Albany International (NYSE:AIN) vs. Thermwood (OTCMKTS:TOOD) Head-To-Head Review

Thermwood (OTCMKTS:TOOD) and Albany International (NYSE:AIN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thermwood	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Albany International	$1.18 billion	1.40	-$57.34 million	($1.74)	-33.58

Thermwood has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Albany International.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Thermwood and Albany International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thermwood	0	0	0	0	0.00
Albany International	1	3	0	0	1.75

Albany International has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.58%. Given Albany International’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Albany International is more favorable than Thermwood.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.4% of Albany International shares are owned by institutional investors. 67.5% of Thermwood shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Albany International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thermwood	N/A	N/A	N/A
Albany International	-4.18%	10.76%	4.64%

Risk & Volatility

Thermwood has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albany International has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Albany International beats Thermwood on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Thermwood

Thermwood Corporation develops, manufacturers, and distributes technology based products and software for the manufacturing sector. It offers three axis CNC routers, such as cabinetshop series, multi-purpose three axis series, framebuilder series, carvingshop series, and signrouter series; multi-purpose five axis series for trimming formed parts, patterns, or molds; and edge banders. The company markets its products and services through offices in 11 countries. Thermwood Corporation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Dale, Indiana.

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.