TSM vs VRTV: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited and Veritiv Corporation β€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-23.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited Β· Technology
$452.00
+13.9% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade B High Quality
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Veritiv Corporation Β· Industrials
$169.99
-45.0% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade D
QuantHub Verdict
TSM has more upside to fair value (+13.9%). These are model outputs β€” not personalized investment advice. See all research β†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric TSM VRTV
Current Price $452.00 $169.99
Fair Value Estimate $515.00 $93.49
Upside to Fair Value +13.9% -45.0%
Market Cap $2,344.3B $2.3B
Forward P/E β€” β€”
EV / EBITDA 19.2x 5.4x
Price / Sales 0.5x 0.4x
Price / FCF 2.1x 10.4x
Revenue Growth YoY +36.0% -19.0%
Gross Margin 64.2% 22.7%
Operating Margin 56.0% 5.9%
Return on Equity 39.3% 48.6%
Dividend Yield 0.96% 1.48%
FCF Yield 47.62% 9.57%
Analyst Consensus Buy Hold
Investment Thesis
TSM β€” 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 56…
VRTV β€” Veritiv Corporation
Veritiv Corporation is a business-to-business distributor of specialty packaging, facility solutions, print, and publishing products, operating through four segments with a network of distribution centers and roughly 5,000 employees. The business quality is mixed: it generates a strong 48.6% ROE and trades at a low 7.13 trailing P/E and 5.44 EV/EBITDA, but revenue declined 19.0% year over year in…
Accumulation Zones
Metric TSM VRTV
Zone Low $386.25 $70.12
Zone High $437.75 $79.47
In Buy Zone? No No
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