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Milestone Scientific, Inc. (MLSS) vs Precision Optics Corp. (POCI)

Milestone Scientific, Inc. and Precision Optics Corp. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Precision Optics Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $54.3M against $27.1M — 2.0× the size. Precision Optics Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 65.2% against 3.72%. Precision Optics Corp. has the higher net margin (−11.5% vs −44.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−18.6% vs −136.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, Precision Optics Corp. leads on 15 and Milestone Scientific, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric MLSS POCI Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 30.28
P/S 2.97 1.33 2.49
P/B 8.05 2.06 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 1.06 2.75
Earnings yield (14.67%) (9.43%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (3.06%) (4.72%) 0.59%

Profitability

Metric MLSS POCI Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 70.23% 17.22% 53.60%
Operating margin (43.56%) (11.13%) 1.97%
Net margin (43.98%) (11.51%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (6.98%) (6.28%) 2.36%
Return on equity (121.68%) (22.26%) 0.00%
Return on assets (50.54%) (13.93%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (136.16%) (18.59%) 0.13%

Growth

Metric MLSS POCI Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.72% 65.16% 8.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.67%) 49.41% 6.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.54% 24.19% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MLSS POCI Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 0.14 0.06 0.10
Current ratio 1.85 2.28 2.47
Net debt to EBITDA 0.05 2.65 0.97

Dividend

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

Size

Metric MLSS POCI Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 27.11m 54.32m 1.71b

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