ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP. vs MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC., two Textiles stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AIN and MHK diverge most: on net margin, AIN reads -4.2% and MHK reads 4.2%; on return on equity, AIN reads -6.8% and MHK reads 5.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's AIN price has a different growth bar priced in than MHK (+12.8% implied for AIN vs +9.9% for MHK); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What MHK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AIN | MHK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $61.94 | $118.02 |
| Market cap | $1.8B | $8.0B |
| Sector | Textiles | Textiles |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +12.8% | +9.9% |
| P/E | — | 15.6 |
| P/B | 2.35 | 0.94 |
| P/S | 1.45 | 0.72 |
| EV/EBITDA | 43.0 | 7.2 |
| Revenue growth | +3.3% | +4.7% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 26.6% |
| Operating margin | 9.8% | 8.5% |
| Net margin | -4.2% | 4.2% |
| Return on equity | -6.8% | 5.4% |
| Return on assets | -3.0% | 3.4% |
| Return on invested capital | -1.6% | 4.3% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 10.2% |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.60 | 0.22 |
| Current ratio | 2.24 | 1.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.06 | 2.82 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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