Milestone Scientific Stock Short Ratio

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USD 0.79 0.02 2.60%

Milestone Scientific fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Milestone Scientific's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Milestone Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Milestone Scientific's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Milestone Scientific stock.

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Milestone Scientific Company Short Ratio Analysis

Milestone Scientific's Short Ratio is typically used by traders and speculators to identify trends in current market sentiment for a particular equity instrument. In its simple terms this ratio shows how many days it will take all current short sellers to cover their positions if the price of a stock begins to rise.

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Current Milestone Scientific Short Ratio

1.65 X

Most of Milestone Scientific's fundamental indicators, such as Short Ratio, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Milestone Scientific is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.

Milestone Short Ratio Driver Correlations

Understanding the fundamental principles of building solid financial models for Milestone Scientific is extremely important. It helps to project a fair market value of Milestone Stock properly, considering its historical fundamentals such as Short Ratio. Since Milestone Scientific's main accounts across its financial reports are all linked and dependent on each other, it is essential to analyze all possible correlations between related accounts. However, instead of reviewing all of Milestone Scientific's historical financial statements, investors can examine the correlated drivers to determine its overall health. This can be effectively done using a conventional correlation matrix of Milestone Scientific's interrelated accounts and indicators.

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Net Receivables	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Common Stock	Treasury Stock	Property Plant Equipment	Current Deferred Revenue	Net Tangible Assets	Total Permanent Equity	Long Term Debt Total	Capital Surpluse	Short Long Term Debt	Net Invested Capital	Net Working Capital	Capital Stock
Total Assets		0.94	-0.9	-0.42	-0.36	0.2	0.14	0.98	-0.02	-0.08	0.42	0.09	0.54	0.32	0.7	0.66	-0.04	0.55	0.43	0.71	0.71	0.39
Total Stockholder Equity	0.94		-0.94	-0.32	-0.42	-0.04	-0.18	0.94	-0.18	-0.19	0.38	0.07	0.62	0.1	0.74	0.6	-0.02	0.52	0.3	0.78	0.77	0.43
Net Debt	-0.9	-0.94		0.39	0.48	0.11	0.17	-0.91	0.22	0.29	-0.47	-0.14	-0.64	0.02	-0.68	-0.57	0.12	-0.57	-0.32	-0.78	-0.8	-0.5
Retained Earnings	-0.42	-0.32	0.39		0.21	0.12	-0.34	-0.52	0.0	0.58	-0.92	0.5	-0.6	-0.13	-0.69	-0.46	-0.54	-0.83	-0.69	-0.31	-0.43	-0.81
Accounts Payable	-0.36	-0.42	0.48	0.21		0.16	0.22	-0.4	0.1	-0.15	-0.45	0.1	-0.55	-0.24	-0.39	-0.33	-0.14	-0.55	-0.4	-0.3	-0.38	-0.46
Net Receivables	0.2	-0.04	0.11	0.12	0.16		0.74	0.16	0.64	0.5	-0.34	0.46	-0.51	0.75	-0.33	0.27	-0.43	-0.23	0.27	-0.33	-0.38	-0.56
Total Liab	0.14	-0.18	0.17	-0.34	0.22	0.74		0.12	0.54	0.31	0.11	0.07	-0.21	0.7	-0.13	0.17	-0.08	0.08	0.46	-0.21	-0.2	-0.12
Total Current Assets	0.98	0.94	-0.91	-0.52	-0.4	0.16	0.12		0.02	-0.21	0.52	0.05	0.59	0.3	0.74	0.74	0.02	0.65	0.56	0.66	0.68	0.47
Short Term Debt	-0.02	-0.18	0.22	0.0	0.1	0.64	0.54	0.02		0.22	-0.18	0.19	-0.24	0.56	-0.27	0.19	-0.17	-0.1	0.42	-0.34	-0.34	-0.38
Intangible Assets	-0.08	-0.19	0.29	0.58	-0.15	0.5	0.31	-0.21	0.22		-0.49	0.29	-0.32	0.6	-0.4	-0.22	-0.31	-0.41	-0.16	-0.17	-0.26	-0.51
Common Stock	0.42	0.38	-0.47	-0.92	-0.45	-0.34	0.11	0.52	-0.18	-0.49		-0.61	0.81	0.08	0.78	0.39	0.61	0.89	0.66	0.46	0.59	0.95
Treasury Stock	0.09	0.07	-0.14	0.5	0.1	0.46	0.07	0.05	0.19	0.29	-0.61		-0.45	0.0	-0.57	-0.1	-0.92	-0.34	-0.14	-0.08	-0.15	-0.57
Property Plant Equipment	0.54	0.62	-0.64	-0.6	-0.55	-0.51	-0.21	0.59	-0.24	-0.32	0.81	-0.45		0.0	0.83	0.25	0.44	0.78	0.48	0.77	0.84	0.88
Current Deferred Revenue	0.32	0.1	0.02	-0.13	-0.24	0.75	0.7	0.3	0.56	0.6	0.08	0.0	0.0		0.08	0.36	-0.01	0.12	0.56	-0.09	-0.11	-0.12
Net Tangible Assets	0.7	0.74	-0.68	-0.69	-0.39	-0.33	-0.13	0.74	-0.27	-0.4	0.78	-0.57	0.83	0.08		0.57	0.57	0.72	0.41	0.66	0.71	0.79
Total Permanent Equity	0.66	0.6	-0.57	-0.46	-0.33	0.27	0.17	0.74	0.19	-0.22	0.39	-0.1	0.25	0.36	0.57		0.17	0.49	0.55	0.06	0.11	0.25
Long Term Debt Total	-0.04	-0.02	0.12	-0.54	-0.14	-0.43	-0.08	0.02	-0.17	-0.31	0.61	-0.92	0.44	-0.01	0.57	0.17		0.5	0.26	0.06	0.13	0.62
Capital Surpluse	0.55	0.52	-0.57	-0.83	-0.55	-0.23	0.08	0.65	-0.1	-0.41	0.89	-0.34	0.78	0.12	0.72	0.49	0.5		0.77	0.46	0.58	0.89
Short Long Term Debt	0.43	0.3	-0.32	-0.69	-0.4	0.27	0.46	0.56	0.42	-0.16	0.66	-0.14	0.48	0.56	0.41	0.55	0.26	0.77		0.13	0.23	0.51
Net Invested Capital	0.71	0.78	-0.78	-0.31	-0.3	-0.33	-0.21	0.66	-0.34	-0.17	0.46	-0.08	0.77	-0.09	0.66	0.06	0.06	0.46	0.13		0.99	0.58
Net Working Capital	0.71	0.77	-0.8	-0.43	-0.38	-0.38	-0.2	0.68	-0.34	-0.26	0.59	-0.15	0.84	-0.11	0.71	0.11	0.13	0.58	0.23	0.99		0.69
Capital Stock	0.39	0.43	-0.5	-0.81	-0.46	-0.56	-0.12	0.47	-0.38	-0.51	0.95	-0.57	0.88	-0.12	0.79	0.25	0.62	0.89	0.51	0.58	0.69

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The higher the Short Ratio, the longer it would take to buy back the borrowed shares. In theory, the more short positions are currently outstanding, the faster it will be to cover shorted positions.

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Milestone Price To Sales Ratio

Price To Sales Ratio

8.51

At this time, Milestone Scientific's Price To Sales Ratio is comparatively stable compared to the past year.

Based on the latest financial disclosure, Milestone Scientific has a Short Ratio of 1.65 times. This is 57.69% lower than that of the Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector and 59.36% lower than that of the Health Care industry. The short ratio for all United States stocks is 58.75% higher than that of the company.

Milestone Short Ratio Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Milestone Scientific's direct or indirect competition against its Short Ratio to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Milestone Scientific could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Milestone Scientific by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.

Milestone Scientific is currently under evaluation in short ratio category among its peers.

Milestone Scientific Current Valuation Drivers

We derive many important indicators used in calculating different scores of Milestone Scientific from analyzing Milestone Scientific's financial statements. These drivers represent accounts that assess Milestone Scientific's ability to generate profits relative to its revenue, operating costs, and shareholders' equity. Below are some of Milestone Scientific's important valuation drivers and their relationship over time.

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Market Cap	63.6M	133.7M	141.8M	33.9M	50.2M	28.5M
Enterprise Value	62.1M	120.4M	127.6M	25.7M	47.6M	26.5M

Milestone Fundamentals

	Return On Equity	-0.59
	Return On Asset	-0.36
	Profit Margin	(0.55) %
	Operating Margin	(0.96) %
	Current Valuation	55.82 M
	Shares Outstanding	77.89 M
	Shares Owned By Insiders	15.50 %
	Shares Owned By Institutions	5.40 %
	Number Of Shares Shorted	113.24 K
	Price To Earning	(6.39) X
	Price To Book	8.35 X
	Price To Sales	7.16 X
	Revenue	9.83 M
	Gross Profit	6.31 M
	EBITDA	(6.96 M)
	Net Income	(6.93 M)
	Cash And Equivalents	9.81 M
	Cash Per Share	0.14 X
	Total Debt	395.98 K
	Debt To Equity	0.05 %
	Current Ratio	3.95 X
	Book Value Per Share	0.11 X
	Cash Flow From Operations	(5.33 M)
	Short Ratio	1.65 X
	Earnings Per Share	(0.06) X
	Target Price	2.13
	Number Of Employees	17
	Beta	1.08
	Market Capitalization	60.29 M
	Total Asset	11.37 M
	Retained Earnings	(123.34 M)
	Working Capital	7.72 M
	Current Asset	10.74 M
	Current Liabilities	4.4 M
	Net Asset	11.37 M

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