WISeKey International Holding AG

NasdaqGM:WKEY Stock Report

Market Cap: US$57.1m

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 25.92 years. total yearly compensation is $2.79M, comprised of 40.5% salary and 59.5% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 6.86% of the company’s shares, worth $3.92M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.1 years and 7.6 years respectively.

Key information

Carlos Moreira

Chief executive officer

US$2.8m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage40.5%
CEO tenure25.9yrs
CEO ownership6.9%
Management average tenure3.1yrs
Board average tenure7.6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

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

Oct 13

WISeKey stock surges as revenue grows for fourth consecutive quarter

Oct 06

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

Sep 15

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

Jul 08

WISeKey to turn patents into NFTs and store them on identity blockchain network

Jun 15

arago, a WISekey company, inks $5M placement of TrusteCoin NFT token

Jun 01

WISeKey ADS reports Q1 results

May 10

WISeKey receives $10M high growth capital investment from Alpha Blue Ocean

May 07

WISeKey ADS reports FY 2020 results

Apr 30

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Carlos Moreira's remuneration changed compared to WISeKey International Holding's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
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

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$18m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

-US$13m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

-US$12m

Dec 31 2018US$1mUS$584k

-US$10m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

-US$8m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

-US$9m

Dec 31 2017US$1mUS$585k

-US$10m

Compensation vs Market: Carlos's total compensation ($USD2.79M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD653.16K).

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

CEO

Carlos Moreira (66 yo)

25.9yrs

Tenure

US$2,791,649

Compensation

Mr. Carlos Creus Moreira founded WISeKey International Holding AG in 1999 and serves as its Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Moreira has been Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of Dir...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Carlos Moreira
Founder25.9yrsUS$2.79m6.86%
$ 3.9m
Peter Ward
Executive Directorless than a yearUS$1.57m0.039%
$ 22.3k
Carlos Fuentes
Vice President of Strategic Partnershipsno datano datano data
John O'Hara
CFO & International Financial Controller4.9yrsno datano data
Marc Sanchez-Gauthier
Head of Marketing2.8yrsno datano data
Franck Buonanno
VP of Global Salesless than a yearno datano data
Isabelle Pecharroman
Head of Human Resourcesno datano datano data
Pedro Perez
Chief Security Officer & Product Manager eSecurityno datano datano data
Cesar Martin-Perez
Chief Revenue Officer3.4yrsno datano data
Andreas Moreira
Chief Innovation Officer2.8yrsno datano data
Nathalie Verjus
Company Secretary and Financial Planning & Reporting Managerno datano datano data
Bernard Vian
General Manager of WISeKey Semiconductors8.3yrsno datano data

3.1yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: WKEY's management team is considered experienced (3.1 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Carlos Moreira
Founder25.9yrsUS$2.79m6.86%
$ 3.9m
Peter Ward
Executive Director12.9yrsUS$1.57m0.039%
$ 22.3k
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 Director7.6yrsUS$64.20k0.00058%
$ 331.1
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 Board13.8yrsno datano data
Philippe Doubre
Directorless than a yearUS$64.89kno data
Claude Béglé
Member of Strategy and Advisory Boardno datano datano data
Eric Pellaton
Independent Non-Executive Director4.6yrsUS$80.85k0.23%
$ 128.5k
Jean-Philippe Ladisa
Independent Non-Executive Director4.6yrsUS$126.03k0.039%
$ 22.0k

7.6yrs

Average Tenure

67.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: WKEY's board of directors are considered experienced (7.6 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 02:43
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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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. 2 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