QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK) and SEALSQ (NASDAQ:LAES) Financial Analysis

SEALSQ (NASDAQ:LAES) and QuickLogic (NASDAQ:QUIK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares SEALSQ and QuickLogic’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEALSQ	N/A	N/A	N/A
QuickLogic	-58.26%	-33.71%	-17.70%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for SEALSQ and QuickLogic, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEALSQ	1	0	0	0	1.00
QuickLogic	1	2	1	0	2.00

QuickLogic has a consensus target price of $11.30, suggesting a potential upside of 79.94%. Given QuickLogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QuickLogic is more favorable than SEALSQ.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SEALSQ and QuickLogic”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SEALSQ	$10.98 million	68.50	-$21.20 million	N/A	N/A
QuickLogic	$20.11 million	5.34	-$3.84 million	($0.57)	-11.02

QuickLogic has higher revenue and earnings than SEALSQ.

Risk & Volatility

SEALSQ has a beta of -12.47, indicating that its share price is 1,347% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuickLogic has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.3% of SEALSQ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of QuickLogic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

QuickLogic beats SEALSQ on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SEALSQ

SEALSQ Corp, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and markets semiconductor chips in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers semiconductors, such as VaultIC secure elements, secure arm platform, and smart card reader chips; identity provisioning services, such as IoT device provisioning and chip provisioning; and managed PKI for IoT solutions and trust services. The company provides device-to-cloud authentication, device attestation for matter, GSMA root certificate, device-to-device authentication, data protection, anti-counterfeiting and brand protection, security access, device ID provisioning, identity lifecycle management, and satellite IoT connectivity solutions. Its products are used in various applications, such as smart energy, smart home, automotive EV charging, consumer IoT, aerospace and military, telecommunications, logistics, medical, luxury, and other industrial applications. SEALSQ Corp was founded in 2022 and is based in Cointrin, Switzerland.

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation operates as a fabless semiconductor company in the United States. The company offers embedded FPGA intellectual property, low power, multicore semiconductor system-on-chips, discrete FPGAs, and AI software; and end-to-end artificial intelligence/machine learning solution with accurate sensor algorithms using AI technology. It provides various platforms, such as software tools and eFPGA IP enables the adoption of AI, voice, and sensor processing across aerospace, and defense, consumer/industrial IOT, and consumer electronics markets. In addition, the company engages in the eFPGA IP Licensing business consisting of development and integration of eFPGA technology into custom semiconductor solutions. Further, the company offers silicon products, such as EOS, QuickAI, ArcticLink III, PolarPro 3, PolarPro II, PolarPro, and Eclipse II products; and PASIC 3 and QuickRAM, as well as programming hardware and design software services. The company markets and sells its products to defense industrial base contractors, U.S. government entities, system OEMs, and fabless semiconductor companies through a network of sales managers and distributors in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It has a strategic partnership with YorChip to develop low-power unified chiplet interconnect express FPGA chiplets. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.