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Best Electronic Component Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

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

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) is the #1 top electronic component stock out of 45 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 Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 9 points higher than the electronic component industry average of 35.

ALNT passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Allient has seen its stock return 247.98% over the past year, overperforming other electronic component stocks by 128 percentage points.

Allient has an average 1 year price target of $69.00, a downside of -8.79% from Allient's current stock price of $75.65.

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

Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) is the #2 top electronic component stock out of 45 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 Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is -2 points lower than the electronic component industry average of 35. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BHE as a "A".

BHE passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Benchmark Electronics has seen its stock return 139.11% over the past year, overperforming other electronic component stocks by 20 percentage points.

Benchmark Electronics has an average 1 year price target of $68.50, a downside of -17.44% from Benchmark Electronics's current stock price of $82.97.

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

Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) is the #3 top electronic component stock out of 45 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 Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 9 points higher than the electronic component industry average of 35.

SANM passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sanmina has seen its stock return 174.59% over the past year, overperforming other electronic component stocks by 55 percentage points.

Sanmina has an average 1 year price target of $172.50, a downside of -20.34% from Sanmina's current stock price of $216.54.

Sanmina stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Sanmina, 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.

Out of 16 electronic component stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 electronic component stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Eltek (NASDAQ:ELTK) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the electronic component industry average of 1.16%.

Eltek's dividend payout ratio of 158.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Deswell Industries (NASDAQ:DSWL) has an annual dividend yield of 5.99%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the electronic component industry average of 1.16%. Deswell Industries's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Deswell Industries's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Deswell Industries's dividend payout ratio of 25.6% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Methode Electronics (NYSE:MEI) has an annual dividend yield of 2.48%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the electronic component industry average of 1.16%. Methode Electronics's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Methode Electronics's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Methode Electronics's dividend payout ratio of -17% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Electronic component stocks were up 0.02% in the last day, and up 2.66% over the last week. Ouster was the among the top gainers in the electronic components industry, gaining 6.43% yesterday.

Ouster shares are trading higher after the company announced its new family of OS digital lidar sensors.

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 electronic component stocks right now are:

Te Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) is the most undervalued electronic component stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Te Connectivity has a valuation score of 29, which is 10 points higher than the electronic component industry average of 19. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Te Connectivity's stock has gained 36.99% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the electronic component industry by -83 percentage points.

Sanmina (NASDAQ:SANM) is the second most undervalued electronic component stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

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

Sanmina's stock has gained 174.59% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the electronic component industry by 55 percentage points.

Lsi Industries (NASDAQ:LYTS) is the third most undervalued electronic component stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Lsi Industries has a valuation score of 57, which is 38 points higher than the electronic component industry average of 19. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Lsi Industries's stock has gained 49.94% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the electronic component industry by -70 percentage points.

69.23% of electronic component stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect electronic component stocks to fall by -3.83% over the next year.

12.5% of electronic component stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 34.38% of electronic component stocks are rated B (Buy), 40.63% are rated C (Hold), 6.25% are rated D (Sell), and 6.25% are rated F (Strong Sell).