Sector Alpha Week of 2026-08-05
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SEALSQ Corp

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Technology · Semiconductors

SEALSQ Corp's three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it.

Biggest watch item: the price is not yet in a confirmed uptrend — timing risk, not thesis risk.

The price is building a base (26 weeks in). Underneath, the last four quarters read mixed. What settles it: the next one or two quarters of delivery.

Price
$2.5
−14.8% 1Y
Revenue (Dec 25)
$0.0 B
+0.0% YoY
Profit (Dec 25)
$−0.0 B
Operating margin
−200.0%
−100.0 pp YoY
ROE
−13%
FY25
ROIC
−9.0%
vs WACC −36.7% → +27.7 pp
01 · Price story

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

SEALSQ Corp trades at $2.5, building a base and 26 weeks into that stage. That is −32.6% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 8% of a 52-week range of $2 to $7. On relative strength it is currently behind the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view (4 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is building a base — week 26 of stage 1. At $2.5 it trades −32.6% versus its 200-day average and sits at 8% of its 52-week range ($2–$7).

Aug 26: $2.5 Weekly closing price ($) with 50- and 200-day averages; shaded bands mark the price stage (grey base, green advance, amber top, red decline). 3-year window.
−32.6% versus the 200-day line, week 26 of stage 1
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S4S2S2S1$13.9$10.3$6.6$3.0$−0.7$$3$4Jul 23Apr 24Jan 25Oct 25Aug 26
S4S2S2S1$13.9$10.3$6.6$3.0$−0.7$$3$4Jul 23Jan 25Aug 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2023 Each cell is one week from 2023 to now (168 weeks): the stock's trailing 13-week return minus the S&P 500's, green ahead / red behind (±25% ramp). Grey cells are the 13-week warm-up or weeks where the S&P 500 reading is not held.
trailing 13-week return vs the S&P 500
May 23Aug 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 3.2 years the stock moved −83% while the S&P 500 moved +84% — behind the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (4 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-07-10) — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

02 · Valuation

Valuation P/E is the price of $1 of annual profit: how many dollars the market pays for each dollar the company earns in a year.

P/E does not price SEALSQ Corp — earnings are negative, so there is no multiple to rank against its own history. The revenue and margin lines below are where a turn, when it comes, would show first. On sales the market values SEALSQ Corp at 50.0× its FY25 revenue of $0.0 B.

With earnings negative, P/E does not price — there is no multiple to rank against its own history. The revenue and margin lines below are where the turn, when it comes, will show first.

P/E
earnings negative
PEG
n/m
not derivable — 3-year earnings growth unavailable

Put together: the multiple is unremarkable against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

03 · Stage: No read

Stage: No read Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

SEALSQ Corp reads as no read on its fundamental arc. Under eight usable quarters on the growth trio — not enough history for an honest trajectory read.

Growth, year by year: revenue +100.0% in FY25 Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn.
Revenue YoY
113%65%17%−32%−80%%100%FY23FY24FY25
113%65%17%−32%−80%%100%FY23FY24FY25
Three growth curves, twelve quarters Year-on-year growth of trailing-twelve-month revenue (left axis), profit and EPS (right axis — they swing far wider), % at each quarter-end. Where the trailing-twelve-month history is short, the curve falls back to single-quarter year-on-year growth — noisier, and the classifier smooths and caps base-effect spikes before reading. A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
Revenue
1.2%0.6%0.0%−0.6%−1.2%%0%Jun 24Dec 24Dec 25
1.2%0.6%0.0%−0.6%−1.2%%0%Jun 24Dec 24Dec 25
ROE Annual readings — the quarterly balance-sheet pieces this curve needs are not held for this stock, so the returns read moves once a year and carries less weight in the call.
the return curve, annual readings
ROE
−5.0%−10%−16%−21%−26%%−6.5%FY24FY25
−5.0%−10%−16%−21%−26%%−6.5%FY24FY25

Why it matters: with too little history, an honest page says so instead of guessing a trajectory.

Return readings here are annual, not quarterly — read as level and direction only; they can confirm the growth curves but never drive the stage on their own.

Fewer than eight usable quarters on the growth curves — this page will not guess a trajectory from a stub of history.

Compound annual growth rate (%) Compound annual growth rate over each window, %. Revenue, profit and EPS from fiscal-year figures; stock price is the price CAGR over the same spans. A dash = that window is not held, or the base was a loss.
1yr3yr5yr10yr
Revenue+100.0%
Stock price−14.8%−38.8%
Revenue YoY (Dec 25)
+0.0%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
−18.4%
long-run compound pace
04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

No sector-relative score — SEALSQ Corp is not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison for Semiconductors.

The score is a rank WITHIN a peer set: every metric is scored by percentile against the other members. Without the peer set there is no score to state, so none is invented here.

05 · Revenue

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

SEALSQ Corp reported $0.0 B of revenue in the Dec 25 quarter, +0.0% year on year. Over 2 years it has compounded at −18.4% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $0.0 B. The last four reported quarters add to $0.0 B.

FY25 revenue came in at $0.0 B (+100.0% on the year), capping 2 years at −18.4% compound. The latest quarter (Dec 25) printed $0.0 B, +0.0% year on year.

FY25 revenue $0.0 B (+100.0% YoY) Revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 3-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
−18.4% a year over 2 years
RevenueYoY growth
0.032113%0.02465%0.01617%0.008−32%0.000−80%$ B%$0B100%FY23FY24FY25
0.032113%0.02465%0.01617%0.008−32%0.000−80%$ B%$0B100%FY23FY24FY25
Dec 25: $0.0 B (+0.0% YoY) Quarterly revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
0.0111.2%0.0080.6%0.0050.0%0.003−0.6%0.000−1.2%$ B%$0B0%Jun 24Dec 24Dec 25
0.0111.2%0.0080.6%0.0050.0%0.003−0.6%0.000−1.2%$ B%$0B0%Jun 24Dec 24Dec 25

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +0.0% growth against the decade's −18.4% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.

06 · Operating margin

Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every $100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.

SEALSQ Corp's operating margin is −200.0% in the Dec 25 quarter, −100.0 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 3 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −200.0% to 0.0%. The current quarter sits inside that band.

The latest quarter's operating margin is −200.0%, −100.0 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 3 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −200.0%–0.0%.

Why: the numbers show the operating margin move clearly, but the cost lines behind it sit below what we hold — so we state the move without inventing its driver.

FY25: −200.0% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 3-year window.
within a −200.0–0.0% band over 3 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
16%16%−42%−42%−100%−100%−158%−158%−216%−216%%%−200%0%FY23FY24FY25
16%16%−42%−42%−100%−100%−158%−158%−216%−216%%%−200%0%FY23FY24FY25
Dec 25: −200.0% operating margin (−100.0 pp YoY) Quarterly operating margin, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). Last 12 quarters. Operating profit as a share of revenue, per quarter.
Operating marginYoY change (pp)
−92%−98.8%−121%−99.4%−150%−100.0%−179%−100.6%−208%−101.2%%%−200%−100%Jun 24Dec 24Dec 25
−92%−98.8%−121%−99.4%−150%−100.0%−179%−100.6%−208%−101.2%%%−200%−100%Jun 24Dec 24Dec 25
07 · Net profit

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

SEALSQ Corp posted a net loss of $0.01 B in the Dec 25 quarter. The full FY25 year was a loss of $0.03 B. That loss is 100.0% of the quarter's revenue.

Dec 25 profit was $−0.0 B, null year on year. On the full year, FY25 printed $−0.0 B (null).

FY25 profit $−0.0 B (null YoY) Net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 3-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
Net profit
0.002−0.006−0.015−0.024−0.032$ B$0BFY23FY24FY25
0.002−0.006−0.015−0.024−0.032$ B$0BFY23FY24FY25
Dec 25: $−0.0 B (null YoY) Quarterly net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
Net profit (quarterly)
0.002−0.004−0.010−0.016−0.022$ B$0BJun 24Dec 24Dec 25
0.002−0.004−0.010−0.016−0.022$ B$0BJun 24Dec 24Dec 25
08 · Cash flow — the router

Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.

SEALSQ Corp's cash-flow history is too thin to judge how much reported profit converts into cash. In FY25 that was $−0.0 B of operating cash against $−0.0 B of profit. After null of capital spending, $−0.0 B was left as free cash. Cash resolution here is annual, because quarterly cash statements are not published.

FY25: operating cash of $−0.0 B against reported profit of $−0.0 B, leaving free cash of $−0.0 B after null of capital spending.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

FY25: CFO $−0.0 B vs profit $−0.0 B Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, $ B; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 3-year window, annual resolution.
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
0.002−0.006−0.015−0.024−0.032$ B$0B$0B$0BFY23FY24FY25
0.002−0.006−0.015−0.024−0.032$ B$0B$0B$0BFY23FY24FY25
FY25: CFO = Operating cash as a share of net profit, per fiscal year, % (line). Dashed line = 100% — every unit of profit arriving as cash.
of profit
100%
101.2%100.6%100.0%99.4%98.8%%FY23FY24FY25
101.2%100.6%100.0%99.4%98.8%%FY23FY24FY25

Router verdict: no single sink dominates — the next section checks both the working-capital cycle and the capital spending.

09 · Where the cash goes

Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).

SEALSQ Corp does not report the debtor, inventory and payable day-counts a cash cycle is built from, so this section reads the investment side instead. Nothing is estimated in place of the missing day-counts, so no cash-cycle chart is drawn.

Working-capital day-counts are not in our numbers for this stock, so this section reads the investment side — where the cash is being put to work.

The synthesis: neither the cycle nor the build-out is hoarding the cash — the machine is reasonably clean.

10 · Return on equity

Return on equity Return on equity (ROE) is the profit the business earns on its shareholders’ money. With the full capital-employed split not in our numbers, ROE is the cleanest long ladder we can draw here.

SEALSQ Corp earns a ROE of −7% in FY25. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +27.7 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is −150.0% net margin on 0.04× asset turns.

FY25 ROE is −7%.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY25): −150.0% net margin × 0.04× asset turns × 1.09× balance-sheet leverage ≈ −6.5% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is modest — this is an earned return, not a borrowed one.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: −9.0% − −36.7% = a +27.7 pp spread. The −36.7% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. A spread this wide means every dollar reinvested creates more than a dollar of value — the engine compounds.

FY25: ROE −7% Return on equity by fiscal year, % (line); ROIC by fiscal year, % (line). 2-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the −36.7% cost of capital used on this page.
the full ladder
ROEROIC (annual)WACC
210%−576%−1,363%−2,149%−2,936%%−6.5%−186.2%FY24FY25
210%−576%−1,363%−2,149%−2,936%%−6.5%−186.2%FY24FY25
Dec 25: ROIC −28.0% (TTM) vs WACC −36.7% Trailing-twelve-month ROIC and ROE, per quarter, %; dashed line = the cost of capital. Last 6 quarters, put on a trailing-twelve-month basis and anchored to the annual figure.
ROIC (TTM)ROE (TTM)WACC
12%−41%−94%−147%−200%%−28%−2.6%Sep 24Mar 25Dec 25
12%−41%−94%−147%−200%%−28%−2.6%Sep 24Mar 25Dec 25
11 · Dividend

Dividend

SEALSQ Corp pays no dividend. Across the last 4 reported quarters it has declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to quote. Companies at this stage typically reinvest earnings rather than distribute them, which makes the cash-flow and reinvestment sections the place that cash shows up.

SEALSQ Corp does not currently pay a dividend. Across the last 4 reported quarters the company has declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to quote. Companies at this stage typically reinvest earnings instead of distributing them.

12 · Debt

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings; interest cover says how many times operating profit pays the interest bill. Low and high, respectively, is the safe corner.

Debt-to-equity is 0.02 at the latest reading — effectively unlevered; a full borrowings history is not in our numbers.

We hold only the latest reading here: a debt-to-equity of 0.02 — the balance sheet is effectively unlevered, so the returns above are earned, not borrowed. A year-by-year borrowings ladder is not in our numbers for this stock, so we say that rather than draw a chart we cannot support.

13 · Ownership

Ownership There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read here, so we read the crowd through short interest — the slice of tradable shares currently sold short, positioned for a fall.

8.7% of SEALSQ Corp's tradable float is currently sold short — some money is positioned against it. At typical trading volumes those positions would take about 0.8 days to buy back. There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read for this filer, so the crowd is read through short interest instead.

The latest reading: 8.7% of the float is sold short, and at typical trading volumes it would take about 0.8 days to buy those positions back. Some money is positioned against it. This is a single point-in-time reading — we do not yet hold its history, so we show no trend chart.

Short interest
8.7%
of the tradable float
Days to cover
0.8
at typical volumes

Why it sits there: who is doing the shorting, and why, does not travel with the number — the level is shown without inventing its story.

14 · Safety line

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

SEALSQ Corp: the Z-score reads 8.16. A Z-score above roughly 3 reads as safe and below roughly 1.8 as the distress zone, so this sits well clear of distress. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.

Why it matters: a Z-score of 8.16 sits well clear of the distress zone — the balance sheet is not the risk here.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score reads 8.16.

15 · Related companies

No sector comparison is shown here — not among the largest members shown in this industry comparison.

16 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is SEALSQ Corp's stock price today?

SEALSQ Corp trades at $2.5, −14.8% over the past year. The company is valued at $1.0 B. The stock sits at 8% of its 52-week range of $2–$7, −32.6% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is building a base, 26 weeks in. — as of 5 August 2026.

What were SEALSQ Corp's latest quarterly results?

SEALSQ Corp reported revenue of $0.0 B and a net loss of $0.0 B for the Dec 25 quarter. Earnings per share were $−0.07. The operating margin was −200.0%, 100.0 pp lower than a year earlier. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is SEALSQ Corp's revenue?

SEALSQ Corp reported revenue of $0.0 B in the Dec 25 quarter, +0.0% year on year. For the full FY25 fiscal year, revenue was $0.0 B (+100.0%). Over the last 2 years revenue compounded at −18.4% a year. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is SEALSQ Corp's profit?

SEALSQ Corp earned $−0.0 B of net profit in the Dec 25 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $−0.0 B. The operating margin ran −200.0% in the latest quarter. — as of 5 August 2026.

What is SEALSQ Corp's market cap?

SEALSQ Corp's market capitalisation is $1.0 B at a stock price of $2.5. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 5 August 2026.

Does SEALSQ Corp pay a dividend?

No — SEALSQ Corp has declared no dividend per share in any of its last 4 reported quarters, so there is no payout history and no yield to quote. That is a reading of the filed statements, not an estimate. — as of 5 August 2026.

How is SEALSQ Corp performing?

SEALSQ Corp is building a base, 26 weeks in. Against the S&P 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 4 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is SEALSQ Corp in an uptrend?

No — the price is building a base (week 26 of stage 1), trading −32.6% versus its 200-day average and at 8% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 5 August 2026.

Is SEALSQ Corp beating the market?

Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view SEALSQ Corp is currently behind the S&P 500 (4 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-07-10), the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 3.2 years the stock moved −83% against the S&P 500's +84% — behind the index over the full window. — as of 5 August 2026.

Will SEALSQ Corp's stock price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for SEALSQ Corp. What it measures instead: the stock price is $2.5, the price is building a base 26 weeks in. Direction is not something this site claims to know. — as of 5 August 2026.

Is the market betting against SEALSQ Corp?

Somewhat — short interest is 8.7% of SEALSQ Corp's tradable float, about 0.8 days to cover at typical volumes. A moderate reading: some money is positioned against it. With no quarter-by-quarter holder register here, short interest is the cleanest crowd read we hold — as of 5 August 2026.

Does SEALSQ Corp have too much debt?

No — SEALSQ Corp's debt-to-equity is 0.02. A year-by-year borrowings ladder is not in our numbers for this stock, so the latest reading is the cleanest hold. The returns on this page are earned, not borrowed — as of 5 August 2026.

What is SEALSQ Corp's cash flow?

SEALSQ Corp generated $−0.0 B of operating cash flow in FY25 and $−0.0 B of free cash flow after null of capital spending. Reported profit that year was $−0.0 B, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. — as of 5 August 2026.

How financially safe is SEALSQ Corp?

On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 8.16 — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the distress zone. That sits well clear of trouble. — as of 5 August 2026.

Where is SEALSQ Corp in its business cycle?

SEALSQ Corp's FY25 operating margin was −200.0%, against a 3-year band of −200.0%–0.0%: the low end of its own band, which is where recoveries start when they come. The latest quarter ran −200.0%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 5 August 2026.

What could break the SEALSQ Corp story?

Biggest watch item: the price is not yet in a confirmed uptrend — timing risk, not thesis risk. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 5 August 2026.

Is SEALSQ Corp a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: SEALSQ Corp's three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it. The sharpest open question: the next one or two quarters of delivery. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 5 August 2026.

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