AIN vs. ESE, YOU, BRC, REZI, JBT, ATMU, GEF, MWA, ALG, and CSTM
Should you be buying Albany International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albany International include ESCO Technologies (ESE), Clear Secure (YOU), Brady (BRC), Resideo Technologies (REZI), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Greif (GEF), Mueller Water Products (MWA), Alamo Group (ALG), and Constellium (CSTM). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) and Albany International (NYSE:AIN) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
ESCO Technologies has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albany International has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ESCO Technologies received 170 more outperform votes than Albany International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.77% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote while only 58.56% of users gave ESCO Technologies an outperform vote.
ESCO Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. ESCO Technologies pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albany International pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Albany International has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Albany International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Albany International has a net margin of 9.68% compared to Albany International's net margin of 9.60%. ESCO Technologies' return on equity of 13.70% beat Albany International's return on equity.
95.7% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Albany International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of ESCO Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Albany International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Albany International had 10 more articles in the media than ESCO Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Albany International and 1 mentions for ESCO Technologies. ESCO Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Albany International's score of -0.50 indicating that Albany International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Albany International has higher revenue and earnings than ESCO Technologies. Albany International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESCO Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ESCO Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $120.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.21%. Albany International has a consensus target price of $110.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.22%. Given ESCO Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Albany International is more favorable than ESCO Technologies.
Summary
Albany International beats ESCO Technologies on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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