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Best Conglomerate Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top conglomerate stocks in 2026 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:

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) is the #1 top conglomerate stock out of 19 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 Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 28 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 27.

VMI passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Valmont Industries has seen its stock return 26.28% over the past year, underperforming other conglomerate stocks by -25 percentage points.

Valmont Industries has an average 1 year price target of $487.00, an upside of 5.01% from Valmont Industries's current stock price of $463.77.

Valmont Industries stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Valmont Industries, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Rcm Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) is the #2 top conglomerate stock out of 19 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 Rcm Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Rcm Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 22 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 27.

RCMT passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rcm Technologies has seen its stock lose -5.55% over the past year, underperforming other conglomerate stocks by -57 percentage points.

Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) is the #3 top conglomerate stock out of 19 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: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) has a Due Diligence Score of 14, which is -13 points lower than the conglomerate industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CRESY as a "B".

CRESY passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Cresud has seen its stock return 6.86% over the past year, underperforming other conglomerate stocks by -44 percentage points.

Out of 9 conglomerate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 conglomerate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) has an annual dividend yield of 3.83%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 1.67%. 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 141.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE:CODI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.47%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 1.67%. 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 -9.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Mdu Resources Group (NYSE:MDU) has an annual dividend yield of 2.02%, which is the same as the conglomerate industry average of 1.67%. Mdu Resources Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Mdu Resources Group's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Mdu Resources Group's dividend payout ratio of 63.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Conglomerate stocks were down -0.73% in the last day, and down -10.91% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why conglomerate 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 conglomerate stocks right now are:

Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) is the most undervalued conglomerate stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cresud has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cresud's stock has gained 6.86% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by -44 percentage points.

Rcm Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) is the second 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.

Rcm Technologies has a valuation score of 71, which is 44 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rcm Technologies's stock has dropped -5.55% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by -57 percentage points.

Seaboard (NYSEMKT:SEB) 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.

Seaboard has a valuation score of 71, which is 44 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Seaboard's stock has gained 62.62% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by 12 percentage points.

50% of conglomerate stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect conglomerate stocks to rise by 8.04% over the next year.

0% of conglomerate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 25% of conglomerate stocks are rated B (Buy), 50% are rated C (Hold), 18.75% are rated D (Sell), and 6.25% are rated F (Strong Sell).