Albany International (NYSE:AIN) & Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) Financial Comparison

Albany International (NYSE:AIN) and Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Albany International has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Albany International and Taylor Devices”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Albany International	$1.22 billion	1.46	-$57.34 million	($1.74)	-36.04
Taylor Devices	$41.65 million	4.34	$8.56 million	$2.07	27.06

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

Profitability

This table compares Albany International and Taylor Devices’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albany International	-4.18%	10.76%	4.64%
Taylor Devices	17.50%	9.64%	8.90%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Albany International and Taylor Devices, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Albany International	1	4	0	0	1.80
Taylor Devices	0	3	0	1	2.50

Albany International currently has a consensus target price of $67.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.90%. Taylor Devices has a consensus target price of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.03%. Given Taylor Devices’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Taylor Devices is more favorable than Albany International.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.4% of Albany International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Albany International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Taylor Devices shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Taylor Devices beats Albany International on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Taylor Devices

Taylor Devices, Inc. engages in design, development, manufacture, and marketing of shock absorption, rate control, and energy storage devices for use in machinery, equipment, and structures in the United States, Asia, and internationally. Its products include seismic dampers that are designed to mitigate the effects of earthquakes on structures; Fluidicshoks, which are compact shock absorbers primarily used in defense, aerospace, and commercial industries; and crane and industrial buffers, which are larger versions of the Fluidicshoks for industrial application on cranes and crane trolleys, truck docks, ladle and ingot cars, ore trolleys, and train car stops. The company's products also comprise self-adjusting shock absorbers that include versions of Fluidicshoks, and crane and industrial buffers, which automatically adjust to various impact conditions and are designed for high cycle application primarily in the heavy industry; liquid die springs that are used as component parts of machinery and equipment used in the manufacture of tools and dies; vibration dampers, which are primarily used by aerospace and defense industries to control the response of electronics and optical systems subjected to air, ship, or spacecraft vibration; machined springs used in the aerospace applications; and custom actuators for special aerospace and defense applications. It markets its products through a network of sales representatives and distributors. The company was incorporated in 1955 and is headquartered in North Tonawanda, New York.