Albany International (AIN) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer YOU or AIN?

Clear Secure currently has a consensus price target of $28.40, indicating a potential upside of 64.26%. Albany International has a consensus price target of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.21%. Given Albany International's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Clear Secure is more favorable than Albany International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clear Secure	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Albany International	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is YOU or AIN a better dividend stock?

Clear Secure pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Clear Secure pays out 64.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albany International pays out 29.2% 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 increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YOU or AIN?

Albany International received 207 more outperform votes than Clear Secure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Clear Secure an outperform vote while only 60.81% of users gave Albany International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clear Secure	Outperform Votes 32 61.54%	Underperform Votes 20 38.46%
Albany International	Outperform Votes 239 60.81%	Underperform Votes 154 39.19%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, YOU or AIN?

Albany International has higher revenue and earnings than Clear Secure. Albany International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clear Secure, 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
Clear Secure	$613.58M	4.47	$28.11M	$0.56	30.88
Albany International	$1.19B	2.36	$111.12M	$3.56	25.31

Which has more risk & volatility, YOU or AIN?

Clear Secure has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albany International has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is YOU or AIN more profitable?

Albany International has a net margin of 9.35% compared to Albany International's net margin of 7.90%. Albany International's return on equity of 20.62% beat Clear Secure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clear Secure	7.90%	20.62%	7.63%
Albany International	9.35%	13.40%	7.10%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in YOU or AIN?

73.8% of Clear Secure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Albany International shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.9% of Clear Secure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Albany International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor YOU or AIN?

In the previous week, Clear Secure had 5 more articles in the media than Albany International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Clear Secure and 5 mentions for Albany International. Clear Secure's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Albany International's score of 0.93 indicating that Albany International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clear Secure	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Albany International	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Clear Secure and Albany International tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.