Milestone Scientific, Inc. (MLSS) vs NexGel, Inc. (NXGL)

Milestone Scientific, Inc. and NexGel, Inc. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Milestone Scientific, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $29.6M against $15.9M — 1.9× the size. Milestone Scientific, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.72% against 3.38%. Milestone Scientific, Inc. has the higher net margin (−44.0% vs −51.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (−136.2% vs −45.3%). Across the 18 metrics below, Milestone Scientific, Inc. leads on 12 and NexGel, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 33.75
P/S 3.26 4.18 2.52
P/B 8.85 9.22 2.48
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.19
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 14.62
EV/Sales 3.09 4.35 2.88
Earnings yield (13.33%) (12.70%) (2.67%)
Free cash flow yield (2.78%) (6.63%) 0.09%

Profitability

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 70.23% 35.08% 54.29%
Operating margin (43.56%) (44.77%) 1.07%
Net margin (43.98%) (51.26%) (1.61%)
Free cash flow margin (6.98%) (27.66%) 1.08%
Return on equity (121.68%) (117.57%) (1.32%)
Return on assets (50.54%) (34.21%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (136.16%) (45.29%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.72% 3.38% 8.85%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.67%) 24.00% 8.65%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.54% 76.12% 9.17%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 0.14 0.68 0.10
Current ratio 1.85 0.43 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 0.05 0.13 0.89

Dividend

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 1.11%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 29.61m 15.92m 619.84m

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