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MLSS vs. MBOT, SGHT, KRMD, AVR, CV, INO, LNSR, LAKE, LUCD, and BSGM

Should you be buying Milestone Scientific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Milestone Scientific include Microbot Medical (MBOT), Sight Sciences (SGHT), KORU Medical Systems (KRMD), Anteris Technologies Global (AVR), CapsoVision (CV), Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), LENSAR (LNSR), Lakeland Industries (LAKE), Lucid Diagnostics (LUCD), and Biosig Technologies (BSGM). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

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

Microbot Medical presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 249.34%. Milestone Scientific has a consensus target price of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 113.68%. Given Microbot Medical's higher possible 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. Milestone Scientific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microbot Medical, 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-$0.58-5.92
Milestone Scientific$9.08M5.06-$6.93M-$0.09-6.50

Microbot Medical has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Milestone Scientific has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

In the previous week, Microbot Medical had 8 more articles in the media than Milestone Scientific. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Microbot Medical and 1 mentions for Milestone Scientific. Milestone Scientific's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Microbot Medical's score of 0.79 indicating that Milestone Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Microbot Medical Positive
Milestone Scientific Positive

Summary

Milestone Scientific beats Microbot Medical on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MLSS vs. The Competition

MetricMilestone ScientificSurgical appliances & supplies IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$45.96M$26.44M$5.75B$21.53B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.73%3.49%
P/E Ratio-8.3613.1875.1829.88
Price / Sales5.062.04457.0651.86
Price / CashN/A12.8025.8118.13
Price / Book5.322.0813.254.66
Net Income-$6.93M-$5.31M$3.29B$999.94M
7 Day Performance-3.48%-1.26%0.72%0.96%
1 Month Performance-10.00%-1.42%4.58%4.72%
1 Year Performance-38.42%-17.48%73.44%16.87%

Milestone Scientific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLSS
Milestone Scientific
2.7 of 5 stars
$0.59
-0.8%
$1.25
+113.7%
-37.9%$45.96M$9.08M-8.3630Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MBOT
Microbot Medical
2.3429 of 5 stars
$4.28
-4.8%
$9.00
+110.1%
+309.1%$195.03MN/A-7.3820Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
SGHT
Sight Sciences
3.5817 of 5 stars
$3.63
-1.8%
$4.42
+21.8%
-50.2%$190.63M$79.87M-3.79210News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
KRMD
KORU Medical Systems
2.7141 of 5 stars
$4.06
-0.5%
$4.63
+13.9%
+56.8%$187.73M$33.65M-45.1180Positive News
AVR
Anteris Technologies Global
1.7142 of 5 stars
$4.68
+0.9%
$16.50
+252.6%
N/A$168.77M$2.48M0.00138Positive News
CV
CapsoVision
N/A$3.60
-1.1%
$5.50
+52.8%
N/A$168.37MN/A0.0090
INO
Inovio Pharmaceuticals
3.9013 of 5 stars
$2.95
+2.9%
$8.80
+197.9%
-65.1%$156.50M$220K-1.13320
LNSR
LENSAR
1.5577 of 5 stars
$12.26
-0.6%
$15.00
+22.3%
+146.4%$146.52M$53.49M-2.91110News Coverage
Positive News
LAKE
Lakeland Industries
4.8645 of 5 stars
$14.70
-2.0%
$26.00
+76.9%
-28.7%$139.87M$177.65M-4.882,100Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
LUCD
Lucid Diagnostics
3.1758 of 5 stars
$1.24
+0.8%
$3.65
+195.5%
+21.7%$133.97M$4.35M-1.0470Gap Up
BSGM
Biosig Technologies
2.0456 of 5 stars
$3.92
+1.1%
$10.00
+154.9%
+1,316.9%$123.32M$40K0.0050Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:MLSS) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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