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MLSS vs. SMTI, LUNG, RCEL, NVRO, ELMD, PROF, LAKE, INGN, DRTS, and AVR

Should you be buying Milestone Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Milestone Scientific include Sanara MedTech (SMTI), Pulmonx (LUNG), AVITA Medical (RCEL), Nevro (NVRO), Electromed (ELMD), Profound Medical (PROF), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Inogen (INGN), Alpha Tau Medical (DRTS), and Anteris Technologies Global (AVR). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Milestone Scientific vs.

Sanara MedTech (NASDAQ:SMTI) and Milestone Scientific (NYSE:MLSS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Sanara MedTech received 21 more outperform votes than Milestone Scientific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.53% of users gave Sanara MedTech an outperform vote while only 2.35% of users gave Milestone Scientific an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sanara MedTechOutperform Votes
23
60.53%
Underperform Votes
15
39.47%
Milestone ScientificOutperform Votes
2
2.35%
Underperform Votes
83
97.65%

8.1% of Sanara MedTech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.8% of Milestone Scientific shares are held by institutional investors. 54.1% of Sanara MedTech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Milestone Scientific shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Sanara MedTech presently has a consensus target price of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.70%. Milestone Scientific has a consensus target price of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 22.55%. Given Sanara MedTech's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sanara MedTech is more favorable than Milestone Scientific.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sanara MedTech
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Milestone Scientific
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Sanara MedTech has higher revenue and earnings than Milestone Scientific. Sanara MedTech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Milestone Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sanara MedTech$78.06M3.38-$4.30M-$0.99-30.48
Milestone Scientific$8.88M8.95-$6.93M-$0.07-14.57

Sanara MedTech has a net margin of -10.71% compared to Milestone Scientific's net margin of -52.01%. Sanara MedTech's return on equity of -19.86% beat Milestone Scientific's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sanara MedTech-10.71% -19.86% -10.91%
Milestone Scientific -52.01%-60.26%-40.23%

Sanara MedTech has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Milestone Scientific has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Sanara MedTech had 17 more articles in the media than Milestone Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Sanara MedTech and 1 mentions for Milestone Scientific. Milestone Scientific's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Sanara MedTech's score of 0.52 indicating that Milestone Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sanara MedTech
2 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Milestone Scientific
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Sanara MedTech beats Milestone Scientific on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MLSS vs. The Competition

MetricMilestone ScientificSurgical appliances & supplies IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$79.45M$8.80B$5.64B$19.32B
Dividend YieldN/A1.42%4.57%3.75%
P/E Ratio-14.5717.2223.1332.90
Price / Sales8.9565.51388.4726.44
Price / CashN/A19.6738.1617.54
Price / Book9.275.416.884.52
Net Income-$6.93M$284.66M$3.20B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.99%-2.80%-2.80%-1.41%
1 Month Performance8.52%-5.51%1.74%-4.15%
1 Year Performance63.72%-21.08%9.80%3.29%

Milestone Scientific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLSS
Milestone Scientific
0.9892 of 5 stars
$0.99
-8.3%
$1.25
+26.3%
+71.6%$77.11M$8.88M-14.1430
SMTI
Sanara MedTech
2.3073 of 5 stars
$35.69
+6.2%
$47.00
+31.7%
-16.3%$311.97M$78.06M-36.0560Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LUNG
Pulmonx
3.1815 of 5 stars
$7.37
-5.1%
$13.36
+81.2%
-25.5%$293.30M$83.79M-5.12250
RCEL
AVITA Medical
1.6283 of 5 stars
$9.32
+4.0%
$17.25
+85.1%
-44.1%$244.35M$64.25M-3.90130Short Interest ↑
NVRO
Nevro
0.8922 of 5 stars
$5.79
+0.3%
$6.43
+11.1%
-59.5%$221.98M$408.52M-3.061,215
ELMD
Electromed
1.0968 of 5 stars
$24.45
-1.1%
$38.00
+55.4%
+45.5%$209.22M$59.63M32.60160Analyst Downgrade
PROF
Profound Medical
2.1784 of 5 stars
$6.81
flat
$14.25
+109.3%
-25.2%$204.57M$10.68M-5.08150
LAKE
Lakeland Industries
4.7978 of 5 stars
$21.09
+12.4%
$28.33
+34.3%
+25.4%$200.33M$151.82M-234.331,800Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
INGN
Inogen
2.9402 of 5 stars
$7.37
+0.3%
$7.00
-5.0%
-10.4%$195.53M$335.71M-3.281,030
DRTS
Alpha Tau Medical
1.8641 of 5 stars
$2.70
+3.4%
$8.00
+196.3%
-9.8%$188.80MN/A-6.2880Short Interest ↑
AVR
Anteris Technologies Global
N/A$5.12
-1.2%
$16.50
+222.3%
N/A$184.44M$2.71M0.00138News Coverage
High Trading Volume
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This page (NYSE:MLSS) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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