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 $27.1M against $12.7M — 2.1× 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 10 and NexGel, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 30.28
P/S 2.97 0.15 2.49
P/B 8.05 0.32 2.34
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 23.49
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 14.87
EV/Sales 2.80 0.32 2.75
Earnings yield (14.67%) (363.17%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (3.06%) (189.42%) 0.59%

Profitability

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 70.23% 35.08% 53.60%
Operating margin (43.56%) (44.77%) 1.97%
Net margin (43.98%) (51.26%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (6.98%) (27.66%) 2.36%
Return on equity (121.68%) (117.57%) 0.00%
Return on assets (50.54%) (34.21%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (136.16%) (45.29%) 0.13%

Growth

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.72% 3.38% 8.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.67%) 24.00% 6.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.54% 76.12% 8.85%
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 2.47
Net debt to EBITDA 0.05 0.13 0.97

Dividend

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 1.02%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric MLSS NXGL Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 27.11m 12.65m 1.71b

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