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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:

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

Griffon (NYSE:GFF) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 20 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 27.

GFF passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Griffon has seen its stock lose -1.09% over the past year, overperforming other conglomerate stocks by 17 percentage points.

Griffon has an average 1 year price target of $100.00, an upside of 38.97% from Griffon's current stock price of $71.96.

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

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) is the #2 top conglomerate stock out of 19 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 Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 24 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 32.73% over the past year, overperforming other conglomerate stocks by 51 percentage points.

Valmont Industries has an average 1 year price target of $402.50, an upside of 34.53% from Valmont Industries's current stock price of $299.20.

Valmont Industries stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Valmont Industries, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE:CODI) 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 Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE:CODI) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Compass Diversified Holdings (NYSE:CODI) has a Due Diligence Score of 15, which is -12 points lower than the conglomerate industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CODI as a "B".

CODI passed 6 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Compass Diversified Holdings has seen its stock lose -20.59% over the past year, underperforming other conglomerate stocks by -2 percentage points.

Compass Diversified Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $34.00, an upside of 78.1% from Compass Diversified Holdings's current stock price of $19.09.

Compass Diversified Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Compass Diversified Holdings, 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.

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

Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) has an annual dividend yield of 8.59%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 2.2%. 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 3.13%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 2.2%. 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 -37.1% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) has an annual dividend yield of 2.06%, which is the same as the conglomerate industry average of 2.2%. Honeywell International's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Honeywell International's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Honeywell International's dividend payout ratio of 49.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Conglomerate stocks were up 0.66% in the last day, and down -1.92% 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:

Rcm Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) 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.

Rcm Technologies has a valuation score of 71, which is 39 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 32. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rcm Technologies's stock has dropped -26.92% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by -9 percentage points.

Griffon (NYSE:GFF) 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.

Griffon has a valuation score of 29, which is -3 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 32. It passed 2 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 dropped -1.09% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by 17 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 29, which is -3 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 32. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Seaboard's stock has dropped -16.41% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by 2 percentage points.

62.5% of conglomerate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect conglomerate stocks to rise by 25.87% over the next year.

13.33% of conglomerate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.33% of conglomerate stocks are rated B (Buy), 60% are rated C (Hold), 6.67% are rated D (Sell), and 6.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).