The last time Taiwan Semi had a setup similar to its current one, the stock doubled in the year that followed. Taiwan Semiconductor is the world's largest third-party chip manufacturer. It contracts out its chipmaking capacities to clients like Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL),

From a valuation standpoint, TSMC is the cheaper stock trading at a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of around 22, while ASML's forward P/E currently sits at 29. TSMC has also been growing its revenue more quickly, up 36% last quarter versus 12% growth for ASML.

Taiwan Semiconductor, the world's largest chip foundry, has outperformed the S&P 500 and tech sector in 2024. Read why I assign a buy rating for TSM stock.