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Best Conglomerate Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top conglomerate stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best conglomerate 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 conglomerate stocks to buy right now are:

Rcm Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) is the #1 top conglomerate stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Rcm Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Rcm Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 20 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 28.

RCMT passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rcm Technologies has seen its stock return 32.24% over the past year, overperforming other conglomerate stocks by 16 percentage points.

Rcm Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $30.00, an upside of 21.41% from Rcm Technologies's current stock price of $24.71.

Rcm Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Rcm Technologies, 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.

Seaboard (NYSEMKT:SEB) is the #2 top conglomerate stock out of 17 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 Seaboard (NYSEMKT:SEB) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Seaboard (NYSEMKT:SEB) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 10 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 28.

SEB passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Seaboard has seen its stock return 17.68% over the past year, overperforming other conglomerate stocks by 1 percentage points.

Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) is the #3 top conglomerate stock out of 17 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 Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is 2 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 28.

CRESY passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cresud has seen its stock return 31.87% over the past year, overperforming other conglomerate stocks by 16 percentage points.

Out of 8 conglomerate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 conglomerate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE:CODI) has an annual dividend yield of 6.71%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 2.26%. Compass Diversified Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Compass Diversified Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Compass Diversified Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -87.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) has an annual dividend yield of 5.62%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 2.26%. Cresud's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Cresud's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cresud's dividend payout ratio of 53.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) has an annual dividend yield of 3.09%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 2.26%. Matthews International's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Matthews International's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Matthews International's dividend payout ratio of -35.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Conglomerate stocks were down -1.73% in the last day, and up 0.35% over the last week.

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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 conglomerate stocks right now are:

Griffon (NYSE:GFF) is the most undervalued conglomerate stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Griffon has a valuation score of 14, which is -10 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 24. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GFF a Valuation Rating of "B".

Griffon's stock has gained 14.25% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by -2 percentage points.

Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE:CODI) is the second most undervalued conglomerate stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Compass Diversified Holdings has a valuation score of 14, which is -10 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 24. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Compass Diversified Holdings's stock has dropped -65.36% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by -82 percentage points.

Rcm Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) is the third most undervalued conglomerate stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

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

Rcm Technologies's stock has gained 32.24% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by 16 percentage points.

62.5% of conglomerate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect conglomerate stocks to rise by 11.03% over the next year.

6.67% of conglomerate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20% of conglomerate stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.33% are rated C (Hold), 20% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).