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MLSS vs. MBOT, ELMD, BSGM, LNSR, PDEX, AVR, LAKE, PROF, RCEL, and LUCD

Should you be buying Milestone Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Milestone Scientific include Microbot Medical (MBOT), Electromed (ELMD), Biosig Technologies (BSGM), LENSAR (LNSR), Pro-Dex (PDEX), Anteris Technologies Global (AVR), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Profound Medical (PROF), Avita Medical (RCEL), and Lucid Diagnostics (LUCD). These companies are all part of the "medical equipment" industry.

Milestone Scientific vs. Its Competitors

Microbot Medical (NASDAQ:MBOT) and Milestone Scientific (NYSE:MLSS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Microbot Medical had 4 more articles in the media than Milestone Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Microbot Medical and 0 mentions for Milestone Scientific. Microbot Medical's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Milestone Scientific's score of 0.00 indicating that Microbot Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Microbot Medical Positive
Milestone Scientific Neutral

16.3% of Microbot Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.8% of Milestone Scientific shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Microbot Medical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Milestone Scientific shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Microbot Medical has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Milestone Scientific has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Microbot Medical presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 136.22%. Milestone Scientific has a consensus target price of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 111.83%. Given Microbot Medical's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Microbot Medical is more favorable than Milestone Scientific.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Microbot Medical
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Milestone Scientific
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Milestone Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Microbot Medical. Microbot Medical 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
Microbot MedicalN/AN/A-$11.44M-$0.58-6.57
Milestone Scientific$9.08M5.10-$6.93M-$0.09-6.56

Microbot Medical has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Milestone Scientific's net margin of -52.01%. Milestone Scientific's return on equity of -60.26% beat Microbot Medical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Microbot MedicalN/A -76.27% -67.54%
Milestone Scientific -52.01%-60.26%-40.23%

Summary

Microbot Medical and Milestone Scientific tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MLSS vs. The Competition

MetricMilestone ScientificSurgical appliances & supplies IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$46.36M$26.35M$5.69B$21.25B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A6.64%3.50%
P/E Ratio-8.4312.9183.1929.27
Price / Sales5.102.06515.1669.15
Price / CashN/A12.8025.6618.27
Price / Book5.362.0911.764.58
Net Income-$6.93M-$5.31M$3.27B$997.71M
7 Day Performance0.68%-0.54%1.13%0.77%
1 Month Performance37.01%11.98%8.30%6.95%
1 Year Performance-46.35%-22.06%62.26%11.66%

Milestone Scientific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLSS
Milestone Scientific
1.784 of 5 stars
$0.59
-2.0%
$1.25
+111.8%
-46.4%$46.36M$9.08M-8.4330
MBOT
Microbot Medical
1.5088 of 5 stars
$4.16
+8.1%
$9.00
+116.3%
+333.0%$175.35MN/A-7.1720Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
ELMD
Electromed
3.1215 of 5 stars
$20.20
-0.3%
$33.50
+65.8%
+44.2%$169.40M$61.44M26.93160
BSGM
Biosig Technologies
2.2006 of 5 stars
$5.30
+2.3%
$10.00
+88.7%
+976.6%$162.75M$40K0.0050Gap Up
LNSR
LENSAR
0.9658 of 5 stars
$12.66
-1.9%
$15.00
+18.5%
+163.0%$153.96M$58.36M-3.01110News Coverage
Positive News
PDEX
Pro-Dex
1.7999 of 5 stars
$46.21
+0.4%
$56.00
+21.2%
+100.9%$150.09M$53.84M16.50140Upcoming Earnings
AVR
Anteris Technologies Global
1.7969 of 5 stars
$3.70
-10.8%
$16.50
+345.9%
N/A$149.66M$2.70M0.00138Positive News
LAKE
Lakeland Industries
4.6716 of 5 stars
$15.35
-1.0%
$26.00
+69.4%
-37.0%$147.48M$167.21M-5.102,100
PROF
Profound Medical
1.7533 of 5 stars
$4.67
-1.5%
$11.00
+135.5%
-51.1%$142.45M$11.84M-3.20150
RCEL
Avita Medical
1.5301 of 5 stars
$4.65
-4.7%
$12.40
+166.7%
-53.6%$129.90M$64.25M-2.36130
LUCD
Lucid Diagnostics
2.7343 of 5 stars
$1.16
+5.5%
$3.55
+206.0%
+57.4%$119.32M$4.35M-0.9770Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:MLSS) was last updated on 9/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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