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How Milestone Scientific Inc. stacks up
MLSS · against 25 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
13/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #16 of 26 · scores higher than 40% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score6 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including MLSS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 13?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, return on assets and operating margin, which are weaker than most Healthcare peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 94% of peers. Return on invested capital: -133.5% vs peer median 4.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 86% of peers. Return on assets: -31.3% vs peer median 1.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 85% of peers. Operating margin: -63.5% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MLSS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MLSS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 18 reported | -133.5% | -21.2% | 18% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 26 reported | -63.5% | -103.9% | 60% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 31 reported | -31.3% | -20.6% | 40% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 27 reported | -121.7% | -49.5% | 12% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 34 reported | 70.2% | 18.4% | 94% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MLSS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5.6B JPY (≈$38M) | 68 | 55 | |
| 2 | 110M HKD (≈$14M) | 55 | 28 | |
| 3 | 211M MYR (≈$46M) | 52 | 65 | |
| 4 | 3.5B JPY (≈$24M) | 49 | 48 | |
| 5 | 272M HKD (≈$35M) | 42 | 59 | |
| 12 | 21.3B KRW (≈$15M) | 19 | 28 | |
| 12 | 25M GBP (≈$33M) | 19 | 31 | |
| 14 | 17M USD | 15 | 18 | |
| 15 | 390.5B IDR (≈$24M) | 14 | 8 | |
| 16 | 27M USD | 13 | 24 | |
| 17 | 250M SEK (≈$25M) | 10 | 44 | |
| 18 | 74.0B KRW (≈$53M) | 9 | 34 | |
| 18 | 37M USD | 9 | 21 | |
| 20 | 298M SEK (≈$30M) | 8 | 48 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score