Milestone Scientific (MLSS) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Milestone Scientific (MLSS) reported Operating Margin of -38.30% for Q1 2026, up 51.19 percentage points from -89.49% a year earlier and up 14.33 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Milestone Scientific (MLSS) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Mar 31, 2026, Milestone Scientific's Operating Margin came in at -51.05%, up 34.08 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -63.52%, up 15.28 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of +73.56 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Operating Margin came in at -78.80% in FY2024 (-6.48 pp), -72.31% in FY2023 (+27.93 pp), -100.24% in FY2022 (-28.43 pp) and -71.81% in FY2021 (+65.26 pp).
- The Q1 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Operating Margin since Q1 2021.
- Year over year, Operating Margin has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +12.77 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was Q2 2021 (a gain of 1773.88 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2022 (a drop of 56.59 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q1 2026 came in at -52.63% (Q4 2025), -48.07% (Q3 2025) and -64.56% (Q2 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 249.71 Bn | 228.86 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 17.40% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 171.00 Bn | 142.08 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 13.44% |
| 3 | Danaher | 155.79 Bn | 139.61 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 17.99% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 143.91 Bn | 123.46 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 33.60% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.42 Bn | 76.29 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 18.08% |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.71 Bn | 91.82 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 25.18% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.26 Bn | 58.27 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 21.65% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.80 Bn | 33.91 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 29.48% |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.78 Bn | 45.93 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 13.31% |
| 10 | Milestone Scientific | 32.99 Mn | 28.03 Mn | 1.56 Mn | -38.30% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -38.30% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -52.63% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -48.07% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -64.56% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -89.49% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -103.57% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -58.44% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -96.04% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -66.70% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -87.57% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -73.17% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -78.27% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -51.69% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -89.90% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -90.87% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -175.01% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -70.88% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -54.89% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -93.96% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -118.42% |
API Access
Milestone Scientific Operating Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=MLSS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "MLSS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=MLSS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();