Company Analysis

Albany International Corp (AIN)

NYSE: AIN · Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Man Made Fiber & Silk · Rochester, NH · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.0
◀ Past 6.7● Present 4.2▶ Future 4.2

The grade of Albany International Corp

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past6.730% of the headline
● Present4.240% of the headline
▶ Future4.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2019-03-01.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Albany International Corp's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2019-03-01) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.7% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 7 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Albany International Corp's 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $982 million in fiscal 2018 to $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.7% a year; it rose in 5 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 15% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 7 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.7%top 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 25% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak14.6%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.0% a year. 57% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 91st percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Albany International Corp's diluted share count shrank about 2.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 57% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $97 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 8% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.2/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -8%: lost 8¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 58%: owes 58¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 6 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Albany International Corp lost about 8 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 14 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 58 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 8% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 42% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 42% of 6 in its family; net margin -4.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Albany International Corp's standing among 6 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 42% by size; a net margin of -4.8% ranks in the bottom 25%; revenue growth of 4.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 8% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.18Btop 42% of its family
  • net margin-4.8%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.6%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
1.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 19% of 6 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 19th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Albany International Corp's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kleveland, Gunnar (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-09-07, 3.2 years (bottom 25% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 25%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 8%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge11 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 8% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.7 yearsbottom 25% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.2 yearsbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 36% of 6 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Albany International Corp's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $112 million against debt of $456 million leaves -20% of its assets as net cash, bottom 8% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7% of revenue (top 42%); a gross margin of 20.6% (bottom 42%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-20.0%bottom 8% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.0%top 42% of its family
  • gross margin20.6%bottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 31% of 6 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Albany International Corp's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.6% a year over the last three filed years against 2.7% over all 8, speeding up (top 8% of its family); the newest year grew -3.9% (top 42%); research spending grew 16.3% a year (top 17%); capital spending grew -9.3% a year (bottom 42%) (its annual reports). Albany International Corp reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Machine Clothing at $708 million (60%), Engineered Composites Other at $302 million (26%), Engineered Composites ASC at $173 million (15%); 0 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.9 points a yeartop 8% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-3.9%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending16.3%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-9.3%bottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 14% of 6 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 14th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Albany International Corp's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 11.9% below the $1.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 25% of its family); net income of $57 million against a prior three-year average of $98 million (bottom 8%); a net margin of -4.8% against 8.7% before (bottom 8%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-11.9%bottom 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-158%bottom 8% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-13.5 pointsbottom 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AIN · research, not advice