Based on the aggregated intelligence of 165,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, contract chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Taiwan Semiconductor's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Taiwan Semiconductor facts

Headquarters (Founded)

Hsinchu, Taiwan (1987)

Market Cap

$52.3 billion

Industry

Semiconductors

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$10.82 billion

Management

Chairman/CEO Morris Chang

CFO Lora Ho

Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)

20.5%

Cash/Debt

$6 billion / $217 million

Dividend

3.8%

Competitors

United Microelectronics (NYSE: UMC)

Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: SMI)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 99% of the 437 All-Star members who have rated Taiwan Semiconductor believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include my Foolish colleagues Nathan Alderman (TMFNato) and Anders Bylund (TMFZahrim).

About two months ago, Nathan touched on the company's solid fundamentals: "36.6% net margins, customers clamoring for its services, a new factory under construction, and a wide berth between TSM and its closest rival all seem to spell opportunity."

Just how wide is that competitive gap? Well, with 45% of the contract chip market, Taiwan Semiconductor is about three times as large as its closest competitor, United Microelectronics, and more than six times as large as the third-biggest foundry, Semiconductor Manufacturing. Nevertheless, Taiwan Semiconductor 's stock price has lagged those of its smaller rivals, not to mention the overall market, for quite some time now, prompting All-Star Fools like Anders to finally pounce on the opportunity:

The only surprising part of TSMC's brisk success is why the stock hasn't followed suit. Despite 36.6% net margins -- in the notoriously low-margin hardware manufacturing business, no less -- and hefty growth assured for the foreseeable future, this stock has underperformed the S&P 500 benchmark over the past year. That's five kinds of "just not right" in my book.

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