AIN vs. DCI, RBC, CR, MIDD, WTS, MLI, GTLS, FLS, TKR, and VMI
Should you be buying Albany International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albany International include Donaldson (DCI), RBC Bearings (RBC), Crane (CR), Middleby (MIDD), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Mueller Industries (MLI), Chart Industries (GTLS), Flowserve (FLS), Timken (TKR), and Valmont Industries (VMI). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Albany International (NYSE:AIN) and Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
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.
In the previous week, Donaldson had 4 more articles in the media than Albany International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Donaldson and 4 mentions for Albany International. Donaldson's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Albany International's score of -0.10 indicating that Donaldson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Albany International currently 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 possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Albany International is more favorable than Donaldson.
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.
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.
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.
Albany International has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donaldson has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Donaldson beats Albany International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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