Milestone Scientific, Inc. (MLSS) vs Zentek Ltd. (ZTEKF)

Milestone Scientific, Inc. and Zentek Ltd. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Zentek Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $62.3M against $27.1M — 2.3× the size. Milestone Scientific, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.72% against −80.8%. Zentek Ltd. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −44.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (−68.6% vs −136.2%). Across the 17 metrics below, Zentek Ltd. leads on 11 and Milestone Scientific, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric MLSS ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E n/m n/m 30.28
P/S 2.97 345.63 2.49
P/B 8.05 2.28 2.34
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 23.49
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 14.87
EV/Sales 2.80 258.85 2.75
Earnings yield (14.67%) (20.64%) 0.00%
Free cash flow yield (3.06%) (10.97%) 0.59%

Profitability

Metric MLSS ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 70.23% 0.00% 53.60%
Operating margin (43.56%) 0.00% 1.97%
Net margin (43.98%) 0.00% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (6.98%) 0.00% 2.36%
Return on equity (121.68%) (53.33%) 0.00%
Return on assets (50.54%) (42.42%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (136.16%) (68.55%) 0.13%

Growth

Metric MLSS ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.72% (80.83%) 8.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.67%) 0.00% 6.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.54% — 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MLSS ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 0.14 0.07 0.10
Current ratio 1.85 4.65 2.47
Net debt to EBITDA 0.05 (0.04) 0.97

Dividend

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

Size

Metric MLSS ZTEKF Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 27.11m 62.30m 1.71b

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