Best Taiwan Stocks: September 2026
Taiwan is the indispensable node of the global technology supply chain, and its stock market is far more than TSMC. Around the foundry giant sits an entire listed ecosystem of chip designers, packagers, substrate makers, server assemblers and component specialists that the AI capex cycle runs through. MoatMap scores 1,300+ TWSE and TPEx names.
MoatMap scored 1,455 Taiwan stocks on 2026-09-01; 731 cleared the $250M market-cap floor this list applies. The market's average StockRank is 52. Technology is the most represented sector in the top 10 (4 names).
September 2026 edition · data as of ·How we score stocks·All Taiwan stocks, refreshed daily
Top 25 Taiwan Stocks by StockRank
| # | Ticker | Company | Score | Q | V | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5515.TW | Chien Kuo Construction Co., Ltd. | 100 | 75 | 82 | 90 |
| 2 | 2851.TW | Central Reinsurance Corporation | 99 | 85 | 57 | 83 |
| 3 | 8271.TW | Apacer Technology Inc. | 99 | 66 | 68 | 89 |
| 4 | 2451.TW | Transcend Information, Inc. | 99 | 88 | 75 | 58 |
| 5 | 6782.TW | Visco Vision Inc. | 99 | 81 | 65 | 76 |
| 6 | 1709.TW | Formosan Union Chemical Corp. | 99 | 70 | 52 | 96 |
| 7 | 2546.TW | Kedge Construction Co., Ltd. | 99 | 80 | 80 | 60 |
| 8 | 2535.TW | Da-Cin Construction Co.,Ltd. | 99 | 64 | 70 | 80 |
| 9 | 4967.TW | Team Group Inc. | 98 | 64 | 74 | 77 |
| 10 | 6206.TW | Flytech Technology Co., Ltd. | 98 | 81 | 57 | 77 |
| 11 | 6509.TWO | Taiwan Hopax Chemicals Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 98 | 78 | 70 | 66 |
| 12 | 2006.TW | Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corporation | 98 | 76 | 72 | 65 |
| 13 | 3705.TW | YungShin Global Holding Corporation | 98 | 71 | 71 | 70 |
| 14 | 5609.TWO | Dimerco Express Corporation | 98 | 77 | 80 | 55 |
| 15 | 5236.TW | Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. | 98 | 87 | 71 | 53 |
| 16 | 2108.TW | NANTEX Industry Co., Ltd. | 98 | 73 | 72 | 66 |
| 17 | 1714.TW | Ho Tung Chemical Corp. | 98 | 70 | 64 | 77 |
| 18 | 3034.TW | Novatek Microelectronics Corp. | 98 | 79 | 57 | 73 |
| 19 | 3147.TWO | Jetwell Computer Co., Ltd. | 98 | 76 | 73 | 61 |
| 20 | 6277.TW | Aten International Co., Ltd | 97 | 64 | 71 | 74 |
| 21 | 3406.TW | Genius Electronic Optical Co.,Ltd. | 97 | 69 | 63 | 77 |
| 22 | 1708.TW | Sesoda Corporation | 97 | 65 | 63 | 81 |
| 23 | 2816.TW | Union Insurance Co., Ltd. | 97 | 67 | 70 | 71 |
| 24 | 3006.TW | Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc. | 97 | 77 | 65 | 65 |
| 25 | 1726.TW | Yung Chi Paint & Varnish Mfg.Co.,Ltd | 97 | 78 | 66 | 62 |
Ranked by StockRank (Quality + Value + Momentum composite) at a minimum market cap of $250M. A new edition is generated on the first scoring run of each month.
The Ecosystem Behind TSMC
Taiwan's advantage is clustered depth: no other market lists as complete a semiconductor and hardware supply chain, from IC design houses through packaging-and-test to the ODMs that build the world's servers and laptops. When global AI infrastructure spending accelerates, the revenue flows through dozens of Taiwanese mid-caps, many of which trade at a fraction of the multiples awarded to their US customers for the same exposure.
The market has a distinctive shareholder culture: Taiwanese companies pay generous cash dividends (the market yield consistently ranks among Asia's highest), retail participation is enormous, and disclosure is strong. Insiders must pre-declare share transfers before executing them, a regime stricter than most developed markets, and MoatMap tracks those pre-declarations plus treasury-stock buyback programmes.
The overhang, of course, is geopolitical: cross-strait risk is the permanent discount factor on Taiwanese multiples, and it is not diversifiable within the market. The pragmatic approach mirrors China A-shares: treat country exposure as a deliberate sizing decision, and let the screen do its work within that allocation. The compensation for bearing the risk is owning the world's most strategically important industrial cluster at a discount.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What are the best Taiwan stocks to buy right now?
- The table above ranks MoatMap's top 25 Taiwan-listed stocks (TWSE .TW / TPEx .TWO) by StockRank, a composite of Quality, Value and Momentum percentiles across 1,300+ names. It refreshes monthly with a stated data date.
- Is there any point buying Taiwan stocks other than TSMC?
- That's where most of the opportunity is. TSMC is heavily analysed and also available as a US ADR; the surrounding ecosystem (IC designers, packaging/test houses, substrate and component makers, server ODMs) carries similar end-market exposure with far thinner coverage and often cheaper multiples. The screen exists to work through exactly that tail.
- How do foreigners buy Taiwanese stocks?
- Direct TWSE/TPEx access is available through the larger international brokers, though it involves more setup than most markets; a handful of large caps (TSMC, UMC, ASE, Chunghwa) trade as US ADRs. For the mid-cap ecosystem names, direct access is usually the only route.
- What do Taiwan's insider rules disclose?
- Taiwanese insiders must pre-declare intended share transfers before executing them, a forward-looking disclosure stricter than the after-the-fact filing most markets use. MoatMap ingests these pre-declarations (flagged as intent, not executions) along with company treasury-stock buyback programmes.
- How often does this Taiwan ranking refresh?
- A new edition forms on the first scoring run of each calendar month and the page states its data-as-of date. For a daily view, use the ranked-stocks screener filtered to Taiwan.