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Albany International Corp. earns −2.8% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
−2.8%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 12 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- −3.2%
Operating margin · Consumer Cyclical median 8.4% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −7.9%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
- Gross margin
- 21%
Gross margin
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 18% |
| FY2021 | 19% |
| FY2022 | 17% |
| FY2023 | 15% |
| FY2024 | 11% |
| FY2025 | −3.0% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 21%
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- −3.2%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- −4.9%
- Free cash flow margin
- 7.7%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $1.21B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $92M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$59M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- −2.8%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Consumer Cyclical
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