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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AIN Albany International	$70.11 +2.4%	$66.42	$57.71 ▼ $95.47	$2.12B	1.31	222,845 shs	87,337 shs
KAI Kadant	$312.48 +1.6%	$311.67	$279.64 ▼ $429.95	$3.68B	1.26	115,074 shs	15,939 shs
MWA Mueller Water Products	$24.02 +1.4%	$24.83	$17.30 ▼ $28.58	$3.76B	1.21	1.59 million shs	89,243 shs
PRLB Proto Labs	$39.58 +0.7%	$37.86	$25.76 ▼ $46.73	$940.02M	1.31	238,462 shs	14,534 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AIN Albany International	-1.96%	+1.68%	+4.69%	-5.06%	-18.61%
KAI Kadant	-0.62%	-0.81%	+0.53%	-12.63%	+8.31%
MWA Mueller Water Products	-1.55%	+1.34%	-3.60%	-9.83%	+35.05%
PRLB Proto Labs	-0.81%	+3.50%	+6.76%	+6.05%	+31.49%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AIN Albany International	3.3696 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	3.3	0.0	0.6	1.7	1.9
KAI Kadant	1.6494 of 5 stars	1.3	1.0	3.3	0.0	2.8	1.7	1.3
MWA Mueller Water Products	4.637 of 5 stars	2.1	4.0	4.2	3.0	3.1	3.3	1.3
PRLB Proto Labs	1.7364 of 5 stars	1.2	4.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	1.7	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AIN Albany International	2.60	Moderate Buy	$79.00	12.69% Upside
KAI Kadant	2.50	Moderate Buy	$327.50	4.81% Upside
MWA Mueller Water Products	2.25	Hold	$26.25	9.31% Upside
PRLB Proto Labs	2.33	Hold	$43.00	8.65% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PRLB, MWA, KAI, and AIN Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/2/2025	AIN Albany International	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$75.00 ➝ $65.00
5/16/2025	AIN Albany International	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$65.00 ➝ $77.00
5/1/2025	KAI Kadant	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$300.00 ➝ $275.00
5/1/2025	KAI Kadant	Barrington Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$380.00 ➝ $380.00
4/25/2025	KAI Kadant	Barrington Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$410.00 ➝ $410.00
4/17/2025	AIN Albany International	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$88.00 ➝ $80.00

(Data available from 6/26/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AIN Albany International	$1.23B	1.72	$6.10 per share	11.49	$30.54 per share	2.30
KAI Kadant	$1.05B	3.49	$14.70 per share	21.26	$73.06 per share	4.28
MWA Mueller Water Products	$1.37B	2.74	$1.39 per share	17.32	$5.20 per share	4.62
PRLB Proto Labs	$499.21M	1.88	$2.13 per share	18.55	$27.34 per share	1.45

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AIN Albany International	$87.62M	$2.48	28.28	18.50	1.61	6.44%	9.79%	5.47%	8/5/2025 (Estimated)
KAI Kadant	$111.60M	$9.42	33.14	27.43	N/A	10.63%	13.74%	8.10%	7/29/2025 (Estimated)
MWA Mueller Water Products	$115.90M	$0.91	26.37	17.66	1.30	10.48%	21.31%	10.86%	8/4/2025 (Estimated)
PRLB Proto Labs	$16.59M	$0.60	65.91	41.66	N/A	2.99%	2.22%	1.99%	8/1/2025 (Estimated)

Latest PRLB, MWA, KAI, and AIN Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/5/2025	Q2 2025	MWA Mueller Water Products	$0.32	$0.34	+$0.02	$0.33	$352.30 million	$364.30 million
5/2/2025	Q1 2025	PRLB Proto Labs	$0.29	$0.33	+$0.04	$0.15	$123.71 million	$126.21 million
4/30/2025	Q1 2025	AIN Albany International	$0.58	$0.73	+$0.15	$0.56	$300.74 million	$288.77 million
4/29/2025	Q1 2025	KAI Kadant	$1.97	$2.10	+$0.13	$2.04	$239.41 million	$239.21 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AIN Albany International	$1.08	1.54%	N/A	43.55%	7 Years
KAI Kadant	$1.36	0.44%	N/A	14.44%	12 Years
MWA Mueller Water Products	$0.26	1.08%	N/A	28.57%	10 Years
PRLB Proto Labs	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest PRLB, MWA, KAI, and AIN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/15/2025	KAI Kadant	quarterly	$0.34	0.42%	7/10/2025	7/10/2025	8/7/2025
5/16/2025	AIN Albany International	quarterly	$0.27	1.56%	6/6/2025	6/6/2025	7/8/2025
5/1/2025	MWA Mueller Water Products	quarterly	$0.0670	1%	5/12/2025	5/12/2025	5/21/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AIN Albany International	0.46	3.70	2.92
KAI Kadant	0.31	2.47	1.62
MWA Mueller Water Products	0.51	3.79	2.49
PRLB Proto Labs	N/A	3.13	2.92

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AIN Albany International	97.37%
KAI Kadant	96.13%
MWA Mueller Water Products	91.68%
PRLB Proto Labs	84.54%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AIN Albany International	0.76%
KAI Kadant	1.40%
MWA Mueller Water Products	1.10%
PRLB Proto Labs	1.70%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AIN Albany International	5,400	30.20 million	29.97 million	Optionable
KAI Kadant	3,500	11.78 million	11.61 million	Optionable
MWA Mueller Water Products	3,400	156.68 million	154.96 million	Optionable
PRLB Proto Labs	2,357	23.77 million	23.37 million	Optionable

PRLB, MWA, KAI, and AIN Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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June 25 at 5:17 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

June 21, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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June 20, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Has $2.32 Million Stock Holdings in Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB)

June 17, 2025 | marketbeat.com

GAMMA Investing LLC Raises Stock Position in Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB)

June 16, 2025 | marketbeat.com

3 Reasons to Avoid PRLB and 1 Stock to Buy Instead

June 13, 2025 | msn.com

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June 11, 2025 | ca.finance.yahoo.com

Two Sigma Investments LP Sells 19,029 Shares of Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB)

June 9, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Millennium Management LLC Lowers Position in Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB)

June 5, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Mackenzie Financial Corp Purchases Shares of 13,282 Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB)

June 3, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB) Shares Bought by Bank of America Corp DE

June 3, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB) Stock Holdings Cut by Wellington Management Group LLP

June 2, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Two Sigma Advisers LP Has $1.04 Million Position in Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB)

June 2, 2025 | marketbeat.com

ProShare Advisors LLC Makes New $297,000 Investment in Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB)

May 31, 2025 | marketbeat.com

BNP Paribas Financial Markets Trims Position in Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB)

May 31, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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Proto Labs: Strong Cash Flows Don't Offset Structural Issues

May 28, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Ameriprise Financial Inc. Has $4.65 Million Position in Proto Labs, Inc. (NYSE:PRLB)

May 27, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Protolabs Announces Inducement Awards Under NYSE Rule 303A.08

May 23, 2025 | businesswire.com

Former Northern Tools CEO now at helm of Protolabs in C-suite shakeup

May 22, 2025 | msn.com

Proto Labs Names Suresh Krishna President, CEO

May 21, 2025 | marketwatch.com

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PRLB, MWA, KAI, and AIN Company Descriptions

Albany International NYSE:AIN

$70.10 +1.68 (+2.45%)

As of 11:00 AM Eastern

Albany International Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the machine clothing and engineered composites businesses. The company operates in two segments, Machine Clothing (MC) and Albany Engineered Composites (AEC). The MC segment designs, manufactures, and markets paper machine clothing for use in the manufacturing of papers, paperboards, tissues, towels, pulps, nonwovens, building products, tannery, and textiles, as well as fiber cement and several other industrial applications. This segment offers paper machine clothing forming, pressing, and drying fabrics, as well as engineered processing belts; and engineered fabrics. The AEC segment 3D-woven and injected composite components for aircraft engines composite airframe and engine components for military and commercial aircraft. It operates in the United States, Switzerland, France, Brazil, China, Mexico, Germany, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1895 and is headquartered in Rochester, New Hampshire.

Kadant NYSE:KAI

$312.48 +5.00 (+1.62%)

As of 11:01 AM Eastern

Kadant Inc. supplies technologies and engineered systems worldwide. It operates in three segments: Flow Control, Industrial Processing, and Material Handling. The Flow Control segment develops, manufactures, and markets fluid-handling systems and equipment, such as rotary joints, syphons, turbulator bars, expansion joints, and engineered steam and condensate systems; and doctoring, cleaning, and filtration systems and related consumables consisting of doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, cleaning shower and fabric-conditioning systems, forming systems and wear surfaces, and water-filtration systems. The Industrial Processing segment develops, manufactures, and markets ring and rotary debarkers, stranders, chippers, engineered knife systems, industrial automation and control, recycling and approach flow systems, and virgin pulping process equipment for use in the packaging, tissue, wood products, and alternative fuel industries. The Material Handling segment offers conveying and vibratory equipment, and baling products; and manufactures and sells biodegradable absorbent granules for carriers in agricultural, home lawn and garden, professional lawn, turf, and ornamental applications, as well as for oil and grease absorption. The company markets and sells its products, services, and systems through direct sales, independent sales agents, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek, Inc. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.

Mueller Water Products NYSE:MWA

$24.02 +0.34 (+1.41%)

As of 11:00 AM Eastern

Mueller Water Products, Inc. manufactures and markets products and services for the transmission, distribution, and measurement of water used by municipalities, and the residential and non-residential construction industries in the United States, Israel, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Water Flow Solutions and Water Management Solutions. The Water Flow Solutions segment provides valves for water systems, such as iron gate, butterfly, tapping, check, knife, plug, and ball valves, which are used to control distribution and transmission of potable water and non-potable water, as well as in water transmission or distribution, water treatment facilities, or industrial applications. It also offers service brass products. The Water Management Solutions segment offers dry-barrel and wet-barrel fire hydrants for water infrastructure development; fire protection systems, and water infrastructure repair and replacement projects; pipe repair products, such as couplings, grips, and clamps used to repair leaks; residential, fire line, and commercial water metering products, systems, and services; water leak detection and pipe condition assessment products and services; machines and tools for tapping, drilling, extracting, installing, and stopping-off; gas valve products for use in gas distribution systems; and intelligent water solutions, including pressure control valves, advanced pressure management, network analytics, event management, and date logging. It sells its products under the Canada Valve, Centurion, Ez-Max, Hydro Gate, Hydro-Guard, HYMAX, HYMAX VERSA, Jones, Krausz, Milliken, Mueller, Pratt, Pratt Industrial, Repamax, Repaflex, Singer, Echologics, Echoshore, ePulse, Hersey, LeakFinderRT, LeakFinderST, LeakListener, LeakTuner, Mi.Echo, Mi.Net, Mueller Systems, Sentryx, and U.S. Pipe Valve and Hydrant brands. Mueller Water Products, Inc. was founded in 1857 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Proto Labs NYSE:PRLB

$39.58 +0.26 (+0.65%)

As of 11:01 AM Eastern

Proto Labs, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital manufacturer of custom parts in the United States and Europe. The company offers injection molding; computer numerical control machining; three-dimensional printing; and sheet metal fabrication products. It serves developers and engineers, who use 3D computer-aided design software to design products across a range of end-markets. Proto Labs, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Maple Plain, Minnesota.

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