5 Most Valuable Asian Companies

4. Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM)

Market cap: $265.5 billion

Revenue: $37.8 billion

Assets: $77.5 billion

Headquarters: Taiwan, Taiwan

Ranking fourth on our list of the 15 most valuable Asian companies is global chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor. The company also offers accounting, engineering, and customer services. Taiwan Semiconductor announced its fourth-quarter revenue of $12.68 billion, an increase of 4.4% from the previous quarter.

Shares of TSM rallied 140.41% over the past twelve months. The spike started when chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) revealed about outsourcing some of its processor supply to the company and continued when Taiwan Semiconductor reported strong fourth-quarter results.

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