Albany International Corporatio — Earnings Quality Grade F
AIN · Consumer Cyclical
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 68 days, change -0 days YoY
AR growth -4.1% vs revenue growth -3.9%
Revenue -3.9%, CFFO -30.2%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory -16.6% vs COGS 13.3%. Normal
CapEx growth -11.9% vs revenue -3.9%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 89.5%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin swung -12.0pp (32.6% → 20.6%)
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -2.66. Below 1.0
FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = -1.41
Accruals ratio = -12.2%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 24% of debt $0.5B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.2B = 25% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 9.0x (>4x). Interest coverage = -0.9x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets -50.8% vs revenue -3.9%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -14% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.06 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25