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Best Industrial Distribution Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top industrial distribution stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best industrial distribution stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Industrial Distribution

Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast Dividends Due Diligence

Industrial Distribution is Zen Rated B and is the 53rd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
GIC	GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL CO	NYSE	Industrial Distribution	$1.14B	$29.75	-9.41%	$109.50M	15.41x	0.82	United States
EVI	EVI INDUSTRIES INC	NYSEMKT	Industrial Distribution	$257.11M	$19.99	2.57%	$21.88M	40.80x	1.19	United States
DXPE	DXP ENTERPRISES INC	NASDAQ	Industrial Distribution	$2.82B	$181.51	1.26%	$218.51M	32.13x	2.38	United States
AIT	APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Industrial Distribution	$11.66B	$315.39	3.24%	$611.18M	29.42x	0.61	United States
WCC	WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC	NYSE	Industrial Distribution	$17.69B	$363.12	3.57%	$1.53B	25.39x	2.33	United States
MSM	MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC	NYSE	Industrial Distribution	$5.86B	$105.01	1.94%	$420.84M	28.23x	0.77	United States
FERG	FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC	NYSE	Industrial Distribution	$48.91B	$252.21	-0.24%	N/A	N/A	2.03	United States
GWW	WW GRAINGER INC	NYSE	Industrial Distribution	$55.42B	$1,169.86	3.09%	$2.75B	32.98x	1.29	United States
POOL	POOL CORP	NASDAQ	Industrial Distribution	$6.85B	$188.09	0.56%	$590.48M	17.19x	2.53	United States
FAST	FASTENAL CO	NASDAQ	Industrial Distribution	$51.33B	$44.71	0.86%	$1.89B	39.22x	0.31	United States
CNM	CORE & MAIN INC	NYSE	Industrial Distribution	$9.86B	$50.67	3.32%	$898.00M	21.84x	2.01	United States
SITE	SITEONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY INC	NYSE	Industrial Distribution	$5.42B	$122.22	0.96%	$279.00M	35.84x	1.12	United States
DSGR	DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Industrial Distribution	$1.29B	$27.87	-0.50%	$148.59M	232.25x	1.76	United States
SMJF	SMJ INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Industrial Distribution	$83.25M	$3.33	4.06%	N/A	N/A	1.29
TRNS	TRANSCAT INC	NASDAQ	Industrial Distribution	$701.41M	$75.16	-0.23%	$43.14M	88.42x	0.59	United States
BXC	BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Industrial Distribution	$456.83M	$58.70	27.08%	$71.41M	-115.10x	1.60	United States
WSO	WATSCO INC	NYSE	Industrial Distribution	$17.54B	$432.06	2.71%	$673.51M	35.21x	0.43	United States
TITN	TITAN MACHINERY INC	NASDAQ	Industrial Distribution	$499.55M	$21.39	0.14%	$35.96M	-8.99x	1.79	United States
TLIH	TEN-LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Industrial Distribution	$12.11M	$4.12	3.00%	$10.94M	2.62x	3.63	Singapore
WXM	WF INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Industrial Distribution	$3.24M	$0.47	6.09%	-$2.73M	-0.89x	1.88	China

Industrial Distribution Stocks FAQ

What are the best industrial distribution stocks to buy right now in May 2026?

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 industrial distribution stocks to buy right now are:

1. Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC)

Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC) is the #1 top industrial distribution stock out of 20 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 Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 17 points higher than the industrial distribution industry average of 35.

GIC passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Global Industrial Co has seen its stock return 17.22% over the past year, overperforming other industrial distribution stocks by 1 percentage points.

2. Evi Industries (NYSEMKT:EVI)

Evi Industries (NYSEMKT:EVI) is the #2 top industrial distribution stock out of 20 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 Evi Industries (NYSEMKT:EVI) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Evi Industries (NYSEMKT:EVI) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is -5 points lower than the industrial distribution industry average of 35. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates EVI as a "B".

EVI passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Evi Industries has seen its stock return 19.41% over the past year, overperforming other industrial distribution stocks by 3 percentage points.

Evi Industries has an average 1 year price target of $35.00, an upside of 75.09% from Evi Industries's current stock price of $19.99.

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

3. Dxp Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE)

Dxp Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) is the #3 top industrial distribution stock out of 20 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 Dxp Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Dxp Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 2 points higher than the industrial distribution industry average of 35.

DXPE passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Dxp Enterprises has seen its stock return 98.48% over the past year, overperforming other industrial distribution stocks by 82 percentage points.

Dxp Enterprises has an average 1 year price target of $154.00, a downside of -15.16% from Dxp Enterprises's current stock price of $181.51.

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

What are the industrial distribution stocks with highest dividends?

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

1. Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC)

Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.56%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the industrial distribution industry average of 1.95%. Global Industrial Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Global Industrial Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Global Industrial Co's dividend payout ratio of 54.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Msc Industrial Direct Co (NYSE:MSM)

Msc Industrial Direct Co (NYSE:MSM) has an annual dividend yield of 3.29%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the industrial distribution industry average of 1.95%. Msc Industrial Direct Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Msc Industrial Direct Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Msc Industrial Direct Co's dividend payout ratio of 92.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Watsco (NYSE:WSO)

Watsco (NYSE:WSO) has an annual dividend yield of 2.85%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the industrial distribution industry average of 1.95%. Watsco's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Watsco's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Watsco's dividend payout ratio of 97.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are industrial distribution stocks up?

Industrial distribution stocks were up 2.57% in the last day, and up 3.41% over the last week. Bluelinx Holdings was the among the top gainers in the industrial distribution industry, gaining 27.08% yesterday.

Bluelinx Holdings shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results.

What are the most undervalued industrial distribution stocks?

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 industrial distribution stocks right now are:

1. Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC)

Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC) is the most undervalued industrial distribution stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Global Industrial Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 22 points higher than the industrial distribution industry average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Global Industrial Co's stock has gained 17.22% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the industrial distribution industry by 1 percentage points.

2. Pool (NASDAQ:POOL)

Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) is the second most undervalued industrial distribution stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

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

Pool's stock has dropped -36.31% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the industrial distribution industry by -53 percentage points.

3. Core & Main (NYSE:CNM)

Core & Main (NYSE:CNM) is the third most undervalued industrial distribution stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Core & Main has a valuation score of 29, which is 8 points higher than the industrial distribution industry average of 21. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Core & Main's stock has dropped -1.88% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the industrial distribution industry by -18 percentage points.

Are industrial distribution stocks a good buy now?

46.67% of industrial distribution stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect industrial distribution stocks to rise by 4.64% over the next year.

5.56% of industrial distribution stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.11% of industrial distribution stocks are rated B (Buy), 77.78% are rated C (Hold), 5.56% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the industrial distribution industry?

The average P/E ratio of the industrial distribution industry is 26.77x.

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Industrial Distribution Stocks FAQ

1. Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC)

2. Evi Industries (NYSEMKT:EVI)

3. Dxp Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE)

1. Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC)

2. Msc Industrial Direct Co (NYSE:MSM)

3. Watsco (NYSE:WSO)

1. Global Industrial Co (NYSE:GIC)

2. Pool (NASDAQ:POOL)

3. Core & Main (NYSE:CNM)

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