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Best Specialty Business Service Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top specialty business service stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best specialty business service stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Specialty Business Servic...
Overview
Zen RatingPriceValueGrowthFinancialsMomentumSentimentForecastDividendsDue Diligence
C
Specialty Business Services is Zen Rated C and is the 65th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Ticker
Company
Exchange
Industry
Zen Rating
Market Cap
Price
1d %
EBITDA
P/E
D/E
Country
DD Score
LZ
LEGALZOOMCOM INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$1.99B$11.000.18%$86.02M61.11x1.85
United States
QUAD
QUAD/GRAPHICS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$323.53M$6.41-1.99%$135.70M-21.37x13.26
United States
MMS
MAXIMUS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$4.85B$86.00-1.15%$648.10M15.75x1.52
United States
AZZ
AZZ INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$3.46B$115.19-0.98%$506.30M13.24x0.78
United States
RBA
RB GLOBAL INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$21.35B$115.05-1.13%$1.37B56.12x1.14
Canada
RELX
RELX PLC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$87.54B$47.79-1.34%N/AN/A5.57
United Kingdom
DLB
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$7.11B$74.17-1.92%$401.34M26.97x0.22
United States
ABM
ABM INDUSTRIES INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$3.05B$48.91-1.51%$327.70M39.13x1.91
United States
FA
FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$2.90B$16.67-2.63%$123.34M-17.36x2.03
United States
ULS
UL SOLUTIONS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$12.58B$62.63-4.16%$637.00M38.42x1.66
United States
ARMK
ARAMARK
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$10.37B$39.47-1.45%$1.28B28.81x3.31
United States
DLHC
DLH HOLDINGS CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$79.27M$5.510.18%$38.05M17.22x1.63
United States
CBZ
CBIZ INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$3.52B$65.16-2.10%$312.21M45.57x1.40
United States
CTAS
CINTAS CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$85.37B$211.86-1.73%$2.86B47.29x1.10
United States
RHLD
RESOLUTE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$513.95M$60.28-3.29%N/AN/A26.87
United States
GPN
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$21.55B$88.82-1.32%$4.19B15.53x1.11
United States
SST
SYSTEM1 INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$76.04M$8.108.00%$32.75M-0.72x5.23
United States
UNF
UNIFIRST CORP
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$3.27B$176.20-1.62%$343.49M20.73x0.27
United States
RTO
RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$12.07B$23.90-2.05%$1.58BN/A1.70
United Kingdom
BUUU
BUUU GROUP LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
N/A$6.6923.89%N/AN/A5.01
Hong Kong
BV
BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$1.39B$14.63-1.68%$292.30M292.60x1.23
United States
TRI
THOMSON REUTERS CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$79.63B$176.68-1.05%$2.22B48.81x0.42
Canada
CPRT
COPART INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$46.79B$48.39-1.16%$1.90B31.42x0.10
United States
TH
TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$881.37M$8.87-1.44%$155.80M20.16x0.36
United States
CASS
CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$571.33M$43.23-0.51%$39.98M22.75x8.62
United States
PRSU
PURSUIT ATTRACTIONS & HOSPITALITY INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$1.03B$36.51-1.64%$369.63M3.06x0.51
United States
CVEO
CIVEO CORP
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$299.86M$23.892.62%$56.55M-10.04x1.43
United States
KODK
EASTMAN KODAK CO
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$481.14M$5.94-3.10%$106.00M-74.25x2.24
United States
SPIR
SPIRE GLOBAL INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$291.30M$8.94-4.28%-$52.65M-2.29x36.60
United States
SMX
SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LTD CO
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$1.61M$4.25-0.70%-$23.94M-0.00x3.30
Ireland
OMEX
ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$72.30M$1.6012.68%$6.48M6.67x-2.02
United States
PC
PREMIUM CATERING (HOLDINGS) LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$16.69M$6.945.47%-$1.04M-7.01x1.04
Singapore
PHLT
PERFORMANT HEALTHCARE INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$599.59M$7.590.13%$6.92M-759.00x0.35
United States
TISI
TEAM INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$85.48M$19.001.17%$32.10M-1.63x-24.92
United States
NTIP
NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES INC
NYSEMKT
Specialty Business Services
$32.44M$1.42-1.39%-$2.80M-12.91x0.03
United States
LICN
LICHEN INTERNATIONAL LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$2.25M$4.561.47%-$1.20M-0.13x0.06
China
SGRP
SPAR GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$26.76M$1.131.35%-$10.86M-2.05x1.88
United States
YSXT
YSX TECH CO LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$59.77M$2.552.00%$4.97M14.17x0.49
China
SFHG
SAMFINE CREATION HOLDINGS GROUP LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$15.00M$0.755.63%$316.36k-41.67x1.27
Hong Kong
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Specialty Business Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty business service stocks to buy right now in Aug 2025?

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 specialty business service stocks to buy right now are:

1. Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ)


Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ) is the #1 top specialty business service stock out of 39 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 Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 17 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 29.

LZ passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Legalzoomcom has seen its stock return 67.94% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 135 percentage points.

Legalzoomcom has an average 1 year price target of $10.80, a downside of -1.82% from Legalzoomcom's current stock price of $11.00.

Legalzoomcom stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Legalzoomcom, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 20% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)


Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) is the #2 top specialty business service stock out of 39 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 Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is -8 points lower than the specialty business service industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates QUAD as a "B".

QUAD passed 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Quad/Graphics has seen its stock return 34.66% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 101 percentage points.

Quad/Graphics has an average 1 year price target of $9.30, an upside of 45.09% from Quad/Graphics's current stock price of $6.41.

Quad/Graphics stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Quad/Graphics, 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.

3. Maximus (NYSE:MMS)


Maximus (NYSE:MMS) is the #3 top specialty business service stock out of 39 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 Maximus (NYSE:MMS) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Maximus (NYSE:MMS) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 13 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 29.

MMS passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Maximus has seen its stock lose -5.9% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 61 percentage points.

What are the specialty business service stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 15 specialty business service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 specialty business service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Network 1 Technologies (NYSEMKT:NTIP)


Network 1 Technologies (NYSEMKT:NTIP) has an annual dividend yield of 7.04%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.83%. Network 1 Technologies's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Network 1 Technologies's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Network 1 Technologies's dividend payout ratio of -90.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)


Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) has an annual dividend yield of 4.29%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.83%. Quad/Graphics's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Quad/Graphics's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Quad/Graphics's dividend payout ratio of -83.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS)


Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.85%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.83%. Cass Information Systems's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Cass Information Systems's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cass Information Systems's dividend payout ratio of 64.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty business service stocks down?

Specialty business service stocks were down -1.33% in the last day, and up 1.42% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why specialty business service stocks are down.

What are the most undervalued specialty business service 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 specialty business service stocks right now are:

1. Global Payments (NYSE:GPN)


Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) is the most undervalued specialty business service stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Global Payments has a valuation score of 71, which is 46 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Global Payments's stock has dropped -19.55% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 47 percentage points.

2. Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB)


Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) is the second most undervalued specialty business service stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Dolby Laboratories has a valuation score of 43, which is 18 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 25. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dolby Laboratories's stock has gained 4.36% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 71 percentage points.

3. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)


Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) is the third most undervalued specialty business service stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Quad/Graphics has a valuation score of 14, which is -11 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 25. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates QUAD a Valuation Rating of "B".

Quad/Graphics's stock has gained 34.66% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 101 percentage points.

Are specialty business service stocks a good buy now?

45.45% of specialty business service stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty business service stocks to rise by 9.27% over the next year.

3.23% of specialty business service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16.13% of specialty business service stocks are rated B (Buy), 61.29% are rated C (Hold), 9.68% are rated D (Sell), and 9.68% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the specialty business services industry?

The average P/E ratio of the specialty business services industry is 29.89x.
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