Head to Head Survey: SEALSQ (NASDAQ:LAES) & Ebang International (NASDAQ:EBON)

Ebang International (NASDAQ:EBON) and SEALSQ (NASDAQ:LAES) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Ebang International and SEALSQ, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ebang International	0	0	0	0	N/A
SEALSQ	0	0	1	0	3.00

SEALSQ has a consensus price target of $1.75, indicating a potential upside of 338.49%. Given SEALSQ’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SEALSQ is more favorable than Ebang International.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ebang International	$4.86 million	5.88	-$36.77 million	N/A	N/A
SEALSQ	$30.06 million	0.23	-$3.27 million	N/A	N/A

SEALSQ has higher revenue and earnings than Ebang International.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ebang International	N/A	N/A	N/A
SEALSQ	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Ebang International has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEALSQ has a beta of 3.38, meaning that its stock price is 238% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.2% of Ebang International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of SEALSQ shares are held by institutional investors. 25.4% of Ebang International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SEALSQ beats Ebang International on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ebang International

Ebang International Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the research, design, and development of application-specific integrated circuit chips and manufacture of Bitcoin mining machines under the Ebit brand in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, the Bahamas, and internationally. It also provides mining machine hosting services; and engages in the development of proprietary cryptocurrency exchange platform. In addition, the company offers fiber-optic communication access devices, including multiprotocol label switching fiber-optic access network devices, multi-service access platform integrated business access devices, and wavelength-division multiplexing fiber-optic devices; and enterprise convergent terminal products, which consists gigabit passive optical network, Fiber to the Room products, passive optical network converged gateways, enterprise cloud gateway devices, industrial Internet of Things access devices, and business enterprise smart wireless access devices. It serves the blockchain and telecommunications industries. The company also operates a cross-border payment and foreign exchange platform. It sells its blockchain products directly, as well as through its website; and telecommunication products under the EBANG brand name primarily through supplier contracts. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

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.