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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:

Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) 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 Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 9 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 30.

WOR passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Worthington Enterprises has seen its stock return 42.43% over the past year, underperforming other metal fabrication stocks by -19 percentage points.

Worthington Enterprises has an average 1 year price target of $63.67, a downside of -1.26% from Worthington Enterprises's current stock price of $64.48.

Worthington Enterprises stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Worthington Enterprises, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 33.33% have issued a Strong Sell.

Insteel Industries (NYSE:IIIN) 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 Insteel Industries (NYSE:IIIN) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Insteel Industries (NYSE:IIIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 12 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 30.

IIIN passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Insteel Industries has seen its stock return 26.36% over the past year, underperforming other metal fabrication stocks by -35 percentage points.

Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) 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 Proto Labs (NYSE:PRLB) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

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

PRLB passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Proto Labs has seen its stock return 34.77% over the past year, underperforming other metal fabrication stocks by -27 percentage points.

Proto Labs has an average 1 year price target of $50.00, an upside of 24.29% from Proto Labs's current stock price of $40.23.

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:

Highway Holdings (NASDAQ:HIHO) has an annual dividend yield of 4.24%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 1.79%. 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 high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Ryerson Holding (NYSE:RYI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.35%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 1.79%.

Ryerson Holding's dividend payout ratio of -343.2% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Insteel Industries (NYSE:IIIN) has an annual dividend yield of 2.95%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 1.79%. 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 95.7% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Metal fabrication stocks were up 0.23% in the last day, and up 2.87% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why metal fabrication stocks are up.

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:

Northwest Pipe Co (NASDAQ:NWPX) 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.

Northwest Pipe Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 43 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Northwest Pipe Co's stock has gained 27.14% in the past year. It has underperformed 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 C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Worthington Enterprises 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.

Worthington Enterprises's stock has gained 42.43% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the metal fabrication industry by -19 percentage points.

Mueller Industries (NYSE:MLI) 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.

Mueller Industries has a valuation score of 71, which is 43 points higher than the metal fabrication industry average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mueller Industries's stock has gained 46.32% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the metal fabrication industry by -15 percentage points.

44.44% of metal fabrication stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect metal fabrication stocks to rise by 8.38% over the next year.

6.25% of metal fabrication stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 25% of metal fabrication stocks are rated B (Buy), 62.5% are rated C (Hold), 6.25% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).