Head to Head Review: Albany International (NYSE:AIN) & Daimler Truck (OTCMKTS:DTRUY)

Daimler Truck (OTCMKTS:DTRUY) and Albany International (NYSE:AIN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Daimler Truck and Albany International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Daimler Truck	1	2	5	1	2.67
Albany International	1	4	0	0	1.80

Albany International has a consensus target price of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.14%. Given Albany International’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Albany International is more favorable than Daimler Truck.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Daimler Truck and Albany International”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daimler Truck	$51.50 billion	0.74	$2.23 billion	$0.09	276.11
Albany International	$1.22 billion	1.39	-$57.34 million	($1.74)	-34.32

Daimler Truck has higher revenue and earnings than Albany International. Albany International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daimler Truck, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Daimler Truck pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Albany International pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Daimler Truck pays out 877.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Albany International pays out -64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albany International has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.4% of Albany International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Albany International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Daimler Truck and Albany International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Daimler Truck	5.87%	4.79%	1.46%
Albany International	-4.18%	10.76%	4.64%

Summary

Daimler Truck beats Albany International on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Daimler Truck

Daimler Truck Holding AG manufactures and sells commercial trucks. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

About Albany International

Albany International Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the machine clothing and engineered composites businesses. The company operates in two segments, Machine Clothing (MC) and Albany Engineered Composites (AEC). The MC segment designs, manufactures, and markets paper machine clothing for use in the manufacturing of papers, paperboards, tissues, towels, pulps, nonwovens, building products, tannery, and textiles, as well as fiber cement and several other industrial applications. This segment offers paper machine clothing forming, pressing, and drying fabrics, as well as engineered processing belts; and engineered fabrics. The AEC segment 3D-woven and injected composite components for aircraft engines composite airframe and engine components for military and commercial aircraft. It operates in the United States, Switzerland, France, Brazil, China, Mexico, Germany, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1895 and is headquartered in Rochester, New Hampshire.