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Best Agriculture Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top agriculture stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best agriculture stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best agriculture stocks to buy right now are:

Agco (NYSE:AGCO) is the #1 top agriculture stock out of 23 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Agco (NYSE:AGCO) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Agco (NYSE:AGCO) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 4 points higher than the agriculture industry average of 31.

AGCO passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Agco has seen its stock return 14.41% over the past year, underperforming other agriculture stocks by -25 percentage points.

Agco has an average 1 year price target of $127.29, an upside of 8.47% from Agco's current stock price of $117.35.

Agco stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Agco, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 42.86% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 14.29% have issued a Strong Sell.

Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) is the #2 top agriculture stock out of 23 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 21 points higher than the agriculture industry average of 31.

ASTE passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Astec Industries has seen its stock return 46.07% over the past year, overperforming other agriculture stocks by 7 percentage points.

Astec Industries has an average 1 year price target of $66.00, an upside of 8.07% from Astec Industries's current stock price of $61.07.

Astec Industries stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Astec Industries, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) is the #3 top agriculture stock out of 23 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 20 points higher than the agriculture industry average of 31.

CAT passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Caterpillar has seen its stock return 161.2% over the past year, overperforming other agriculture stocks by 122 percentage points.

Caterpillar has an average 1 year price target of $873.53, a downside of -12.43% from Caterpillar's current stock price of $997.47.

Caterpillar stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 15 analysts covering Caterpillar, 46.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 14 agriculture stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 agriculture stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Hyster Yale (NYSE:HY) has an annual dividend yield of 3.99%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the agriculture industry average of 1.37%. Hyster Yale's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Hyster Yale's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Hyster Yale's dividend payout ratio of -25.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Paccar (NASDAQ:PCAR) has an annual dividend yield of 2.27%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the agriculture industry average of 1.37%. Paccar's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Paccar's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Paccar's dividend payout ratio of 57.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Columbus Mckinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.94%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the agriculture industry average of 1.37%. Columbus Mckinnon's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Columbus Mckinnon's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Columbus Mckinnon's dividend payout ratio of -3.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Agriculture stocks were down -3.07% in the last day, and up 1.11% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why agriculture stocks are down.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued agriculture stocks right now are:

Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) is the most undervalued agriculture stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Oshkosh has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the agriculture industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Oshkosh's stock has gained 34.17% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the agriculture industry by -5 percentage points.

Terex (NYSE:TEX) is the second most undervalued agriculture stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Terex has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the agriculture industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Terex's stock has gained 50.58% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the agriculture industry by 11 percentage points.

Agco (NYSE:AGCO) is the third most undervalued agriculture stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Agco has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the agriculture industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Agco's stock has gained 14.41% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the agriculture industry by -25 percentage points.

47.06% of agriculture stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect agriculture stocks to rise by 0.18% over the next year.

0% of agriculture stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15% of agriculture stocks are rated B (Buy), 65% are rated C (Hold), 20% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).