AIN vs. MWA, ESE, YOU, CSTM, BRC, JBT, GEF, ATMU, REZI, and UNF
Should you be buying Albany International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albany International include Mueller Water Products (MWA), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Clear Secure (YOU), Constellium (CSTM), Brady (BRC), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Greif (GEF), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Resideo Technologies (REZI), and UniFirst (UNF). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Albany International has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% 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.
Albany International currently has a consensus price target of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.62%. Mueller Water Products has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.33%. Given Albany International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Albany International is more favorable than Mueller Water Products.
Albany International has a net margin of 9.35% compared to Mueller Water Products' net margin of 8.10%. Mueller Water Products' return on equity of 16.97% beat Albany International's return on equity.
Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Mueller Water Products pays an annual dividend of $0.26 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. Mueller Water Products pays out 40.6% 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.
97.4% of Albany International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Albany International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Mueller Water Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Mueller Water Products had 25 more articles in the media than Albany International. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Mueller Water Products and 7 mentions for Albany International. Albany International's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Mueller Water Products' score of 0.47 indicating that Albany International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mueller Water Products received 194 more outperform votes than Albany International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave Mueller Water Products an outperform vote while only 60.81% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote.
Summary
Albany International and Mueller Water Products tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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