Milestone Scientific, Inc. (MLSS) vs Retractable Technologies, Inc. (RVP)

Milestone Scientific, Inc. and Retractable Technologies, Inc. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Milestone Scientific, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $37.2M against $20.5M — 1.8× the size. Milestone Scientific, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.72% against −11.2%. Retractable Technologies, Inc. has the higher net margin (−10.6% vs −44.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−42.1% vs −136.2%). Across the 18 metrics below, Retractable Technologies, Inc. leads on 10 and Milestone Scientific, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric MLSS RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 34.17
P/S 4.05 0.62 2.83
P/B 11.00 0.29 2.82
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.69
EV/EBITDA n/m 1.22 16.08
EV/Sales 3.88 (0.54) 3.06
Earnings yield (10.73%) (17.14%) (1.84%)
Free cash flow yield (2.24%) (24.37%) 0.17%

Profitability

Metric MLSS RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 70.23% (1.45%) 54.62%
Operating margin (43.56%) (66.90%) 1.64%
Net margin (43.98%) (10.62%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (6.98%) (15.07%) 1.61%
Return on equity (121.68%) (4.84%) 0.00%
Return on assets (50.54%) (2.49%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (136.16%) (42.05%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric MLSS RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.72% (11.16%) 9.20%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.67%) (7.50%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.54% (14.11%) 9.48%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MLSS RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 0.14 0.01 0.08
Current ratio 1.85 4.93 2.49
Net debt to EBITDA 0.05 2.69 0.83

Dividend

Metric MLSS RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 0.99%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric MLSS RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 37.23m 20.45m 938.39m

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