Albany International Corp reports results on Wednesday 28 October, after the market closes. Growth is speeding up: revenue over the twelve months to Q2 2026 was $1.2 billion, which rose 3.2% on the year before.
Source: reported quarterly EPS and aggregated third-party estimates. Historical surprises are context, not a forecast.
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| Period | Reported EPS | Analysts' estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Sep '25 | $0.71 | $0.73 |
| Dec '25 | $0.65 | $0.70 |
| Mar '26 | $0.60 | $0.53 |
| Jun '26 | $0.82 | $0.74 |
What analysts expect
Analysts have been raising their forecasts going into the report. For the quarter, the average EPS estimate stands at $1.48, in a range from $1.47 to $1.50, while the average revenue estimate is $326.1 million. Meanwhile, the analysts’ average estimate for full-year EPS is $3.61, which would be up 35.7% on last year (based on 3 analysts). That estimate has risen 31.7% over the past 90 days. Of the analysts’ recommendations, 0 are positive, 3 neutral and 0 negative.
Company guidance
In its latest earnings release, management set Fourth Quarter of 2026 Adjusted EPS guidance at $0.65 to $0.75 and Third Quarter of 2026 Adjusted EPS guidance at $1.40 to $1.50. Alongside that, in its latest earnings release, management set Fourth Quarter of 2026 Consolidated net revenue guidance at $325.0 million to $335.0 million and Third Quarter of 2026 Consolidated net revenue outlook guidance at $320.0 million to $330.0 million.
Earnings surprise model
The model estimates EPS could land above the analysts’ average estimate by 2.2%. Its estimated chance of an EPS beat is 50.0%, based on the last 4 quarters. The model shrinks the median recent surprise toward zero and uses a neutral prior for beat frequency; this small sample is a reference estimate, not company guidance.
Track record against estimates
The company reported EPS above the analysts’ average estimate in 2 of the last 4 quarters. Last quarter, EPS of $0.82 compared with an estimate of $0.74, above it by 11.6%.
The trends going in
That growth rate was up 3.3 percentage points on the rate a quarter earlier. The trailing gross margin was 21.1%, while the trailing operating margin was negative, at −2.4%, down 10.8 percentage points from a year earlier. The trailing net margin was negative, at −4.2%. The company made a net loss of $51.2 million over the twelve months.
Cash flow
Operating cash flow over the twelve months was $120.6 million, down 24.7% on the year before. Capital spending was $61.5 million, or 5.0% of revenue. Free cash flow, operating cash flow less capital spending, was $59.2 million, down 39.1% on the year before. Free cash flow was 4.8% of revenue (the free-cash-flow margin), down 3.4 percentage points from a year earlier. The average diluted share count fell 7.6% over the year.
Against its own history
Set against the company’s own record: today’s free-cash-flow margin of 4.8% is higher than 42% of the company’s own past quarterly readings, which have ranged from −3.9% to 17.8%. Today’s operating margin of −2.4% is higher than 11% of past readings (−7.0% to 19.3%). Today’s twelve-month revenue growth rate of 3.2% is higher than 53% of past readings (−14.6% to 16.5%).
Questions this report will answer
Whether the pick-up in revenue growth continues. Whether results land above or below the analysts’ expectations set out above. At the same time, whether margins hold at the trailing levels above. The next filing will show whether the trends above continue, slow or reverse.
What it means for value
For valuation, the figures matter through our model. In our model, growth 5 percentage points lower would lower the value by 42.9%, and 5 percentage points higher would raise it by 56.3%. A free-cash-flow margin 1 percentage point lower would lower it by 35.3%.
