AIN vs. FELE, KAI, NPO, VMI, FLS, MIDD, TKR, ESE, MWA, and SXI
Should you be buying Albany International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albany International include Franklin Electric (FELE), Kadant (KAI), Enpro (NPO), Valmont Industries (VMI), Flowserve (FLS), Middleby (MIDD), Timken (TKR), ESCO Technologies (ESE), MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS (MWA), and Standex International (SXI).
Albany International vs. Its Competitors
Albany International (NYSE:AIN) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Albany International presently has a consensus target price of $71.40, suggesting a potential upside of 13.91%. Franklin Electric has a consensus target price of $107.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.32%. Given Albany International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Albany International is more favorable than Franklin Electric.
Albany International has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Albany International pays out 54.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% 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 7 consecutive years and Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Albany International had 5 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Albany International and 5 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Albany International's score of 1.05 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.4% of Albany International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Albany International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin Electric has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Albany International's net margin of 5.25%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 14.05% beat Albany International's return on equity.
Franklin Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Albany International. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albany International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Franklin Electric beats Albany International on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Albany International News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AIN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AIN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Albany International Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NYSE:AIN) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
