MLSS vs HSIC vs DDD Stock Comparison

Milestone Scientific, Henry Schein and 3D Systems Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HSIC Henry Schein Inc
$84.25 -2.5% 1M +32.6% 1Y
Market cap
$9.43B
P/E
23.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.60B
Div. yield
–
Drug Distribution Healthcare
8 wins
DDD 3D Systems Corp
$3.03 -15.1% 1M -1.3% 1Y
Market cap
$503.43M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$387.64M
Div. yield
–
3D Printing Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Henry Schein leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Henry Schein 8, 3D Systems 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMLSSHSICDDDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $27.51M $9.43B $503.43M HSIC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 23.7x -8.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.7x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -27.5% +6.5% -6.2% HSIC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 3.0% -14.2% HSIC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.1% -17.8% HSIC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.3x 1.0x DDD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -31.9% +32.6% -1.3% HSIC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -31.1%/yr +2.2%/yr -35.9%/yr HSIC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 81.4% 25.6% 84.1% HSIC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 56/100 31/100 HSIC

Percentile Scorecard

MLSSHSICDDD

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

AxisMLSSHSICDDD
Valuation – 38 #16 of 25 15 #172 of 203
Growth – 39 #15 of 24 57 #81 of 188
Profitability – 83 #5 of 24 11 #163 of 183
Financial Health – 20 #21 of 26 65 #77 of 217
Shareholder Returns – 100 #1 of 15 5 #145 of 153
Overall – 56 31
  • MLSS ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • HSIC ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • DDD ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMLSSHSICDDDSPY
1 month -24.4%-2.5%-15.1% -0.2%
3 months -27.9%-1.7%+19.8% +3.9%
6 months -4.9%+10.7%+37.7% +8.2%
Year to date +13.6%+11.5%+71.2% +12.9%
1 year -31.9%+32.6%-1.3% +12.3%
3 years -65.1%+26.9%-14.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year -29.6%+8.3%-5.2% +23.3%
5 years -84.5%+11.6%-89.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year -31.1%+2.2%-35.9% +10.9%
10 years -83.2%+44.3%-78.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year -16.4%+3.7%-14.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMLSSHSICDDDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 81.4%25.6%84.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 83.3%24.0%75.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.290.462.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.391.27-0.02 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -90.9%-32.7%-96.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.6%-7.3%-21.9% -1.2%
52-week high $0.55$90.86$3.88 $779.14
52-week low $0.25$62.32$1.77 $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.

MultipleMLSSHSICDDD
P/E now vs peer median —median 29.6x 23.7xmedian 23.9x -8.2xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 2.9x 0.7xmedian 0.3x 1.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.4x 12.6xmedian 13.4x -12.1xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 22.3x 16.6xmedian 15.5x -9.6xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.3x 2.5xmedian 2.5x 1.8xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.04 49.67median 1.34 -0.31median 1.32

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 monthsMLSSHSICDDD
Revenue $6.58M $13.60B $387.64M
Gross profit – $4.26B $131.01M
Operating income – $680.00M -$61.26M
Net income – $426.00M -$54.85M
Free cash flow – $569.00M -$52.40M
R&D – – $47.60M
EPS (diluted) – $3.52 $-0.37
Cash & equivalents – – $127.95M
Total debt – $3.46B $91.18M
Shares (diluted) 93.13M 114.39M 148.97M
Enterprise value $27.51M $10.18B $99.21M

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
MetricMLSSHSICDDD
P/E – 23.7x -8.2x
P/FCF – 16.6x -9.6x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.5x -11.9x
P/S 4.2x 0.7x 1.3x
P/B – 2.5x 1.8x
P/Tangible book – 3.3x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA – 12.6x -12.1x
EV/EBIT – 18.7x -7.6x
EV/Revenue 4.2x 0.9x 1.2x
EV/FCF – 22.4x -8.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – 18.2x -11.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 49.67 -0.31

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMLSSHSICDDD
Revenue growth (1Y) -27.5% 6.5% -6.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -12.9% 2.6% -9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 6.4% -9.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.4% -13.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 6.6% 76.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 1.1% 21.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – 6.0% 62.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -4.5% 23.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 11.1% 53.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 0.5% 26.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 36.7% 38.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 2.3% 18.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 50.1% 36.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 2.3% 20.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMLSSHSICDDD
Gross margin – 31.3% 33.8%
EBITDA margin – 7.4% -10.0%
Operating margin – 5.0% -15.8%
Pretax margin – 4.1% -11.7%
Net margin – 3.0% -14.2%
FCF margin – 4.2% -13.5%
Operating cash flow margin – 5.1% -10.9%
Return on equity – 11.0% -21.7%
Return on assets – 3.8% -10.5%
Return on invested capital – 7.1% -17.8%
Return on capital employed – 8.7% -14.7%
Asset turnover – 1.2x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.6x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 3.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMLSSHSICDDD
Debt / assets – 30.4% 17.0%
Debt / equity – 0.9x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.3x 1.0x
Debt / FCF – 6.1x -1.7x
Liabilities / assets – 66.5% 48.9%
Equity / assets – 33.5% 51.1%
Interest coverage – 4.3x –
Current ratio – 1.3x 3.4x
Quick ratio – 0.6x 1.9x
Cash ratio – 0.0x 1.2x
Altman Z-score – 2.65 -1.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMLSSHSICDDD
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 7.7% -10.6%
Shareholder yield – 7.7% -10.6%
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.

ConsensusMLSSHSICDDD
Forward P/E – 14.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2026 $5.75FY2026 $-0.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +15.7%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +8.2% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $9.29MFY2026 $13.38BFY2026 $368.77MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.6%FY2026 +1.5%FY2026 -4.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +27.1% +4.8% +7.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMLSSHSICDDD
Held by institutions 5.8% 100.0% 71.1%
Institutions holding 31 564 210
Change in shares held, QoQ +18.9% +2.1% +34.8%
Institutions buying 11 245 126
Institutions selling 4 216 37
Buyers to sellers 2.75 1.13 3.41

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.

MLSSHSICDDD
MLSS 1.00 0.03 0.07
HSIC 0.03 1.00 0.14
DDD 0.07 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MLSS, HSIC and DDD?

Henry Schein (HSIC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Milestone Scientific (MLSS) $27.51M, Henry Schein (HSIC) $9.43B, 3D Systems (DDD) $503.43M.

Which company is growing faster?

Henry Schein (HSIC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Milestone Scientific (MLSS) -27.5%, Henry Schein (HSIC) +6.5%, 3D Systems (DDD) -6.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Henry Schein (HSIC) has the highest net margin (Henry Schein (HSIC) 3.0%, 3D Systems (DDD) -14.2%). On return on invested capital, Henry Schein (HSIC) leads (Henry Schein (HSIC) 7.1%, 3D Systems (DDD) -17.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Henry Schein (HSIC) returned the most: Milestone Scientific (MLSS) -31.9%, Henry Schein (HSIC) +32.6%, 3D Systems (DDD) -1.3%. Over five years, Henry Schein (HSIC) compounded fastest (Milestone Scientific (MLSS) -31.1%/yr, Henry Schein (HSIC) +2.2%/yr, 3D Systems (DDD) -35.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Henry Schein (HSIC) has been the steadiest (Milestone Scientific (MLSS) 81.4%, Henry Schein (HSIC) 25.6%, 3D Systems (DDD) 84.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MLSS, HSIC and DDD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Henry Schein (HSIC) leads on 8. 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.