Ryanair Holdings plc vs Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. — how do they compare? Ryanair Holdings plc trades at $60.03 (market cap $29.63B), while Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. trades at $428 (market cap $1.93T). The key difference: Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. is far larger — about 65.1× Ryanair Holdings plc's market cap, and Ryanair Holdings plc pays the higher dividend (1.51%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| RYAAY | TSM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $29.63B | $1.93T |
Sector | Industrials | Technology |
52-Week High | $73.82 | $477.57 |
52-Week Low | $53.24 | $227.33 |
Enterprise Value | $26.61B | $1.85T |
Dividend Yield | 1.51% | 0.9% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
Ryanair is the leading airline group by passenger numbers in Europe. The company employs a low-cost no-frills model to offer low fares to leisure customers on short-haul intra-European routes. In 2020, the most recent pre-pandemic fiscal year, the company carried 149 million passengers, utilizing a fleet of 467 Boeing 737 aircraft across its 1,800 routes. To keep costs low the company serves predominantly lower-cost secondary airports. The company generated sales of EUR 8.5 billion in fiscal 2020.
Read more on RYAAY →Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, is the world's largest dedicated chip foundry, with over 57% market share in 2021 per Gartner. TSMC was founded in 1987 as a joint venture of Philips, the government of Taiwan, and private investors. It went public as an ADR in the U.S. in 1997. TSMC's scale and high-quality technology allow the firm to generate solid operating margins, even in the highly competitive foundry business. Furthermore, the shift to the fabless business model has created tailwinds for TSMC. The foundry leader has an illustrious customer base, including Apple, AMD and Nvidia, that looks to apply cutting-edge process technologies to its semiconductor designs.
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