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Best Specialty Business Service Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top specialty business service stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best specialty business service stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Specialty Business Servic...

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

Specialty Business Services is Zen Rated B and is the 45th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
QUAD	QUAD/GRAPHICS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$495.06M	$9.62	1.26%	$157.20M	14.58x	8.61	United States
KODK	EASTMAN KODAK CO	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$946.69M	$9.67	-0.92%	-$2.00M	-6.96x	1.33	United States
FA	FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$3.49B	$20.34	-0.73%	$425.22M	145.29x	1.90	United States
AMTM	AMENTUM HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$4.82B	$19.70	-1.01%	$1.01B	23.73x	1.37	United States
LZ	LEGALZOOMCOM INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$1.01B	$5.91	-0.67%	$88.56M	53.73x	2.67	United States
TH	TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$2.11B	$21.19	-0.42%	$49.50M	-55.76x	0.77	United States
RELX	RELX PLC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$58.92B	$32.98	-1.29%	N/A	19.72x	11.13	United Kingdom
MMS	MAXIMUS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$2.89B	$55.18	-1.41%	$715.71M	8.09x	1.51	United States
ARMK	ARAMARK	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$14.92B	$56.59	0.19%	$1.37B	38.76x	3.12	United States
ABM	ABM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$2.93B	$49.94	1.03%	$439.60M	17.96x	2.13	United States
AZZ	AZZ INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$4.11B	$136.84	2.40%	$400.60M	20.67x	0.64	United States
GPN	GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$22.43B	$84.78	-0.60%	$2.43B	-28.45x	1.71	United States
RHLD	RESOLUTE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$970.26M	$124.08	4.76%	$248.53M	22.52x	-97.58	United States
CASS	CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$702.03M	$54.82	-0.49%	$52.48M	19.30x	9.28	United States
BUUU	BUUU GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$563.58M	$48.19	5.15%	-$32.44k	-2,409.50x	0.28	Hong Kong
CTAS	CINTAS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$79.55B	$198.80	0.98%	$3.12B	40.00x	1.05	United States
RTO	RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$10.80B	$21.37	0.05%	$1.40B	N/A	N/A	United Kingdom
ULS	UL SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$13.46B	$66.65	0.50%	$917.00M	26.45x	0.94	United States
DLB	DOLBY LABORATORIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$5.47B	$58.40	1.87%	$360.60M	24.54x	0.22	United States
CVEO	CIVEO CORP	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$352.38M	$34.09	-0.99%	$87.64M	-29.39x	2.06	United States
RBA	RB GLOBAL INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$15.44B	$83.36	-0.41%	$1.46B	35.62x	1.16	Canada
TISI	TEAM INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$130.85M	$28.55	1.93%	$41.49M	-3.03x	-9.87	United States
TRI	THOMSON REUTERS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$41.94B	$95.66	0.24%	$3.53B	25.44x	0.63	Canada
CPRT	COPART INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$26.66B	$28.80	-0.40%	$1.96B	17.77x	0.10	United States
BV	BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$988.04M	$10.67	0.28%	$289.80M	-42.68x	1.35	United States
SPIR	SPIRE GLOBAL INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$496.00M	$12.21	2.09%	-$72.82M	-4.41x	0.57	United States
OMEX	ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$44.08M	$0.75	-0.40%	-$36.48M	-0.94x	-2.23	United States
SMX	SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LTD CO	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$9.37M	$9.57	-12.84%	-$131.89M	0.00x	0.19	Ireland
THH	TRYHARD HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$8.22M	$1.58	-0.32%	N/A	-34.35x	2.09
PC	PREMIUM CATERING (HOLDINGS) LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$30.50M	$9.40	0.00%	N/A	-8.01x	0.16	Singapore
NTIP	NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSEMKT	Specialty Business Services	$35.90M	$1.57	3.29%	-$2.70M	-13.08x	0.03	United States
LICN	LICHEN INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$16.98M	$1.04	-2.80%	-$17.67M	-0.25x	0.07	China
CBZ	CBIZ INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$2.97B	$54.68	0.00%	$378.29M	25.08x	1.45	United States
DLHC	DLH HOLDINGS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$57.54M	$3.97	-0.75%	$16.63M	-2.66x	1.73	United States
UNF	UNIFIRST CORP	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$4.79B	$265.02	0.39%	$292.39M	40.03x	0.28	United States
YSXT	YSX TECH CO LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$37.78M	$1.36	-3.21%	$4.24M	12.32x	0.63	China
ANPA	RICH SPARKLE HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$24.63M	$1.97	-6.64%	$839.35k	179.09x	0.50	Hong Kong
CRE	CRE8 ENTERPRISE LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$5.94M	$2.95	-3.91%	$962.52k	8.45x	1.26	Hong Kong
SST	SYSTEM1 INC	NYSE	Specialty Business Services	$36.40M	$3.47	-10.57%	-$3.27M	-0.31x	-12.91	United States
SFHG	SAMFINE CREATION HOLDINGS GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$45.47M	$2.24	-3.45%	-$1.93M	-17.92x	2.33	Hong Kong
PMAX	POWELL MAX LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Business Services	$264.46k	$1.00	5.16%	-$19.22M	-0.01x	0.70	Hong Kong

Specialty Business Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty business service stocks to buy right now in Sep 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 specialty business service stocks to buy right now are:

1. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) is the #1 top specialty business service stock out of 41 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 Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 17 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 29.

QUAD passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Quad/Graphics has seen its stock return 43.58% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 138 percentage points.

Quad/Graphics has an average 1 year price target of $13.00, an upside of 35.14% from Quad/Graphics's current stock price of $9.62.

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

2. Eastman Kodak Co (NYSE:KODK)

Eastman Kodak Co (NYSE:KODK) is the #2 top specialty business service stock out of 41 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 Eastman Kodak Co (NYSE:KODK) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Eastman Kodak Co (NYSE:KODK) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -9 points lower than the specialty business service industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates KODK as a "B".

KODK passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Eastman Kodak Co has seen its stock return 53.74% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 148 percentage points.

3. First Advantage (NASDAQ:FA)

First Advantage (NASDAQ:FA) is the #3 top specialty business service stock out of 41 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 First Advantage (NASDAQ:FA) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

First Advantage (NASDAQ:FA) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 16 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 29.

FA passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. First Advantage has seen its stock return 34.61% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 129 percentage points.

First Advantage has an average 1 year price target of $24.40, an upside of 19.96% from First Advantage's current stock price of $20.34.

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

What are the specialty business service stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 16 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 6.37%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 2.23%. 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 -83.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Thomson Reuters (NASDAQ:TRI)

Thomson Reuters (NASDAQ:TRI) has an annual dividend yield of 4.12%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 2.23%. Thomson Reuters's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Thomson Reuters's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Thomson Reuters's dividend payout ratio of 103.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) has an annual dividend yield of 3.9%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 2.23%. 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 53% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty business service stocks up?

Specialty business service stocks were up 0.69% in the last day, and down -1.14% over the last week.

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

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. Maximus (NYSE:MMS)

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

Maximus 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.

Maximus's stock has dropped -37.86% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 57 percentage points.

2. Amentum Holdings (NYSE:AMTM)

Amentum Holdings (NYSE:AMTM) is the second most undervalued specialty business service stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Amentum Holdings 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.

Amentum Holdings's stock has dropped -13.63% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 81 percentage points.

3. Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ)

Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ) 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.

Legalzoomcom 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.

Legalzoomcom's stock has dropped -46.37% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 48 percentage points.

Are specialty business service stocks a good buy now?

41.67% 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 17.65% over the next year.

3.57% of specialty business service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 14.29% of specialty business service stocks are rated B (Buy), 71.43% are rated C (Hold), 10.71% are rated D (Sell), and 0% 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 19.95x.

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