AIN vs. MLI, WTS, DCI, MIDD, GTLS, VMI, FLS, TKR, ESE, and NPO
Should you be buying Albany International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albany International include Mueller Industries (MLI), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Donaldson (DCI), Middleby (MIDD), Chart Industries (GTLS), Valmont Industries (VMI), Flowserve (FLS), Timken (TKR), ESCO Technologies (ESE), and Enpro (NPO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Albany International vs. Its Competitors
Albany International (NYSE:AIN) and Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Albany International has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Industries has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Albany International currently has a consensus target price of $79.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.37%. Mueller Industries has a consensus target price of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.20%. Given Mueller Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mueller Industries is more favorable than Albany International.
Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Mueller Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Albany International pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Industries pays out 18.2% 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 increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Mueller Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Albany International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Mueller Industries has a net margin of 15.92% compared to Albany International's net margin of 6.44%. Mueller Industries' return on equity of 23.17% beat Albany International's return on equity.
97.4% of Albany International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Mueller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Albany International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Mueller Industries shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Mueller Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Albany International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Mueller Industries and 4 mentions for Albany International. Mueller Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Albany International's score of 0.60 indicating that Mueller Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mueller Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Albany International. Mueller Industries 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
Mueller Industries beats Albany International on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
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This page (NYSE:AIN) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
