Albany International (AIN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Albany International in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" AIN shares.
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3 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Albany International's shares. Their AIN share price forecasts range from $105.00 to $120.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $110.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.7% from the stock's current price.
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Albany International's stock was trading at $98.59 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AIN shares have decreased by 13.7% and is now trading at $85.09.
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Albany International saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 230,300 shares, an increase of 18.8% from the August 15th total of 193,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 152,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 23rd 2023.
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Albany International Corp. (NYSE:AIN) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The textile maker reported $0.90 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.91 by $0.01. The textile maker earned $274.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $261.56 million. Albany International had a net margin of 7.68% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.21%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.06 earnings per share.

Albany International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 24th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 5th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, October 6th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 1st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Albany International (NYSE:AIN) stock in their portfolio include Gabelli Commercial Aerospace & Defense ETF (GCAD), Invesco S&P SmallCap Industrials ETF (PSCI), Invesco S&P SmallCap Momentum ETF (XSMO), Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (VIOG), SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF (SLYG) and iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (IJT).SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF (SLY).

Albany International (NYSE:AIN) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.14%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 38.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AIN will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Albany International issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.15-$3.75 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.64. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.04 billion-$1.07 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.06 billion.

11 employees have rated Albany International Chief Executive Officer William Higgins on Glassdoor.com. William Higgins has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts William Higgins in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 87.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Albany International to a friend.

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Albany International trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AIN."

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One share of AIN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $85.09.

Albany International (NYSE:AIN) has a market capitalization of $2.65 billion and generates $1.07 billion in revenue each year. The textile maker earns $95.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.63 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,100 workers across the globe.

Albany International's mailing address is 216 AIRPORT DRIVE, ROCHESTER NH, 03867. The official website for the company is www.albint.com. The textile maker can be reached via phone at (603) 330-5850, via email at stephen.nolan@albint.com, or via fax at 603-994-3835.