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The Screen · Consumer Cyclical · Textile Manufacturing
Albany International Corp.
AIN · the NYSE · USD · Market cap $1.7B · 5,700 employees
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.
Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
Ethical passes the values gate
Price59.33 USD
Fair value49.63
Ethical score70.0/100
Our investment reviews on this name
2026-09-21Read Markup60.20-1.4% to today
2026-08-21Read Distribution63.84-7.1% to today ✓
2026-07-02Read Markup70.95-16.4% to today
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
Albany International Corp. holds its Accumulation at $59.33. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 15 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-21
Phase
Accumulation
Quantitative state
The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 15 days
Price at the screen
$59.33
Valuation
N/A trailing · 18.71 forward price to earnings
Values screen
PASS· score 70.0
Beta
1.16
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Permissible
Core business clean
Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending.
Pass
Debt load
27.19%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is just 27.2% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money.
Pass
Interest-bearing cash
0.00%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
19.43%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 19.4% of assets, under the 49% limit.
Pass
Revenue purity
0.44%
Below 5%
Only 0.4% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line.
Pass
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical Read
Why It Clears, in Plain English
Albany International clears all five screens. Its business is in a permissible area, its interest-bearing debt is about 27%, inside the ~33% line, and almost none of its income is interest, so it passes.
Read as at 2026-10-03. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-21 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. The price runs 16.4% above the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 3 covering, consensus Hold. The average target sits +3% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the Street see limited upside at this price.
Price History & Projections
Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-21 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words
Machine clothing firm priced far above fair value
Picture the endless belts that turn raw pulp into paper or reinforce aircraft parts. Albany International makes those critical components, yet the numbers show a business still posting losses and negative returns on equity while revenue edges up just 8 percent.
We pass because the shares sit 45 percent above our fair value with a forward multiple of 24 times and no economic moat visible. Analyst targets cluster around 61 dollars and the consensus is merely hold, so the market already sees limited upside.
Cyclical exposure in textiles and composites adds the usual earnings swings, and any recovery could easily disappoint if volumes stall. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited
Every Entry, As Written
2026-10-02Markup$59.33-1.4%Entry 8
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 1.4% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 0%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%. The street (3 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $57.
2026-09-21Markup · changed$60.20-5.7%Entry 7
The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 5.7% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 0%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%. The street (3 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $57.
The framework has shifted from markup to distribution since the last review. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 14.4% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 0%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%. The street (3 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $57.
2026-07-21Markup$74.54+5.1%Entry 5
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 5.1% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 0%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%. The street (3 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $57.
2026-07-18Markup$70.95+0.0%Entry 4
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 0%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%. The street (3 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $57.
2026-07-17Markup$70.95+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 0%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 19%. The street (3 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $57.
2026-07-03Markup$70.95+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Markup$70.95Entry 1
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
