Albany International (AIN) Competitors

Albany International (NYSE:AIN) and Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Is AIN or DCI a better dividend stock?

Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Albany International pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Donaldson pays out 32.6% 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.

Is AIN or DCI more profitable?

Donaldson has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Albany International's net margin of 9.35%. Donaldson's return on equity of 28.52% beat Albany International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albany International	9.35%	13.40%	7.10%
Donaldson	10.82%	28.52%	13.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AIN or DCI?

Donaldson received 230 more outperform votes than Albany International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Donaldson an outperform vote while only 60.66% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albany International	Outperform Votes 239 60.66%	Underperform Votes 155 39.34%
Donaldson	Outperform Votes 469 64.69%	Underperform Votes 256 35.31%

Which has more volatility & risk, AIN or DCI?

Albany International has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donaldson has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AIN or DCI?

In the previous week, Donaldson had 5 more articles in the media than Albany International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Donaldson and 4 mentions for Albany International. Donaldson's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Albany International's score of 0.27 indicating that Donaldson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Albany International	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Donaldson	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate AIN or DCI?

Albany International presently has a consensus price target of $101.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.14%. Donaldson has a consensus price target of $67.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.39%. Given Albany International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Albany International is more favorable than Donaldson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Albany International	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Donaldson	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AIN or DCI?

Donaldson has higher revenue and earnings than Albany International. Donaldson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albany International, 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	$1.15B	2.38	$111.12M	$3.56	24.64
Donaldson	$3.43B	2.59	$358.80M	$3.07	24.00

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

97.4% of Albany International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Donaldson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Albany International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Donaldson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Donaldson beats Albany International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.