AIN vs. MWA, ATMU, AMBP, ESE, ALG, OI, LZ, YOU, JBT, and CSTM
Should you be buying Albany International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albany International include Mueller Water Products (MWA), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Alamo Group (ALG), O-I Glass (OI), LegalZoom.com (LZ), Clear Secure (YOU), John Bean Technologies (JBT), and Constellium (CSTM). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Albany International (NYSE:AIN) and Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
97.4% of Albany International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Albany International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Mueller Water Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Albany International currently has a consensus price target of $103.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.79%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.99%. Given Albany International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Albany International is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.
Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Albany International pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mueller Water Products pays out 52.0% 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 a net margin of 9.35% compared to Mueller Water Products' net margin of 6.35%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 13.86% beat Albany International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Albany International had 8 more articles in the media than Mueller Water Products. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Albany International and 8 mentions for Mueller Water Products. Mueller Water Products' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Albany International's score of 0.46 indicating that Mueller Water Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Albany International has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mueller Water Products has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mueller Water Products received 193 more outperform votes than Albany International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.26% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 60.97% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote.
Albany International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mueller Water Products. Albany International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mueller Water Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Albany International beats Mueller Water Products on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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