Stocks · Industrials · Manufacturing - Textiles
Albany International Corp. AIN
$60.88 +3.10% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.73B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.75, down 187.5% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to -1.6% from 8.8% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 9.9× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 49%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 31%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 23%
- Gross marginBottom 32%
- Operating marginBottom 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Interest coverBottom 22%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 26%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 48%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 40%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 49%
- 6-month returnTop 31%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 43%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 41%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 33%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 19%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 20%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 36%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 5%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.1% | 3.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -182.3% | -187.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 31.6% | 21.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 8.8% | -1.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 8.1% | 4.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.2% | -0.1% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -187.5% | -182.3% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 21.1% | 31.6% | ↓ | Bottom 32% |
| Operating margin | -1.6% | 8.8% | ↓ | Bottom 20% |
| Net margin | -4.2% | 5.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.8% | 8.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -1.5% | — | Bottom 23% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.6% | — | Bottom 49% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -46.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 9.93×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.83%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 6.93%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.76%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -0.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $68.00
- Target vs current price
- +11.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 14
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 36%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +11.3% | -16.2% | -18.8% | -26.2% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +9.1% | +0.0% | +4.8% | +11.4% | +31.3% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | -23.4% | -5.4% | +2.8% | -12.2% | +3.9% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +1.4% | -0.9% | -17.2% | -12.8% | +3.0% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -58.1% | -0.7% | -15.9% | -10.3% | -19.7% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +25.9% | -1.2% | -4.3% | -1.1% | +8.5% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -7.9% | -1.4% | -10.6% | -8.6% | -17.7% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +77.8% | -1.3% | +2.4% | +15.9% | +11.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.82 | $0.74 | +11.3% | $329.5M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.60 | $0.55 | +9.1% | $311.3M |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $0.49 | $0.64 | -23.4% | $321.2M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.71 | $0.70 | +1.4% | $261.4M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.31 | $0.74 | -58.1% | $311.4M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.73 | $0.58 | +25.9% | $288.8M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.58 | $0.63 | -7.9% | $286.9M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.80 | $0.45 | +77.8% | $298.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 17.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 55.9× | — | — | Bottom 22% |
| EV / Sales | 1.72× | — | — | Top 40% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.41% | — | — | Top 48% |
| Earnings yield | -2.87% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 20.9× – 36.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +13.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -187.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +44.7%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +0.0%
- RSI (14)
- 50.8
- Relative volume
- 0.87×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 49.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 94th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.17
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -58.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2023 | Nov 17, 2025 | -63.6% | 699 days | Not yet recovered |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -20.3% | 29 days | 30 days (Nov 7, 2022) |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Aug 17, 2021 | -18.6% | 37 days | 247 days (Aug 10, 2022) |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | -12.2% | 9 days | 7 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -11.4% | 12 days | 13 days (Feb 18, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.73B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.75
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.22B
- Dividend yield
- 1.84%
- 52-week range
- $41.15 – $77.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $929.2M | $1.03B | $1.15B | $1.23B | $1.18B |
| Gross profit | $378.4M | $389.8M | $423.7M | $401.8M | $243.9M |
| Operating income | $178.0M | $181.0M | $167.9M | $131.4M | -$16.2M |
| Net income | $118.5M | $95.8M | $111.1M | $87.6M | -$57.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.65 | $3.04 | $3.55 | $2.80 | -$1.94 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $298.4M | $286.9M | $288.8M | $311.4M | $261.4M | $321.2M | $311.3M | $329.5M |
| Net income | $18.0M | $17.7M | $17.4M | $9.2M | -$97.8M | $13.9M | $15.3M | $17.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.57 | $0.56 | $0.56 | $0.31 | -$3.37 | $0.48 | $0.54 | $0.60 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $217.5M | $128.2M | $148.1M | $218.4M | $152.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$53.7M | -$96.3M | -$83.6M | -$80.2M | -$69.8M |
| Free cash flow | $163.8M | $31.9M | $64.5M | $138.2M | $82.6M |
| Dividends paid | -$25.9M | -$26.5M | -$31.2M | -$32.5M | -$32.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$23.4M | -$84.8M | -$3.1M | -$14.2M | -$186.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $77.3M
- Total assets
- $1.71B
- Total liabilities
- $959.3M
- Total debt
- $450.7M
- Net debt
- $373.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $745.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.28 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | $0.28 | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | $0.28 | Apr 7, 2026 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | $0.28 | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.27 | Oct 7, 2025 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | $0.27 | Jul 8, 2025 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | $0.27 | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | $0.27 | Jan 8, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,075,103
- Days to cover
- 3.67
- Change vs previous report
- -2.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 8, 1999
- 51-for-50
- Dec 2, 1998
- 51-for-50