ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP CLASS A (AIN)
Industrials · NYSE
Global leader in engineered advanced textiles for papermaking and high-performance composite components for aerospace and defense.
What ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP CLASS A does
Albany International designs and manufactures advanced textiles and engineered composite components serving paper, industrial manufacturing, and aerospace sectors. The company operates two main segments: Machine Clothing, which produces custom-designed fabrics and process belts for papermaking and nonwovens industries, and Albany Engineered Composites, which supplies composite solutions and components for commercial and defense aerospace applications including LEAP engine fan blades and cases.
Themes: ["Paper machine clothing / papermaking efficiency"]
Fundamentals
- Price$72.88 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$2.0B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+2.9% as of 2026-07-09 close
- Net margin-4.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+20.5% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE-7.7% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.65 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)-0.1% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+4.6% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.21 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +1.5%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Heavy reliance on aerospace and defense end-markets, with approximately 35% of AEC segment revenues from U.S. government contracts; exposure to defense spending cycles and platform production rates"]
Competitors & peers
- Sandler Inc.
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.