SEALSQ (NASDAQ:LAES) CFO John Charles O’hara Sells 10,000 Shares

SEALSQ Corp. (NASDAQ:LAES) CFO John Charles O’hara sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $2.92, for a total value of $29,200.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 165,183 shares in the company, valued at $482,334.36. This trade represents a 5.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

John Charles O’hara also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, March 23rd, John Charles O’hara sold 10,000 shares of SEALSQ stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $2.99, for a total value of $29,900.00.
• On Thursday, March 19th, John Charles O’hara sold 10,000 shares of SEALSQ stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $3.02, for a total value of $30,200.00.

SEALSQ Stock Performance

NASDAQ LAES traded down $0.01 on Wednesday, hitting $2.87. 4,295,164 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,865,814. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 7.38 and a quick ratio of 7.26. SEALSQ Corp. has a twelve month low of $2.12 and a twelve month high of $8.71. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $4.00 and its 200-day moving average price is $4.45.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On SEALSQ

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in LAES. Blue Trust Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of SEALSQ in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Wells Fargo & Company MN purchased a new position in SEALSQ during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. IFP Advisors Inc increased its stake in SEALSQ by 51.7% in the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 8,645 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 2,945 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in SEALSQ by 172.2% in the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 9,435 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 5,969 shares during the period. Finally, A&I Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in SEALSQ in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $40,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 1.25% of the company’s stock.

SEALSQ News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting SEALSQ this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Signed LOI to acquire Miraex SA, a Swiss photonics-based quantum interconnect platform that would fill a critical “quantum interconnect” layer in SEALSQ’s Quantum Vertical Stack and support its QSOC space initiative. The deal is on a 60‑day exclusivity/due‑diligence schedule with a target close by end-June 2026 — strategic fit could accelerate product roadmap and addressable markets in networking, sensing and space. LOI / Miraex Release
• Positive Sentiment: Expanded the SEALSQ Quantum Fund to $200 million and stressed a cash position of over $530M with no debt — this materially improves the company’s ability to complete strategic investments (like Miraex), fund QSOC deployments, and absorb integration costs without immediate dilution. Quantum Fund Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: Reported decline in short interest from ~24.9M shares (Feb) to ~18.2M (Mar 13) — a ~27% drop and ~10.3% of float short sold previously. Reduced short positions can remove downward pressure and lower a potential short‑squeeze risk. (Dataset item)
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple short‑interest data entries show zeros and inconsistent day-to-cover figures; these appear to be reporting anomalies and should be treated as noisy data rather than new market signals. (Dataset item)
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CFO John Charles O’Hara sold multiple blocks (10,000 shares on Mar 19 at ~$3.02; 10,000 on Mar 23 at ~$2.99; 10,000 on Mar 25 at ~$2.92) and other insider sales reported — total recent insider sales may create near-term selling pressure or be read as executives taking liquidity. SEC Form 4 filings are available. SEC Form 4 (Mar 25) SEC Form 4 (Mar 19)

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded shares of SEALSQ to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Maxim Group set a $8.00 price objective on shares of SEALSQ in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of SEALSQ in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald began coverage on SEALSQ in a report on Thursday, December 18th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $7.00 target price for the company. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, SEALSQ currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $7.50.

SEALSQ Company Profile

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.