WISeKey International Holding AG

NasdaqGM:WKEY Stock Report

Market Cap: US$64.4m

WISeKey International Holding Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

WISeKey International Holding's CEO is Carlos Moreira, appointed in Jan 1999, has a tenure of 27.42 years. total yearly compensation is $7.30M, comprised of 20% salary and 80% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 5.96% of the company’s shares, worth $3.84M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.3 years and 11.8 years respectively.

Key information

Carlos Moreira

Chief executive officer

US$7.3m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage20.02%
CEO tenure27.4yrs
CEO ownership6.0%
Management average tenure4.3yrs
Board average tenure11.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Seeking Alpha • Oct 13

WISeKey stock gains 15% before the bell on Swiss Armed Forces partnership

WISeKey International (NASDAQ:WKEY) stock gained 15.3% before the bell on Thursday as the firm partnered with the Swiss Armed Forces in the space domain. The partnership aims to explore new capacities in data security, interconnection of objects or communication links based on a constellation of small low-orbit satellites (WISeSAT/Fossa Low-Orbit PicoSatellites technology). WKEY has been working with aerospace firm FOSSA Systems to build WISeSaT.satellite, a security-IoT hardened FOSSASAT-2E satellite designed to reduce satellite costs. Shares of WKEY have fallen ~82% YTD.
Seeking Alpha • Oct 06

WISeKey stock surges as revenue grows for fourth consecutive quarter

WISeKey (NASDAQ:WKEY) shares surged 18% premarket on Thursday after the Swiss cybersecurity firm reported prelim results for the nine month period ended Sep 30, 2022. Revenue grew 69% Y/Y to $20.5M in the nine months, with third quarter accounting for $7.9M (+44% Y/Y) of the revenue vs consensus estimate of $5.93M. WISeKey's Founder and CEO Carlos Moreira noted, "This is the fourth consecutive quarter we are reporting a growth in revenue. Despite the complexity of navigating the post-Covid-related and macro-economic challenges, 2022 so far it has been a year of hope and optimism as a recovery on the supply chain semiconductors business has started to take shape." The company ended the period with a backlog of $37M for IoT Semiconductors products stretching into 2024, and a pipeline of opportunities totaling $100M. As of Oct 1, 2022, it held $20M cash to support investments in new products, IP, and faster growing IoT/cybersecurity markets.
Seeking Alpha • Sep 15

WISeKey ADS GAAP EPS of -$0.07, revenue of $10.84M

WISeKey ADS press release (NASDAQ:WKEY): 1H GAAP EPS of -$0.07. Revenue of $10.84M (+39.0% Y/Y). Reports record Backlog of $39M for IoT semiconductors products stretching into 2023 and pipeline of opportunities totals $75M.
Seeking Alpha • Jul 08

NIST picks WISeKey as collaborator for the NCCoE trusted IoT network-layer onboarding project

WISeKey International Holding (NASDAQ:WKEY) has been selected as a collaborator by NIST for the NCCoE Trusted IoT Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management Consortium project. For the project, WISeKey is working with NIST to aid in the implementation and use of trusted onboarding solutions for IoT devices at scale. The WISeKey contributions to the project will be Trust Services for credentials and secure semiconductors to keep the credential secure. Specifically, WISeKey will offer INeS Certificate Management Service for issuing credentials and VaultIC secure semiconductors to provide tamperproof key storage and cryptographic acceleration.

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Carlos Moreira's remuneration changed compared to WISeKey International Holding's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2025US$7mUS$1m

-US$6m

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

-US$7m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

-US$8m

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

-US$11m

Dec 31 2024US$4mUS$1m

-US$13m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$16m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$18m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$17m

Dec 31 2023US$3mUS$1m

-US$15m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$13m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$10m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$9m

Dec 31 2022US$2mUS$866k

-US$8m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$16m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$24m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$22m

Dec 31 2021US$6mUS$855k

-US$20m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$20m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$21m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$25m

Dec 31 2020US$4mUS$881k

-US$29m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$25m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$22m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$22m

Dec 31 2019US$4mUS$672k

-US$22m

Compensation vs Market: Carlos's total compensation ($USD7.30M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD647.34K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Carlos's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Carlos Moreira (68 yo)

27.4yrs
Tenure
US$7,302,633
Compensation

Mr. Carlos Creus Moreira is Founder of WISeKey International Holding AG in 1999 and serves as its Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. He serves as Director since June 2026 at Quobly SAS. Mr. Moreira has be...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Carlos Moreira
Founder27.4yrsUS$7.30m5.96%
$ 3.8m
John O'Hara
CFO, International Financial Controller & Director6.4yrsno data0.045%
$ 29.1k
Andreas Moreira
Chief Innovation Officer4.3yrsno data0.021%
$ 13.3k
Marc Sanchez-Gauthier
Head of Marketing4.3yrsno datano data
Franck Buonanno
Vice President of Global Sales2.4yrsno datano data
Isabelle Pecharroman
Head of Human Resourcesno datano datano data
Pedro Perez
Chief Security Officer & Product Manager eSecurityno datano data0.058%
$ 37.4k
Tawfiq AL-Zoubi
Managing Director of WISeKey Arabia2.4yrsno datano data
Carlos Lafuente
Chief of Staff & AI Officer1.4yrsno datano data
Loic Hamon
Chief Operating Officer of SEALSQ USAno datano datano data
Nathalie Verjus
Company Secretary and Financial Planning & Reporting Managerno datano datano data
Bernard Vian
General Manager of WISeKey Semiconductors9.8yrsno datano data
4.3yrs
Average Tenure
56yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: WKEY's management team is considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Carlos Moreira
Founder27.4yrsUS$7.30m5.96%
$ 3.8m
John O'Hara
CFO, International Financial Controller & Directorno datano data0.045%
$ 29.1k
Philippe Pascal
Member of Strategy and Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Leonard Schrank
Member of Strategy and Advisory Boardno datano datano data
David Fergusson
Independent Non-Executive Director9.1yrsUS$278.98k0.00047%
$ 302.7
Martial Chaillet
Member of Strategy and Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Richard Attias
Member of Strategy and Advisory Boardno datano datano data
François Barrault
Member of Strategy and Advisory Board15.3yrsno datano data
Philippe Doubre
Independent Non-Executive Director Director2yrsUS$227.22k0.18%
$ 119.0k
Claude Béglé
Member of Strategy and Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Peter Ward
Non-Executive Director14.4yrsUS$1.26m0.020%
$ 13.2k
Jean-Philippe Ladisa
Independent Non-Executive Director6.1yrsUS$128.76k0.032%
$ 20.3k
11.8yrs
Average Tenure
69.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: WKEY's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 11.8 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/19 19:55
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/18 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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Company Financials10 years
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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

WISeKey International Holding AG is covered by 2 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Kevin DedeH.C. Wainwright & Co.
Matthew GalinkoMaxim Group