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Best Metal Fabrication Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top metal fabrication stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% 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:

Tredegar (NYSE:TG) is the #1 top metal fabrication stock out of 18 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 Tredegar (NYSE:TG) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Tredegar (NYSE:TG) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is equal to the metal fabrication industry average of 30.

TG passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Tredegar has seen its stock lose -13.86% over the past year, overperforming other metal fabrication stocks by 56 percentage points.

Nwpx Infrastructure (NASDAQ:NWPX) is the #2 top metal fabrication stock out of 18 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 Nwpx Infrastructure (NASDAQ:NWPX) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Nwpx Infrastructure (NASDAQ:NWPX) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 12 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 30.

NWPX passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Nwpx Infrastructure has seen its stock return 191.66% over the past year, overperforming other metal fabrication stocks by 261 percentage points.

Nwpx Infrastructure has an average 1 year price target of $110.00, a downside of -13.3% from Nwpx Infrastructure's current stock price of $126.87.

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

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) is the #3 top metal fabrication stock out of 18 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 Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 18 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 30.

PRLB passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Proto Labs has seen its stock return 91.54% over the past year, overperforming other metal fabrication stocks by 161 percentage points.

Proto Labs has an average 1 year price target of $91.00, an upside of 21.11% from Proto Labs's current stock price of $75.14.

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.

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 3.66%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 1.35%. 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 59.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Ryerson Holding (NYSE:RYZ) has an annual dividend yield of 2.81%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 1.35%. 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 -61.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) has an annual dividend yield of 1.37%, which is the same as the metal fabrication industry average of 1.35%. Worthington Enterprises's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Worthington Enterprises's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Worthington Enterprises's dividend payout ratio of 32.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Metal fabrication stocks were down -1.24% in the last day, and down -9.64% over the last week. Carpenter Technology was the among the top losers in the metal fabrication industry, dropping -5.07% yesterday.

Carpenter Technology shares are trading lower after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 sales results.

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:

Esab (NYSE:ESAB) 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.

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

Esab's stock has dropped -35.39% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the metal fabrication industry by 34 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 29, which is 8 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 21. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Worthington Enterprises's stock has dropped -10.13% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the metal fabrication industry by 59 percentage points.

Tredegar (NYSE:TG) is the third 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.

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

Tredegar's stock has dropped -13.86% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the metal fabrication industry by 56 percentage points.

70% of metal fabrication stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect metal fabrication stocks to rise by 13.28% over the next year.

14.29% of metal fabrication stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.43% of metal fabrication stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.14% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 7.14% are rated F (Strong Sell).