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.
Albany International makes machine clothing and engineered composites; Mohawk makes flooring, and this cycle splits them by profitability. Mohawk earns a modest 4.95% on equity at a 3.77% margin and trades below book at 0.88 on 17.91 times earnings, converting a strong 9.61% to free cash. Albany is loss-making after charges this year, a negative 4.93% margin, though it still generates 4.17% free cash and pays a 1.43% dividend. Albany carries 0.65 turns of debt against Mohawk's 0.25. The pair sets a niche industrial-textiles and composites maker against a flooring giant: Albany is working through a loss while Mohawk trades cheap on assets and generates cash through a soft flooring market.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | AIN | MHK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $73.31 | $109.95 |
| Market cap | $2.1B | $6.8B |
| Sector | Textiles | Textiles |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +22.5% | +3.6% |
| P/E | — | 16.5 |
| P/B | 2.85 | 0.81 |
| P/S | 1.74 | 0.62 |
| EV/EBITDA | 54.7 | 6.7 |
| Revenue growth | +0.3% | +3.0% |
| Gross margin | 32.0% | 23.5% |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 4.1% |
| Net margin | -4.9% | 3.8% |
| Return on equity | -8.1% | 5.0% |
| Return on assets | -3.4% | 3.0% |
| Return on invested capital | -2.1% | 3.8% |
| FCF yield | 4.3% | 10.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.65 | 0.25 |
| Current ratio | 2.20 | 2.16 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.15 | 2.63 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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