Milestone Scientific Inc. (MLSS)Healthcare | Medical Instruments & Supplies | Roseland, United States | NYSE American
0.33 USD
-0.01
(-3.514%) ⇩
(Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:24 a.m. EDT
The long-term investment case is severely compromised by a decade-long structural decline; the stock has lost nearly 72% of its value over nine years, with the last two years showing consecutive negative returns. Despite a recent 22% jump in revenue, the company remains unprofitable with negative operating margins and a return on equity of -121%, signaling that the business model is currently failing to generate capital efficiently. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt significantly outweighing equity, and there is no dividend to provide income. While the short-term chart shows a bounce off the lows and a rising 200-day average, the massive gap between the current price and the $1.25 analyst target suggests the market is pricing in a turnaround that has not yet materialized in earnings. The options market reflects this tension, with traders betting on a volatile recovery rather than steady growth. Given the deteriorating fundamentals and the lack of a proven path to profitability, this remains a speculative hold rather than a buy. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.139520 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.144325 |
| AutoETS | 0.145417 |
| AutoTheta | 0.145536 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 40% |
| H-stat | 0.05 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.505 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.77 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 17.739 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.111 |
| Market Cap | 29,602,638 |
| Forward P/E | -9.33 |
| Beta | 1.13 |
| Profit Margins | -43.98% |
| Website | https://www.milestonescientific.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:24 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning aggressively for a massive rally, with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls at strikes of $1.00 and $1.50, while put writing is concentrated at deep strikes ($2.00-$2.50) suggesting a belief in a floor far above current prices. However, the implied volatility skew shows extreme fear for near-term downside (over 10% IV on puts vs zero on distant calls), indicating a 'long gamma' setup where traders expect a violent drop followed by a slow grind up, rather than immediate momentum.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.24444443 |
| Address1 | 425 Eagle Rock Avenue |
| Address2 | Suite 403 |
| All Time High | 90.375 |
| All Time Low | 0.1 |
| Ask | 0.3429 |
| Ask Size | 7,800 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 116,930 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 125,723 |
| Average Volume | 125,723 |
| Average Volume10Days | 116,930 |
| Beta | 1.128 |
| Bid | 0.3301 |
| Bid Size | 2,000 |
| Book Value | 0.039 |
| City | Roseland |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 0.3267 |
| Current Ratio | 1.846 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 0.3429 |
| Day Low | 0.3205 |
| Debt To Equity | 17.739 |
| Display Name | Milestone Scientific |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,710,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,710,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,651,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,513,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,513,600 |
| Ebitda | -4,025,477 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.42728 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -6.841 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.923 |
| Enterprise Value | 27,540,024 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.04 |
| Eps Forward | -0.035 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.04 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | ASE |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 973 535 2829 |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.4376 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.110899985 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.25342777 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -24.444443 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 0.58 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.25329998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.43672413 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.22 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.1067 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.485 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.22 - 0.58 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 815,409,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 74,532,929 |
| Forward Eps | -0.035 |
| Forward P E | -9.334286 |
| Free Cashflow | 981,640 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE American |
| Full Time Employees | 15 |
| Fullday Change | 0.004099995 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.2642599 |
| Fullday Price | 0.3267 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.70233 |
| Gross Profits | 6,616,727 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.16009001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.05297 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 90,611,070 |
| Industry | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
| Industry Disp | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
| Industry Key | medical-instruments-supplies |
| Ir Website | http://www.milesci.com/investors.html |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,074,038,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:3 |
| Long Business Summary | Milestone Scientific Inc., a biomedical technology company, patents, designs, develops, and commercializes diagnostic and therapeutic injection technologies, and devices for medical and dental use in the United States, China, and internationally. It operates through Dental and Medical segments. The company provides the Wand, a single use disposable handpiece device for dental procedures that require local anesthetic under the CompuDent and STA Single Tooth Anesthesia System names. It also offers CompuFlo, a computer-controlled drug delivery system for the painless delivery of drugs, anesthetics, and other medicaments, as well as for the aspiration of bodily fluids or previously injected substances; and disposable injection handpiece for the tactile control during the injection. In addition, the company provides CompuFlo Epidural, a computer-controlled anesthesia system for use in various medical applications. Further, it offers CompuMed for use in various medical procedures performed in plastic, hair restoration, and colorectal surgery, as well as podiatry, dermatology, orthopedics, and various other disciplines. Milestone Scientific Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey. |
| Long Name | Milestone Scientific Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 29,602,638 |
| Market State | POST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_371360 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -4,143,705 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 37,694,205 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 0.3385 |
| Operating Cashflow | -642,639 |
| Operating Margins | -0.37365 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 973 535 2717 |
| Previous Close | 0.3386 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -8.1675005 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 8.376923 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.1421413 |
| Profit Margins | -0.43983 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.709 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0119 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.51447 |
| Regular Market Day High | 0.3429 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 0.3205 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 0.3205 - 0.3429 |
| Regular Market Open | 0.3385 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.3386 |
| Regular Market Price | 0.3267 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,094,400 |
| Regular Market Volume | 47,347 |
| Return On Assets | -0.31281 |
| Return On Equity | -1.21674 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.223 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.111 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16440773 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Shares Outstanding | 90,611,070 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.001 |
| Shares Short | 86,335 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 78,559 |
| Short Name | Milestone Scientific, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0011999999 |
| Short Ratio | 1.17 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NJ |
| Symbol | MLSS |
| Target High Price | 1.5 |
| Target Low Price | 1.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 1.25 |
| Target Median Price | 1.25 |
| Total Cash | 2,066,770 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.023 |
| Total Debt | 615,703 |
| Total Revenue | 9,421,167 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.04 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 0.3528 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.02610001 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.073979616 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 47,347 |
| Website | https://www.milestonescientific.com |
| Zip | 7,068 |