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Deep Value: cash covers more than 100% of the stock price

This company holds roughly $443M in cash and investments — more than its entire stock-market value, based on its latest quarterly filing. You're paying very little for the actual business. Sometimes that's a genuine bargain or a takeover target, sometimes it's cheap for a reason. Not a buy signal on its own — always ask why it's this cheap.

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SEALSQ

LAES
31
Semiconductors · Technology
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
31
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Data not available

Winston Score History

The full picture

SEALSQ Corp is a semiconductor and cybersecurity company that makes secure microchips and digital certificates used to protect connected devices. Its main products are hardware security modules and cryptographic chips, which are sold to companies building Internet of Things (IoT) devices, industrial equipment, and consumer electronics. The company is a subsidiary of WISeKey International and focuses on the niche market of hardware-based identity and security solutions.

SEALSQ earns revenue by selling physical chips and licensing its security technology, including post-quantum cryptography solutions designed to resist future threats from quantum computers. It operates primarily in Europe and North America, with a small market capitalization of around $300 million. The company's deep operating losses — reflected in a negative operating margin exceeding 200% — highlight that it spends far more than it earns today, making its path to profitability the central risk investors must weigh against the potential long-term demand for quantum-resistant security hardware.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+79.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+68.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

20.4%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~4 years

$443M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$443M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

SEALSQ grew revenue 79% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
53.3%
Healthy — 53.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-104.7%
Losing money on operations — -104.7%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-8.6%
Weak — -8.6% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+46.2%
Fast-growing sales (+46.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-219.2%
Burning cash (-219.2%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.00
Conservative — low debt load (0.00)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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