LAES

SEALSQ Corp (LAES) Business Model Analysis (2026)

Invetso Score: 5.8/10 — Balanced · Last Updated: 2026-08-01

Overall Score

Revenue Demand Visibility

Revenue remains low relative to market cap, with revenue per share at 0.135 and price-to-sales at 20.31.

Demand appears uneven, with a long cash conversion cycle of 173.24 days and days sales outstanding of 282.53.

Profitability Unit Economics

Gross margin is still positive at 47.3%, but operating margin remains deeply negative at -218.1% and net margin at -187.3%.

Returns remain weak, with ROIC at -8.3% and ROE at -11.8%.

Balance Sheet Capital Efficiency

Liquidity is very strong, with a current ratio of 15.9 and cash ratio of 14.8.

Leverage remains minimal, with debt-to-equity at 0.017 and debt-to-assets at 0.016, while book value per share is 3.42.

Cash Generation Conversion

Operating cash flow is negative, with free cash flow per share at -0.296 and operating cash flow per share at -0.289.

Cash conversion remains weak, with operating cash flow ratio at -1.38 and free cash flow to operating cash flow ratio at 1.02.

Scalability Operating Leverage

The business still shows limited operating leverage, as asset turnover is only 0.036 and working capital turnover is 0.068.

High R&D and SG&A intensity continue to pressure scalability, with R&D-to-revenue at 68.4% and SG&A-to-revenue at 211.3%.

Sources

  • Company filings (10-K, 10-Q, investor presentations)
  • Financial and market data providers
  • Public news and industry information

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