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 $29.6M against $17.6M — 1.7× 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 33.75
P/S 3.26 0.51 2.52
P/B 8.85 0.24 2.48
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 25.19
EV/EBITDA n/m 1.47 14.62
EV/Sales 3.09 (0.64) 2.88
Earnings yield (13.33%) (20.69%) (2.67%)
Free cash flow yield (2.78%) (29.42%) 0.09%

Profitability

Metric MLSS RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 70.23% (1.45%) 54.29%
Operating margin (43.56%) (66.90%) 1.07%
Net margin (43.98%) (10.62%) (1.61%)
Free cash flow margin (6.98%) (15.07%) 1.08%
Return on equity (121.68%) (4.84%) (1.32%)
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%) 8.85%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.67%) (7.50%) 8.65%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.54% (14.11%) 9.17%
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 0.10
Current ratio 1.85 4.93 2.48
Net debt to EBITDA 0.05 2.69 0.89

Dividend

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

Size

Metric MLSS RVP Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 29.61m 17.61m 619.84m

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