Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD – Get Free Report) and Albany International (NYSE:AIN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Taylor Devices and Albany International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Taylor Devices | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Albany International | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 |
Taylor Devices presently has a consensus price target of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.30%. Albany International has a consensus price target of $67.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.01%. Given Taylor Devices’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Taylor Devices is more favorable than Albany International.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Taylor Devices and Albany International”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Taylor Devices | $39.03 million | 4.71 | $8.56 million | $2.07 | 27.47 |
| Albany International | $1.18 billion | 1.56 | -$57.34 million | ($1.74) | -37.39 |
Taylor Devices has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Volatility and Risk
Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% 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.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Albany International shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.7% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Albany International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Taylor Devices and Albany International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Taylor Devices | 17.50% | 9.64% | 8.90% |
| Albany International | 6.73% | 14.48% | 6.22% |
Summary
Taylor Devices beats Albany International on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
Receive News & Ratings for Taylor Devices Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Taylor Devices and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
