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 -4.9% and MHK reads 4.2%; on return on equity, AIN reads -8.1% 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 (+14.7% implied for AIN vs +12.4% 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 | $74.72 | $123.32 |
| Market cap | $2.1B | $8.4B |
| Sector | Textiles | Textiles |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +14.7% | +12.4% |
| P/E | — | 16.3 |
| P/B | 2.90 | 0.98 |
| P/S | 1.77 | 0.75 |
| EV/EBITDA | 55.6 | 7.5 |
| Revenue growth | +0.3% | +4.7% |
| Gross margin | 32.0% | 26.6% |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 8.5% |
| Net margin | -4.9% | 4.2% |
| Return on equity | -8.1% | 5.4% |
| Return on assets | -3.4% | 3.4% |
| Return on invested capital | -2.1% | 4.3% |
| FCF yield | 4.3% | 9.7% |
| Dividend yield | 1.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.65 | 0.22 |
| Current ratio | 2.20 | 1.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.18 | 2.86 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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