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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 +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 70th 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
AMTM
AMENTUM HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$8.62B$35.38-0.51%$994.00M131.04x1.52
United States
QUAD
QUAD/GRAPHICS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$308.85M$6.07-2.25%$161.30M14.12x12.11
United States
AZZ
AZZ INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$3.69B$123.60-1.98%$571.66M11.52x0.69
United States
MMS
MAXIMUS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$5.37B$98.59-0.34%$662.65M17.73x1.43
United States
LZ
LEGALZOOMCOM INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$1.55B$8.77-0.79%$77.02M62.64x1.73
United States
DLB
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$5.93B$62.05-1.02%$385.23M23.33x0.23
United States
RELX
RELX PLC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$73.09B$39.900.15%N/AN/A5.57
United Kingdom
RBA
RB GLOBAL INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$21.46B$115.58-0.76%$1.39B54.52x1.14
Canada
ARMK
ARAMARK
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$10.28B$39.08-0.64%$1.25B31.52x3.23
United States
FA
FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$2.46B$14.15-4.33%$247.68M-15.72x1.96
United States
ABM
ABM INDUSTRIES INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$2.73B$45.37-2.16%$422.00M17.38x1.95
United States
CTAS
CINTAS CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$77.16B$192.96-0.06%$2.99B41.14x1.27
United States
RTO
RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$16.63B$32.940.55%$1.58BN/A1.70
United Kingdom
ULS
UL SOLUTIONS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$14.30B$71.20-1.93%$666.00M42.13x1.41
United States
ANPA
RICH SPARKLE HOLDINGS LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$662.75M$53.020.59%N/AN/A1.42
Hong Kong
RHLD
RESOLUTE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$1.63B$190.93-6.50%$50.26MN/A23.23
United States
CASS
CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$581.47M$44.441.97%$47.33M18.75x9.08
United States
PRSU
PURSUIT ATTRACTIONS & HOSPITALITY INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$996.99M$35.25-1.51%$390.74M2.74x0.51
United States
GPN
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$17.81B$75.21-0.96%$4.46B10.55x1.08
United States
CVEO
CIVEO CORP
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$287.42M$24.96-1.15%$65.63M-12.12x1.69
United States
BV
BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$1.25B$13.21-2.87%$306.50M101.62x1.23
United States
CBZ
CBIZ INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$2.23B$40.93-4.99%$339.50M33.83x1.43
United States
CPRT
COPART INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$40.08B$41.400.31%$1.97B25.09x0.10
United States
THH
TRYHARD HOLDINGS LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$56.06M$1.1564.29%$1.95M575.00x3.70
UNF
UNIFIRST CORP
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$3.02B$207.99-0.40%$325.14M26.39x0.27
United States
YSXT
YSX TECH CO LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$27.19M$1.16-3.33%$4.97M6.44x0.49
China
TH
TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$737.37M$7.39-3.52%$80.60M-73.90x0.35
United States
KODK
EASTMAN KODAK CO
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$704.68M$7.31-0.95%$104.00M-22.84x1.59
United States
TRI
THOMSON REUTERS CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$55.50B$123.401.27%$2.40B31.72x0.52
Canada
SMX
SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LTD CO
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$156.69M$18.01-10.04%-$28.81M0.00x16.62
Ireland
OMEX
ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$129.87M$2.33-2.92%-$25.62M-2.40x-2.23
United States
SPIR
SPIRE GLOBAL INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$449.55M$12.995.52%$63.91M28.24x0.69
United States
SFHG
SAMFINE CREATION HOLDINGS GROUP LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$15.27M$0.75-0.40%-$1.14M-9.52x1.68
Hong Kong
PC
PREMIUM CATERING (HOLDINGS) LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$175.34M$9.400.00%-$4.10M-49.47x0.18
Singapore
PMAX
POWELL MAX LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$6.45M$2.641.93%-$33.18M-0.13x0.60
Hong Kong
LICN
LICHEN INTERNATIONAL LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$2.33M$3.061.32%-$11.99M-0.04x0.05
China
SST
SYSTEM1 INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$45.49M$4.553.41%$43.86M-0.53x8.22
United States
SGRP
SPAR GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$19.69M$0.820.86%-$15.45M-0.90x2.72
United States
NTIP
NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES INC
NYSEMKT
Specialty Business Services
$29.89M$1.31-2.24%-$2.82M-11.91x0.01
United States
TISI
TEAM INC
NYSE
Specialty Business Services
$62.72M$13.860.40%$32.02M-1.17x-28.27
United States
CRE
CRE8 ENTERPRISE LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$7.57M$0.326.06%N/AN/A3.44
Hong Kong
DLHC
DLH HOLDINGS CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$86.81M$5.991.53%$33.97M66.56x1.57
United States
BUUU
BUUU GROUP LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Business Services
$132.41M$8.030.19%$1.07M160.50x1.48
Hong Kong
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Specialty Business Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty business service stocks to buy right now in Jan 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. Amentum Holdings (NYSE:AMTM)


Amentum Holdings (NYSE:AMTM) is the #1 top specialty business service stock out of 43 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 Amentum Holdings (NYSE:AMTM) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Amentum Holdings (NYSE:AMTM) has a Due Diligence Score of 29, which is 2 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 27.

AMTM passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Amentum Holdings has seen its stock return 63.04% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 150 percentage points.

Amentum Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $34.90, a downside of -1.36% from Amentum Holdings's current stock price of $35.38.

Amentum Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Amentum Holdings, 30% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 10% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)


Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) is the #2 top specialty business service stock out of 43 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: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is 3 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 27.

QUAD passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Quad/Graphics has seen its stock lose -12.66% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 74 percentage points.

Quad/Graphics has an average 1 year price target of $9.10, an upside of 49.92% from Quad/Graphics's current stock price of $6.07.

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. Azz (NYSE:AZZ)


Azz (NYSE:AZZ) is the #3 top specialty business service stock out of 43 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 Azz (NYSE:AZZ) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Azz (NYSE:AZZ) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 19 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 27.

AZZ passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Azz has seen its stock return 40.22% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 127 percentage points.

Azz has an average 1 year price target of $130.50, an upside of 5.58% from Azz's current stock price of $123.60.

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

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 7.63%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 2.01%. 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 4.94%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 2.01%. 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 64% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS)


Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.81%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 2.01%. 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 52.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty business service stocks down?

Specialty business service stocks were down -1.3% in the last day, and down -4.08% 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. Abm Industries (NYSE:ABM)


Abm Industries (NYSE:ABM) 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.

Abm Industries has a valuation score of 57, which is 31 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Abm Industries's stock has dropped -13.79% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 73 percentage points.

2. Maximus (NYSE:MMS)


Maximus (NYSE:MMS) 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.

Maximus has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Maximus's stock has gained 28.34% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 115 percentage points.

3. Global Payments (NYSE:GPN)


Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) 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.

Global Payments has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Global Payments's stock has dropped -30.27% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 57 percentage points.

Are specialty business service stocks a good buy now?

40.91% 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 15.81% over the next year.

3.13% of specialty business service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.63% of specialty business service stocks are rated B (Buy), 71.88% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 9.38% 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 27.06x.
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