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Best Metal Fabrication Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top metal fabrication stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best metal fabrication 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 metal fabrication stocks to buy right now are:

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) is the #1 top metal fabrication 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 Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 2 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 31.

PRLB passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Proto Labs has seen its stock return 81.61% over the past year, overperforming other metal fabrication stocks by 48 percentage points.

Proto Labs has an average 1 year price target of $51.00, an upside of 2.49% from Proto Labs's current stock price of $49.76.

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

Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) is the #2 top metal fabrication 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 Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 16 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 31.

WOR passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Worthington Enterprises has seen its stock return 46.45% over the past year, overperforming other metal fabrication stocks by 13 percentage points.

Worthington Enterprises has an average 1 year price target of $61.50, an upside of 9.65% from Worthington Enterprises's current stock price of $56.09.

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

Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) is the #3 top metal fabrication 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 Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 20 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 31.

MLI passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Mueller Industries has seen its stock return 29.16% over the past year, underperforming other metal fabrication stocks by -4 percentage points.

Out of 7 metal fabrication stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 metal fabrication stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Insteel Industries (NYSE:IIIN) has an annual dividend yield of 3.59%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 1.75%. Insteel Industries's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eight times in the last 10 years. Insteel Industries's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Insteel Industries's dividend payout ratio of 53.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Ryerson Holding (NYSE:RYI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.42%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 1.75%. Ryerson Holding's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Ryerson Holding's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ryerson Holding's dividend payout ratio of -106.1% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Highway Holdings (NASDAQ:HIHO) has an annual dividend yield of 3.11%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 1.75%. Highway Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Highway Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Highway Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 350% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Metal fabrication stocks were down -0.34% in the last day, and up 0.59% 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 metal fabrication stocks right now are:

Insteel Industries (NYSE:IIIN) is the most undervalued metal fabrication stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Insteel Industries has a valuation score of 57, which is 29 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 28. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Insteel Industries's stock has gained 15.83% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the metal fabrication industry by -17 percentage points.

Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) is the second most undervalued metal fabrication stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Worthington Enterprises has a valuation score of 57, which is 29 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 28. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Worthington Enterprises's stock has gained 46.45% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the metal fabrication industry by 13 percentage points.

Esab (NYSE:ESAB) is the third most undervalued metal fabrication stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Esab has a valuation score of 29, which is 1 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Esab's stock has dropped -5.06% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the metal fabrication industry by -38 percentage points.

75% of metal fabrication stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect metal fabrication stocks to rise by 15.16% over the next year.

6.67% of metal fabrication stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20% of metal fabrication stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 6.67% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).