Albany International (AIN) Competitors

Albany International (NYSE:AIN) and Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts rate AIN or WTS?

Albany International presently has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.08%. Watts Water Technologies has a consensus target price of $222.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.00%. Given Albany International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Albany International is more favorable than Watts Water Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Albany International	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Watts Water Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AIN or WTS?

Watts Water Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Albany International. Albany International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watts Water Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Albany International	$1.21B	1.65	$111.12M	$2.48	26.54
Watts Water Technologies	$2.24B	3.55	$291.20M	$8.73	27.34

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AIN or WTS?

Watts Water Technologies received 48 more outperform votes than Albany International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.43% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote while only 56.18% of users gave Watts Water Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albany International	Outperform Votes 252 60.43%	Underperform Votes 165 39.57%
Watts Water Technologies	Outperform Votes 300 56.18%	Underperform Votes 234 43.82%

Is AIN or WTS a better dividend stock?

Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Watts Water Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Albany International pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watts Water Technologies pays out 23.8% 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 Watts Water Technologies has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, AIN or WTS?

Albany International has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watts Water Technologies has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AIN or WTS?

97.4% of Albany International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Albany International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Watts Water Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AIN or WTS?

In the previous week, Watts Water Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Albany International. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Watts Water Technologies and 16 mentions for Albany International. Watts Water Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Albany International's score of 0.86 indicating that Watts Water Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Albany International	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Watts Water Technologies	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AIN or WTS more profitable?

Watts Water Technologies has a net margin of 12.93% compared to Albany International's net margin of 7.92%. Watts Water Technologies' return on equity of 18.08% beat Albany International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albany International	7.92%	12.20%	6.69%
Watts Water Technologies	12.93%	18.08%	12.49%

Summary

Watts Water Technologies beats Albany International on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.