LAESSEALSQ Corp

$2.26-48% 1Y

Is the business good?

How good a business is LAES?

SEALSQ Corp earns −87% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

−87%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 96 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
−218%

Operating margin · Semiconductors median 7.5% · fiscal year to FY2025

R&D as % of revenue
68%

R&D as % of revenue

Gross margin
47%

Gross margin

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY2020−60%
FY2021−30%
FY202211%
FY2023−14%
FY2024−157%
FY2025−218%
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Gross marginfiscal year to FY2025
47%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2025
−218%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2025
−187%
Free cash flow margin
−175%
R&D as % of revenue
68%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$18M
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
−$32M
Net income, trailing twelve months
−$34M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
−87%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.