Thursday, July 16th 2026
TSMC Reports Record Q2 2026 Earning Results
TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$1,270.38 billion, net income of NT$706.56 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$27.25 (US$4.31 per ADR unit) for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. Year-over-year, second quarter revenue increased 36.0%, while net income and diluted EPS both increased 77.4%. Compared to first quarter 2026, second quarter results represented a 12.0% increase in revenue and a 23.4% increase in net income. All figures were prepared in accordance with TIFRS on a consolidated basis.
In US dollars, second quarter revenue was $40.20 billion, which increased 33.7% year-over-year and increased 12.0% from the previous quarter. Gross margin for the quarter was 67.7%, operating margin was 60.3%, and net profit margin was 55.6%. In the second quarter, shipments of 2-nanometer accounted for 3% of total wafer revenue; 3-nanometer accounted for 30%; 5-nanometer accounted for 33%; and 7-nanometer accounted for 11%. Advanced technologies, defined as 7-nanometer and more advanced technologies, accounted for 77% of total wafer revenue."Our business in the second quarter was supported by strong demand for our leading-edge process technologies," said Wendell Huang, Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer of TSMC. "Moving into third quarter 2026, we expect our business to be supported by continued strong demand for our leading-edge process technologies, including the steep ramp-up of our 2-nanometer technology."
Based on the Company's current business outlook, management expects the overall performance for third quarter 2026 to be as follows:
In US dollars, second quarter revenue was $40.20 billion, which increased 33.7% year-over-year and increased 12.0% from the previous quarter. Gross margin for the quarter was 67.7%, operating margin was 60.3%, and net profit margin was 55.6%. In the second quarter, shipments of 2-nanometer accounted for 3% of total wafer revenue; 3-nanometer accounted for 30%; 5-nanometer accounted for 33%; and 7-nanometer accounted for 11%. Advanced technologies, defined as 7-nanometer and more advanced technologies, accounted for 77% of total wafer revenue."Our business in the second quarter was supported by strong demand for our leading-edge process technologies," said Wendell Huang, Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer of TSMC. "Moving into third quarter 2026, we expect our business to be supported by continued strong demand for our leading-edge process technologies, including the steep ramp-up of our 2-nanometer technology."
Based on the Company's current business outlook, management expects the overall performance for third quarter 2026 to be as follows:
- Revenue is expected to be between US$44.6 billion and US$45.8 billion;
- Gross profit margin is expected to be between 65% and 67%;
- Operating profit margin is expected to be between 56% and 58%.

4 Comments on TSMC Reports Record Q2 2026 Earning Results
the question is, how long can they keep this up, and when the bubble bursts, what are they going to do will all the new fabs, unless they think that even if the bubble bursts for AI, there will be other players that need what they produce (like automotive and so on)
When the bubble burst, and it will at some point, every industry in the US can have a fab (or 05) for it's own chip production...and then if any chips are left over, they can gimp them somewhat and sell them to other countries...
sounds like a win-win-win to me, although how that would affect the consumer side of things will be interesting to see :D