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Albany International Corporatio (AIN) Stock Analysis

Momentum Cont setup

SellVALUE-TRAP 2/5Moderate Confidence

Consumer Cyclical · Textile Manufacturing

Earnings in 0 days (2026-04-30). Expect elevated volatility around the report — consider waiting for post-earnings price action before new entries.

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $58.79: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.

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... Read more

Stop $54.30Target $57.92(resistance)A.R:R -1.6:1
Analyst target$56.25-4.3%4 analysts
$57.92our TP
$58.79price
$56.25mean
$51
$64

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $58.79: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Trend continuation, RSI 54, MACD bullish. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.

Passes 5/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost earnings 0.70, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and earnings proximity 0d<=7d. Suitability: aggressive.

Thesis

Rewards
Recent Earnings detected in news
Risks
Target reached (-18.1% upside)
Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0)
Value-trap signals (2/5): Revenue declining (-7.4% YoY), High leverage (D/E 1.6)

Key Metrics

P/E (TTM)
P/E (Fwd)19.9
Mkt Cap$1.6B
EV/EBITDA32.9
Profit Mgn-4.8%
ROE-6.8%
Rev Growth12.0%
Beta1.19
Dividend1.93%
Rating analysts11

Quality Signals

Piotroski F6/9

Options Flow

P/C0.50bullish
IV63%elevated
Max Pain$40-32.0% vs spot

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Rating Breakdown

3 floor-breakers

Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static

Roe
0.0
Roa
0.0
Net Margin
0.0
Gross Margin
0.1
Operating Margin
3.9
Moat
5.0
Piotroski F
6.7
Current Ratio
7.3
No competitive moatQuality concerns

Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static

Quality Rank
0.8
Value Rank
4.2
Growth Rank
7.0

Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

Support Resistance
1.0
Bollinger
2.1
52w Position
6.2
GatesA.R:R -1.6=NEGATIVEEARNINGS PROXIMITY 0d<=7dDeath cross (50MA < 200MA)Momentum 6.4>=5.5Insider activity: OKNo SEC red flagsNEWS BOOST EARNINGS 0.70SEMI CYCLE PEAK CLEARMomentum ContSuitability: Aggressive
RSI
54 · Neutral
20D MA 50D MA 200D MADEATH CROSSSupport $51.71Resistance $59.10

Price Targets

$54
$58
A.Upside-1.5%
A.R:R-1.6:1

Position Sizing

ConvictionNone
Suggested %0.5%
Max %1%
RegimeSteady

Risk Alerts

! Target reached (-18.1% upside)
! Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0)
! Value-trap signals (2/5): Revenue declining (-7.4% YoY), High leverage (D/E 1.6)

Earnings

B
M
M
M
1/4 beats
Next Earnings2026-04-30 (0d)

Verdict History

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Frequently Asked Questions
Is AIN stock a buy right now?

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $58.79: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Trend continuation, RSI 54, MACD bullish. Prior stop was $54.30. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.

What is the AIN stock price target?

Take-profit target: $57.92 (-0.8% upside). Prior stop was $54.30. Stop-loss: $54.30.

What are the risks of investing in AIN?

Target reached (-18.1% upside); Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): Revenue declining (-7.4% YoY), High leverage (D/E 1.6).

Is AIN overvalued or undervalued?

Albany International Corporatio trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 19.9). TrendMatrix value score: 5.8/10. Verdict: Sell.

What do analysts say about AIN?

11 analysts cover AIN with a consensus score of 2.4/5. Average price target: $56.

What does Albany International Corporatio do?Albany International Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the machine clothing and engineered composites...

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.

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