MLSS vs DROR vs PDEX Stock Comparison

Milestone Scientific, Dror Ortho-Design and Pro Dex Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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PDEX Pro Dex Inc
$60.66 -15.5% 1M +113.6% 1Y
Market cap
$200.52M
P/E
14.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$77.55M
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
6 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Pro Dex leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Pro Dex 6, Dror Ortho-Design 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMLSSDRORPDEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $28.89M $9.77M $200.52M PDEX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — -4.0x 14.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 18.7x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -27.5% — +16.4% PDEX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 17.6% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 12.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -1.3x 1.8x DROR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -26.6% 0.0% +113.6% PDEX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -31.5%/yr -35.6%/yr +20.2%/yr PDEX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 81.5% 320.7% 57.0% PDEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 26/100 78/100 PDEX

Percentile Scorecard

MLSSDRORPDEX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMLSSDRORPDEX
Valuation – 16 #192 of 228 83 #39 of 228
Growth – 62 #84 of 221 87 #29 of 221
Profitability – – 89 #24 of 208
Financial Health – 1 #237 of 239 56 #107 of 239
Shareholder Returns – – 77 #32 of 137
Overall – 26 78
  • MLSS ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • DROR ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • PDEX ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMLSSDRORPDEXSPY
1 month -26.8%0.0%-15.5% -0.8%
3 months -26.8%0.0%+5.9% +3.5%
6 months -11.8%0.0%+16.7% +7.0%
Year to date +9.9%0.0%+57.6% +12.2%
1 year -26.6%0.0%+113.6% +13.0%
3 years -66.3%-50.0%+254.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year -30.4%-20.6%+52.6% +23.1%
5 years -84.8%-88.9%+150.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year -31.5%-35.6%+20.2% +11.0%
10 years -83.8%—+1,125.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -16.6%—+28.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMLSSDRORPDEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 81.5%320.7%57.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 83.3%1,199.8%51.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.280.131.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.330.001.99 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -90.9%-92.3%-65.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.5%-66.7%-17.4% -1.8%
52-week high $0.55$0.03$73.41 $779.14
52-week low $0.25$0.01$28.71 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMLSSDRORPDEX
P/E now vs peer median —median 30.6x -4.0xmedian 30.6x 14.3xmedian 30.6x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 3.0x —median 3.0x 2.5xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.5x -8.4xmedian 17.5x 15.2xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.3x -5.5xmedian 23.3x 28.6xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.4x -2.5xmedian 2.4x 4.1xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.87 -0.12median 0.87 0.50median 0.87

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMLSSDRORPDEX
Revenue $6.58M – $77.55M
Gross profit – – $24.33M
Operating income – -$1.91M $12.99M
Net income – -$2.47M $13.66M
Free cash flow – -$1.78M $6.76M
R&D – $521.41K $3.35M
EPS (diluted) – $0.00 $4.12
Cash & equivalents – $93.56K $8.19M
Total debt – $5.57M $119.52M
Shares (diluted) 93.13M 977.00M 3.32M
Enterprise value $28.89M $9.18M $167.31M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMLSSDRORPDEX
P/E – -4.0x 14.3x
P/FCF – -5.5x 28.6x
P/Operating cash flow – -5.5x 26.7x
P/S 4.0x – 2.5x
P/B – -2.5x 4.1x
P/Tangible book – -2.5x 4.1x
EV/EBITDA – -8.4x 15.2x
EV/EBIT – -6.1x 16.8x
EV/Revenue 4.0x – 2.8x
EV/FCF – -6.5x 32.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – -6.5x 30.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.12 0.50

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMLSSDRORPDEX
Revenue growth (1Y) -27.5% – 16.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -12.9% – 18.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 24.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 24.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 49.0% 21.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -5.3% 31.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – 42.4% 52.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -15.2% 24.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 43.6% 54.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 31.8% 28.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 20.4% 530.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 10.2% 9.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 20.4% 330.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 10.2% 14.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMLSSDRORPDEX
Gross margin – – 31.4%
EBITDA margin – – 18.6%
Operating margin – – 16.8%
Pretax margin – – 23.2%
Net margin – – 17.6%
FCF margin – – 8.7%
Operating cash flow margin – – 9.3%
Return on equity – – 29.4%
Return on assets – -798.5% 18.3%
Return on invested capital – – 12.0%
Return on capital employed – – 21.0%
Asset turnover – – 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.7x 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMLSSDRORPDEX
Debt / assets – 512.4% 47.0%
Debt / equity – -0.5x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – -1.3x 1.8x
Debt / FCF – -1.1x 5.2x
Liabilities / assets – 1,177% 36.1%
Equity / assets – -1,077% 63.9%
Interest coverage – – 16.0x
Current ratio – 0.1x 4.1x
Quick ratio – 0.0x 2.4x
Cash ratio – 0.0x 0.7x
Altman Z-score – – 7.47

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMLSSDRORPDEX
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – 0.6%
Shareholder yield – – 0.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMLSSDRORPDEX
Forward P/E – – 18.7xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2026 – $3.24FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – – -21.4%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – – -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $9.29MFY2026 – $87.24MFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +3.6%FY2026 – +12.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +27.1% – -6.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMLSSDRORPDEX
Held by institutions 5.8% – 22.8%
Institutions holding 31 – 68
Change in shares held, QoQ +18.9% – -1.8%
Institutions buying 11 – 40
Institutions selling 4 – 20
Buyers to sellers 2.75 – 2.00

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MLSSDRORPDEX
MLSS 1.00 0.01 0.17
DROR 0.01 1.00 -0.20
PDEX 0.17 -0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MLSS, DROR and PDEX?

Pro Dex (PDEX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Milestone Scientific (MLSS) $28.89M, Dror Ortho-Design (DROR) $9.77M, Pro Dex (PDEX) $200.52M.

Which company is growing faster?

Pro Dex (PDEX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Milestone Scientific (MLSS) -27.5%, Pro Dex (PDEX) +16.4%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Pro Dex (PDEX) returned the most: Milestone Scientific (MLSS) -26.6%, Dror Ortho-Design (DROR) 0.0%, Pro Dex (PDEX) +113.6%. Over five years, Pro Dex (PDEX) compounded fastest (Milestone Scientific (MLSS) -31.5%/yr, Dror Ortho-Design (DROR) -35.6%/yr, Pro Dex (PDEX) +20.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pro Dex (PDEX) has been the steadiest (Milestone Scientific (MLSS) 81.5%, Dror Ortho-Design (DROR) 320.7%, Pro Dex (PDEX) 57.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MLSS, DROR and PDEX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pro Dex (PDEX) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.