Albany International (AIN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CR or AIN?

Crane has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albany International has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CR or AIN?

Crane received 188 more outperform votes than Albany International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.44% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Crane an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crane	Outperform Votes 437 59.46%	Underperform Votes 298 40.54%
Albany International	Outperform Votes 249 60.44%	Underperform Votes 163 39.56%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CR or AIN?

75.1% of Crane shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Albany International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Crane shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Albany International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CR or AIN more profitable?

Crane has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Albany International's net margin of 7.92%. Crane's return on equity of 24.45% beat Albany International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane	13.10%	24.45%	10.14%
Albany International	7.92%	12.20%	6.69%

Is CR or AIN a better dividend stock?

Crane pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Crane pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albany International pays out 38.7% 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.

Do analysts prefer CR or AIN?

Crane currently has a consensus price target of $174.80, suggesting a potential upside of 9.03%. Albany International has a consensus price target of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.22%. Given Albany International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Albany International is more favorable than Crane.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Albany International	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media refer more to CR or AIN?

In the previous week, Crane had 3 more articles in the media than Albany International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Crane and 15 mentions for Albany International. Albany International's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Crane's score of 0.58 indicating that Albany International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crane	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Albany International	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, CR or AIN?

Crane has higher revenue and earnings than Albany International. Albany International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crane, 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
Crane	$2.13B	4.32	$401.10M	$5.06	31.68
Albany International	$1.23B	1.83	$111.12M	$2.79	26.19

Summary

Crane beats Albany International on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.