MLSS vs RMD vs NVST Stock Comparison

Milestone Scientific, Resmed and Envista Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RMD Resmed Inc
$253.24 +14.1% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$36.46B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.65B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
8 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionMLSSRMDNVSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $28.89M $36.46B $3.82B RMD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 23.9x 40.2x RMD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 19.7x 15.8x NVST
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -27.5% +9.9% +11.9% NVST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 26.9% 3.3% RMD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 20.8% 2.5% RMD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.4x 0.8x RMD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -26.6% -2.4% +16.1% NVST
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -31.5%/yr -1.1%/yr -8.9%/yr RMD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 81.5% 29.1% 37.9% RMD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 78/100 74/100 RMD

Percentile Scorecard

MLSSRMDNVST

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

AxisMLSSRMDNVST
Valuation – 72 #64 of 228 97 #7 of 228
Growth – 63 #82 of 221 49 #113 of 221
Profitability – 99 #3 of 208 74 #55 of 208
Financial Health – 75 #60 of 239 51 #117 of 239
Shareholder Returns – 78 #31 of 137 96 #6 of 137
Overall – 78 74
  • MLSS ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • RMD ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • NVST 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

PeriodMLSSRMDNVSTSPY
1 month -26.8%+14.1%-1.3% -0.8%
3 months -26.8%+24.7%-11.2% +3.5%
6 months -11.8%+14.1%-11.7% +7.0%
Year to date +9.9%+5.1%+8.9% +12.2%
1 year -26.6%-2.4%+16.1% +13.0%
3 years -66.3%+88.1%+0.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year -30.4%+23.5%+0.2% +23.1%
5 years -84.8%-5.5%-37.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year -31.5%-1.1%-8.9% +11.0%
10 years -83.8%+318.2%— +258.0%
10 years, per year -16.6%+15.4%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMLSSRMDNVSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 81.5%29.1%37.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 83.3%30.8%34.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.280.401.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.33-0.080.43 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -90.9%-49.9%-71.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.5%-8.2%-21.9% -1.8%
52-week high $0.55$275.96$30.26 $779.14
52-week low $0.25$182.82$18.95 $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.

MultipleMLSSRMDNVST
P/E now vs peer median —median 30.6x 24.2xmedian 30.6x 40.3xmedian 30.6x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 3.0x 6.5xmedian 3.0x 1.3xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.5x 17.1xmedian 17.5x 10.6xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.3x 22.1xmedian 23.3x 15.3xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.4x 5.5xmedian 2.4x 1.2xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.87 1.23median 0.87 -1.81median 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 monthsMLSSRMDNVST
Revenue $6.58M $5.65B $2.86B
Gross profit – $3.45B $1.58B
Operating income – $1.89B $273.60M
Net income – $1.52B $95.00M
Free cash flow – $1.65B $248.10M
R&D – $378.28M $120.80M
EPS (diluted) – $10.43 $0.58
Cash & equivalents – $1.47B $1.13B
Total debt – $659.37M $1.44B
Shares (diluted) 93.13M 146.05M 164.10M
Enterprise value $28.89M $30.53B -$734.78M

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
MetricMLSSRMDNVST
P/E – 24.2x 40.3x
P/FCF – 22.1x 15.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 20.2x 12.5x
P/S 4.0x 6.5x 1.3x
P/B – 5.5x 1.2x
P/Tangible book – 6.0x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA – 17.1x 10.6x
EV/EBIT – 18.9x 15.0x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 6.3x 1.4x
EV/FCF – 21.7x 16.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 19.8x 13.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.23 -1.81

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMLSSRMDNVST
Revenue growth (1Y) -27.5% 9.9% 11.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -12.9% 10.2% 3.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 13.0% 13.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 13.6% 2.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 11.9% 79.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 18.6% -4.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 8.8% 76.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 19.3% -24.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 9.7% 82.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 19.7% -22.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 3.1% 3.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 37.6% 8.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -0.7% -3.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 42.2% 15.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMLSSRMDNVST
Gross margin – 61.1% 55.2%
EBITDA margin – 36.9% 13.6%
Operating margin – 33.4% 9.6%
Pretax margin – 34.0% 8.2%
Net margin – 26.9% 3.3%
FCF margin – 29.2% 8.7%
Operating cash flow margin – 31.9% 10.6%
Return on equity – 23.3% 3.1%
Return on assets – 17.2% 1.7%
Return on invested capital – 20.8% 2.5%
Return on capital employed – 25.2% 5.7%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.2x 3.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.8% 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMLSSRMDNVST
Debt / assets – 7.4% 25.7%
Debt / equity – 0.1x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.4x 0.8x
Debt / FCF – 0.4x 5.8x
Liabilities / assets – 26.6% 45.0%
Equity / assets – 73.4% 55.0%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio – 3.1x 2.4x
Quick ratio – 1.8x 1.9x
Cash ratio – 1.1x 1.4x
Altman Z-score – 12.06 1.73

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMLSSRMDNVST
Dividend yield – 1.0% –
Net buyback yield – 1.7% 4.3%
Shareholder yield – 2.7% 4.3%
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.

ConsensusMLSSRMDNVST
Forward P/E – 19.7xFY2027 15.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2026 $12.86FY2027 $1.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +15.1%FY2027 +26.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +9.8% +16.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $9.29MFY2026 $5.97BFY2027 $2.99BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.6%FY2026 +5.6%FY2027 +9.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +27.1% -3.4% +2.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMLSSRMDNVST
Held by institutions 5.8% 68.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding 31 887 382
Change in shares held, QoQ +18.9% +3.2% +6.4%
Institutions buying 11 404 200
Institutions selling 4 358 129
Buyers to sellers 2.75 1.13 1.55

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.

MLSSRMDNVST
MLSS 1.00 0.13 0.03
RMD 0.13 1.00 0.33
NVST 0.03 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MLSS, RMD and NVST?

Resmed (RMD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Milestone Scientific (MLSS) $28.89M, Resmed (RMD) $36.46B, Envista Holdings (NVST) $3.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, MLSS, RMD and NVST?

Resmed (RMD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Resmed (RMD) 23.9x, Envista Holdings (NVST) 40.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Envista Holdings (NVST) is cheapest (Resmed (RMD) 19.7x, Envista Holdings (NVST) 15.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Envista Holdings (NVST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Milestone Scientific (MLSS) -27.5%, Resmed (RMD) +9.9%, Envista Holdings (NVST) +11.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Resmed (RMD) has the highest net margin (Resmed (RMD) 26.9%, Envista Holdings (NVST) 3.3%). On return on invested capital, Resmed (RMD) leads (Resmed (RMD) 20.8%, Envista Holdings (NVST) 2.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Envista Holdings (NVST) returned the most: Milestone Scientific (MLSS) -26.6%, Resmed (RMD) -2.4%, Envista Holdings (NVST) +16.1%. Over five years, Resmed (RMD) compounded fastest (Milestone Scientific (MLSS) -31.5%/yr, Resmed (RMD) -1.1%/yr, Envista Holdings (NVST) -8.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Resmed (RMD) has been the steadiest (Milestone Scientific (MLSS) 81.5%, Resmed (RMD) 29.1%, Envista Holdings (NVST) 37.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MLSS, RMD and NVST?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Resmed (RMD) 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.