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Albany International (Albany International) Graham Number

: $43.01 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-18), the stock price of Albany International is $87.95. Albany International's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $43.01. Therefore, Albany International's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 2.04.

The historical rank and industry rank for Albany International's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

AIN' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.4   Med: 2.19   Max: 3.42
Current: 2.04

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Albany International was 3.42. The lowest was 1.40. And the median was 2.19.

AIN's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
76.38% of 686 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 1.145 vs AIN: 2.04

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Albany International Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Albany International's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Albany International Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 36.27 37.46 40.89 36.37 43.06

Albany International Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 36.41 37.65 35.89 40.38 43.01

Competitive Comparison

For the Textile Manufacturing subindustry, Albany International's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Albany International Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Albany International's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Albany International's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Albany International Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Albany International's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*23.611*3.491)
=43.06

Albany International's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*23.611*3.482)
=43.01

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Albany International  (NYSE:AIN) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Albany International's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=87.95/43.01
=2.04

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Albany International (Albany International) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
216 Airport Drive, Rochester, NH, USA, 03867
Albany International Corp is principally engaged in processing textiles and materials. The company consists of two business segments, the machine clothing segment, which produces and provides custom-designed fabrics and belts for the production in the paper, nonwovens, and other process industries; and the Albany engineered composites segment, which offers engineered composite parts for the aerospace and defensive industries. The machine clothing segment contributes to the majority of the company's total revenue. The company has a global operation and generates revenue from the United States, Switzerland, Brazil, China, Mexico, France, and other areas.
Executives
Gunnar Kleveland director, officer: President and CEO C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP., 216 AIRPORT DRIVE, ROCHESTER NH 03867
Robert Alan Hansen officer: Senior Vice President & CTO C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP, PO BOX 1907, ALBANY NY 12201-1907
John J Tedone officer: VP - Controller & CAO 501 DUNN ROAD, COVENTRY CT 06238
Robert D. Starr officer: CFO & Treasurer 10 STOCKBRIDGE DRIVE, AVON CT 06001
Elisabeth Indriani officer: CAO & Corporate Controller C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP., 216 AIRPORT DRIVE, ROCHESTER NH 03867
John Michael Mcquade director C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP, 216 AIRPORT DRIVE, ROCHESTER NH 03867
Katharine Plourde director 120 EAST END AVE, NEW YORK NY 10028
Erland E Kailbourne director C/O RAND CAPITAL CORP, 2200 RAND BUILDING, BUFFFALO NY 14203
Russell Toney director 3005 HIGHLAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200, DOWNERS GROVE IL 60515
Christina M Alvord director 1200 URBAN CENTER DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM AL 35242
Daniel A Halftermeyer officer: President, MC C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP., P.O. BOX 1907, ALBANY NY 12201-1907
Christine L Standish director C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP, PO BOX 1907, ALBANY NY 12201-1907
David M Pawlick officer: Vice President-Controller C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP., P.O. BOX 1907, ALBANY NY 12201-1907
Alice Mccarvill officer: Exec VP Human Resources C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP., 216 AIRPORT DRIVE, ROCHESTER NH 03867
Gregory N Harwell officer: President- AEC C/O ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP., 216 AIRPORT DRIVE, ROCHESTER NH 03867

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