulation Zones
Metric JNJ TSM
Zone Low $214.54 $386.25
Zone High $243.14 $437.75
In Buy Zone? No No
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