On January 18th, TSMC released its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2023, with a combined revenue of approximately NT $625.53 billion and a net profit after tax of approximately NT $238.71 billion, resulting in a earnings per share of NT $9.21 (equivalent to US $1.44 per unit of American depositary receipts). Compared with the same period last year, the revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 remained roughly unchanged, but after tax net profit and earnings per share decreased by 19.3%. Compared to the previous quarter, revenue increased by 14.4% in the fourth quarter of 2023, while net profit after tax increased by 13.1%.
Among them, the shipment of 3-nanometer process accounted for 15% of TSMC's wafer sales in the fourth quarter of 2023, and the shipment of 5-nanometer process accounted for 35% of the entire quarter's wafer sales; The shipment of 7nm process accounts for 17% of the total wafer sales for the entire season. Overall, the revenue of advanced processes (including 7nm and more advanced processes) accounted for 67% of the total quarter's wafer sales.