SEALSQ Corp (LAES)Technology | Semiconductors | Cointrin, Switzerland | NasdaqGS
2.48 USD
-0.13
(-4.981%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.48 +0.00 (0.036%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:50 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:31 a.m. EDT
SEALSQ Corp presents a classic high-risk, high-reward speculative profile driven entirely by narrative rather than financial performance. The company is posting explosive revenue growth (+118%) and has recovered significantly from a 90% drop last year, yet it remains unprofitable with negative operating margins and burning cash. While the balance sheet is technically healthy due to low debt relative to cash, the business is not yet self-sustaining. The short-term outlook is cautiously bullish (3.5 stars). The stock has rallied over 400% year-to-date, and the options chain reveals aggressive speculation on further upside, with heavy open interest at strikes far above the current price. However, the statistical forecasting model offers virtually no guidance, reflecting the extreme noise inherent in such volatile, small-cap tech plays. Long-term, the investment case remains neutral (2.5 stars). Despite the impressive recent recovery, the company lacks a proven track record of profitability or sustained free cash flow generation. The market is currently pricing in a binary outcome: either the quantum chip technology becomes a dominant revenue driver, or the stock faces another severe correction. Until the company demonstrates consistent earnings or a clear path to profitability without dilution, the long-term risk remains elevated. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.197096 |
| AutoETS | 0.201200 |
| MSTL | 0.230645 |
| AutoTheta | 0.297023 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 24% |
| H-stat | 14.43 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.286 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.15 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 1.733 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.128 |
| Market Cap | 552,479,552 |
| Forward P/E | -11.81 |
| Beta | -7.68 |
| Profit Margins | -187.34% |
| Website | https://www.sealsq.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:31 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility rather than a specific directional outcome. Call open interest is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (3.0, 3.5, 5.0, 10.0, 12.0), suggesting bets on a massive upside spike, while put open interest clusters at lower strikes (1.5, 2.0) indicating a floor. The massive disparity in implied volatility between deep OTM calls (1.68x ATM) and deep ITM puts suggests the market prices in a 'lottery ticket' scenario where the stock could triple, but fears a crash less intensely. This asymmetry reflects a speculative narrative driven by quantum computing hype rather than established trading range.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.049808443 |
| Address1 | Avenue Louis-CasaI 58 |
| All Time High | 28.5 |
| All Time Low | 0.29 |
| Ask | 3.1 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 8,402,510 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 15,041,041 |
| Average Volume | 15,041,041 |
| Average Volume10Days | 8,402,510 |
| Beta | -7.684 |
| Bid | 2.3 |
| Bid Size | 10 |
| Book Value | 2.319 |
| City | Cointrin |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.48 |
| Current Ratio | 15.918 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 2.6 |
| Day Low | 2.44 |
| Debt To Equity | 1.733 |
| Display Name | SEALSQ |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,775,073,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,775,073,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,788,984,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,788,984,000 |
| Ebitda | -37,578,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -2.05884 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -1.966 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.048 |
| Enterprise Value | 73,883,840 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.18 |
| Eps Forward | -0.21 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.24 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.711 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.23099995 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.08520839 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -4.9808445 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 8.71 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -6.23 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.7152698 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.99 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.49 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.24623115 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.99 - 8.71 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,684,848,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 184,003,778 |
| Forward Eps | -0.21 |
| Forward P E | -11.809525 |
| Free Cashflow | -10,687,875 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 185 |
| Fullday Change | -0.13 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -4.98084 |
| Fullday Price | 2.4809 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.50055003 |
| Gross Profits | 9,136,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.02694 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.06825 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 222,773,999 |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Industry Disp | Semiconductors |
| Industry Key | semiconductors |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | SEALSQ Corp, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and markets semiconductors in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers semiconductors, such as VaultIC secure elements, quantum-resistant RISC-V secure chips, secure ARM platform, and smart card reader chips; custom chip design services; and other PKI services, including personal digital identity services. The company also provides semiconductors secure chips, SaaS, software and INeS certificate management platform, implementation, integration and other services, and ASIC design and production services. Additionally, it develops WISeRobot.ch, a platform human and artificial intelligence collaboration. It serves smart energy, smart home, automotive EV charging, consumer IoT, aerospace and military telecommunications, industry, logistics, medical, and luxury sectors. It has a strategic partnership with L5 Cartronics to develop secure multi-package IoT modules for smart cameras and smart metering. The company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Cointrin, Switzerland. SEALSQ Corp operates as a subsidiary of WISeKey International Holding AG. |
| Long Name | SEALSQ Corp |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 552,479,552 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1825699846 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -34,194,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 584,233,246 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 2.6 |
| Operating Cashflow | -31,257,000 |
| Operating Margins | -1.3828101 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 41 22 59 43 000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.00090003014 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.036291536 |
| Post Market Price | 2.4809 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,023 |
| Previous Close | 2.61 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -13.777778 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 1.0694265 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 30.269535 |
| Profit Margins | -1.8734399 |
| Quick Ratio | 15.641 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.13 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -4.98084 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.6 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.44 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.44 - 2.6 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.6 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.61 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.48 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 8,676,675 |
| Return On Assets | -0.082679994 |
| Return On Equity | -0.12712 |
| Revenue Growth | 1.182 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.128 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 222,773,999 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0541 |
| Shares Short | 12,054,095 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 14,841,238 |
| Short Name | SEALSQ Corp |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0559 |
| Short Ratio | 0.89 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | LAES |
| Target High Price | 8.0 |
| Target Low Price | 3.75 |
| Target Mean Price | 5.875 |
| Target Median Price | 5.875 |
| Total Cash | 427,694,016 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.149 |
| Total Debt | 7,998,000 |
| Total Revenue | 18,252,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.24 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 3.4278 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.9477999 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.27650386 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 8,676,675 |
| Website | https://www.sealsq.com |
| Zip | 1,216 |