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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 +28.50% 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 20 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Rcm Technologies (NASDAQ:RCMT) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 29.

RCMT passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rcm Technologies has seen its stock return 69.12% over the past year, overperforming other conglomerate stocks by 62 percentage points.

Rcm Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $45.00, an upside of 7.12% from Rcm Technologies's current stock price of $42.01.

Rcm Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts 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.

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) is the #2 top conglomerate stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

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

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 26 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 29.

VMI passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Valmont Industries has seen its stock return 21.86% over the past year, overperforming other conglomerate stocks by 15 percentage points.

Valmont Industries has an average 1 year price target of $649.00, an upside of 35.56% from Valmont Industries's current stock price of $478.74.

Valmont Industries stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Valmont 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.

Nn (NASDAQ:NNBR) is the #3 top conglomerate stock out of 20 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Nn (NASDAQ:NNBR) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Nn (NASDAQ:NNBR) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -13 points lower than the conglomerate industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates NNBR as a "B".

NNBR passed 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Nn has seen its stock return 131.28% over the past year, overperforming other conglomerate stocks by 124 percentage points.

Nn has an average 1 year price target of $7.00, an upside of 55.21% from Nn's current stock price of $4.51.

Nn stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Nn, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% 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 10 conglomerate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 conglomerate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Logprostyle (NYSEMKT:LGPS) has an annual dividend yield of 6%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 2.66%.

Logprostyle's dividend payout ratio of 11.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) has an annual dividend yield of 5.31%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 2.66%. 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 -108.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Ftai Infrastructure (NASDAQ:FIP) has an annual dividend yield of 4.47%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 2.66%.

Ftai Infrastructure's dividend payout ratio of -2.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Conglomerate stocks were up 1.68% in the last day, and up 1.13% over the last week. Nn was the among the top gainers in the conglomerates industry, gaining 24.24% yesterday.

NN Inc. shares are trading higher after the company announced a $50 million net private placement of common stock and pre-funded warrants.

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 B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Rcm Technologies has a valuation score of 29, which is 7 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rcm Technologies's stock has gained 69.12% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by 62 percentage points.

Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) 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.

Cresud has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cresud's stock has gained 20.13% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by 13 percentage points.

Seaboard (NYSEMKT:SEB) is the third 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.

Seaboard has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the conglomerate industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Seaboard's stock has gained 11.24% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the conglomerate industry by 4 percentage points.

54.55% of conglomerate stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect conglomerate stocks to rise by 27.79% over the next year.

5.88% of conglomerate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.65% of conglomerate stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.94% are rated C (Hold), 17.65% are rated D (Sell), and 5.88% are rated F (Strong Sell).