Top 5 NASDAQ Cybersecurity Stocks in 2025
Security is becoming a growing global concern, both online and off.
Diverse companies are stepping up to provide solutions for individuals and businesses, and some of them are seeing impressive share price gains as they meet increasing demand for consumer safety.
Emerging quantum computing technology is a rising source of concern for cybersecurity, as quantum computers may be able to break the cryptographic methods currently used for encryption.
With this landscape in mind, the Investing News Network is profiling the top cybersecurity stocks on the NASDAQ by share price performance year-over-year. Data was generated on January 6, 2025, using TradingView’s stock screener, and all details were current at that time. Cybersecurity companies with market caps above US$50 million were considered.
1. SEALSQ (NASDAQ:LAES)
Year-over-year gain: 475.91 percent
Market cap: US$767.01 million
Share price: US$7.89
SEALSQ specializes in semiconductors, public key infrastructure and post-quantum technology. Its parent company is WISeKey International, another security technology company on this list. SEALQ is developing post-quantum cryptography methods that will be secure against threats from quantum computers. The company plans to launch its quantum-resistant hardware platform QS7001 in 2025.
After trading rather flat for much of 2024, SEALSQ has seen its share price really take off in the final weeks of the year and into the new year. The stock reached a yearly high of US$9.08 on December 27.
The company has reached a number of milestone events that have increased its value in the eyes of investors. In mid- December, SEALSQ announced several partnerships for its technology, including one with distributed ledger technology company Hedera, which will use the cybersecurity company’s quantum-resistant chips for long-term security of Hedera’s blockchain network.
The partners’ technology will also be a part of a January satellite launch with another WISeKey subidiary, WISeSat.Space, which is discussed further in the next entry.
2. WISeKey International Holding (NASDAQ:WKEY)
Year-over-year gain: 449.04 percent
Market cap: US$101 million
Share price: US$10.04
WISeKey International Holding is a global cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT) technology company.
WISeKey also traded sideways for most of 2024 before a seeing a substantial share price rally to close out the year. The stock hit a yearly high of US$13 on December 26.
Like its subsidiary SEALSQ, WISeKey made some important announcements in December that brought them to the attention of the marketplace. The company confirmed on December 13 that its subsidiary WISeSat.Space’s WISeSat satellites will be a part of the January 14, 2025, SpaceX satellite launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The satellites are equipped with SEALSQ’s post-quantum chips and partner Hedera’s…
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