Why did Albany International (AIN) stock move recently?

On 9/2/2026, Albany International moved +8.2% — Albany International shares rose sharply after the company announced completion of its strategic review, deciding to retain the Salt Lake City facility following an amended CH-53K contract with Sikorsky (improving financials and reversing a reach-forward loss), a renegotiated Boeing 787 contract, new defense wins, and a major raise to Q3 2026 adjusted EPS guidance ($1.40-$1.50 vs prior $0.60-$0.70). This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Albany International (AIN) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Albany International's valuation in context — a forward P/E of about 19.7, a price-to-book of about 2.4 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Albany International's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (3.67×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Albany International's revenue?

Albany International reported revenue of $1.2B for FY2025, with net profit of $-57.3M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Albany International (AIN)?

Albany International last traded at $62.43 (-0.3% on the day), as of 9/4/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Albany International

AIN · NYSE · Industrials · United States

Snapshot

TickerAIN

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryTextile Manufacturing

CountryUnited States

Employees5,700

HeadquartersPortsmouth, United States

Websitewww.albint.com

Filings tracked14

About Albany International

Albany International Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the machine clothing and engineered composites businesses in the United States, Switzerland, France, Brazil, China, Mexico, Germany, and internationally. The company operates through 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, paperboard, tissues, towels, pulps, building products, tannery, and textiles, as well as nonwovens, fiber cement, and several other industrial applications. This segment offers paper machine clothing forming, pressing, and drying fabrics, as well as processing belts; and engineered fabrics. Its AEC segment 3D-woven and injected composite components for aircraft engines composite airframe and engine components for military and commercial aircraft. The company sells its products to commercial and defense markets, space-launch vehicles and the emerging advanced air mobility market, as well as to customer end-users. Albany International Corp. was incorporated in 1895 and is headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Who owns it

Insiders0.6%
Institutions99.4%
Public & other0.0%

352 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.15.68%
Earnest Partners LLC8.54%
American Century Companies Inc6.55%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC6.36%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.52%
State Street Corporation4.04%
Bank of America Corporation3.64%
Barrow, Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC2.97%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 14.5 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion3.67×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend9.7% → -4.8%

Margin has compressed by about 14.5 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Return on equity-7.9%

Latest ROE of -7.9% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $328.7M · EPS 0.72

Est. earnings growth +10.4%

Next fiscal year

Rev $1.4B · EPS 3.17

Est. earnings growth +24.3%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$1.2B

Net margin

-4.8%

ROE

-7.9%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+1.5%

EPS (FY2025)

-1.94

Net profit (FY2025)

$-57.3M

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Why it moved

Sep 2, 2026
Albany International shares rose sharply after the company announced completion of its strategic review, deciding to retain the Salt Lake City facility following an amended CH-53K contract with Sikorsky (improving financials and reversing a reach-forward loss), a renegotiated Boeing 787 contract, new defense wins, and a major raise to Q3 2026 adjusted EPS guidance ($1.40-$1.50 vs prior $0.60-$0.70).
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: high
Aug 4, 2026
Albany International shares fell sharply after reporting Q2 2026 results that beat EPS estimates ($0.82 vs. ~$0.74) but missed revenue estimates ($329.5M vs. ~$339M consensus), alongside issuance of Q3 2026 guidance.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: high
Jul 29, 2026
No clear company-specific catalyst identified in recent filings or credible news coverage; the stock moved lower with the broader market or sector on earnings day.
· confidence: low

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$1.2B	$-57.3M	-1.94	-4.8%	-7.9%
FY2024	$1.2B	$87.6M	2.80	7.1%	9.3%
FY2023	$1.1B	$111.1M	3.55	9.7%	11.6%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$329.5M	$17.4M	0.61	5.3%
2026Q1	$311.3M	$15.3M	0.54	4.9%
2025Q3	$261.4M	$-97.8M	-3.37	-37.4%
2025Q2	$311.4M	$9.2M	0.31	2.9%
2025Q1	$288.8M	$17.4M	0.56	6.0%
2024Q3	$298.4M	$18.0M	0.57	6.0%
2024Q2	$332.0M	$24.6M	0.79	7.4%
2024Q1	$313.3M	$27.3M	0.87	8.7%
2023Q3	$281.1M	$27.1M	0.87	9.6%
2023Q2	$274.1M	$26.7M	0.85	9.7%
2023Q1	$269.1M	$26.9M	0.86	10.0%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC8/4/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/4/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC5/19/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/30/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/30/2026
10-K filing
SEC2/27/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/24/2026material

2025

8-K — Reg FD disclosure
SEC12/5/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC11/6/2025
8-K — Exhibits
SEC11/5/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC10/28/2025material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC7/30/2025

In the news

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