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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.

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Specialty Business Services is Zen Rated C and is the 68th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
AMTM	AMENTUM HOLDINGS INC	$29.72	-1.36%	2.91%	29.44%	24.61%	29.44%	25.88%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$31.87	$16.01	6.75%	85.63%	1.38	2,645,000	-4.79%
MMS	MAXIMUS INC	$84.43	-0.67%	-0.28%	4.80%	-5.71%	18.98%	19.40%	17.69%	16.70%	51.50%	$92.50	$63.77	8.72%	32.40%	0.69	557,000	-48.62%
QUAD	QUAD/GRAPHICS INC	$6.42	-1.68%	6.29%	12.43%	-2.73%	18.67%	-21.23%	86.09%	83.95%	-27.62%	$8.33	$4.50	22.90%	42.67%	1.11	180,000	-29.41%
LZ	LEGALZOOMCOM INC	$10.07	1.51%	7.36%	-1.95%	-4.64%	11.03%	21.62%	8.75%	N/A	N/A	$12.40	$6.47	18.79%	55.64%	1.40	1,868,000	25.45%
ABM	ABM INDUSTRIES INC	$46.64	-0.93%	4.50%	10.29%	1.86%	0.69%	-17.36%	2.12%	16.98%	64.57%	$56.83	$40.00	17.92%	16.60%	0.84	425,000	-26.47%
DLB	DOLBY LABORATORIES INC	$67.54	-0.15%	0.81%	1.03%	-5.46%	-10.22%	-15.84%	-7.95%	-25.67%	107.37%	$89.66	$64.02	24.67%	5.49%	0.81	371,000	-9.73%
ULS	UL SOLUTIONS INC	$77.88	-0.15%	1.67%	-10.00%	16.67%	10.66%	51.81%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$91.95	$48.54	15.30%	60.44%	0.57	1,238,000	-7.89%
RBA	RB GLOBAL INC	$103.95	-1.12%	4.34%	1.96%	-11.27%	-3.15%	8.73%	84.05%	48.35%	343.09%	$119.58	$86.68	13.07%	19.92%	0.75	1,015,000	-37.03%
RELX	RELX PLC	$40.38	0.25%	0.15%	-2.37%	-13.16%	-24.18%	-14.67%	40.31%	68.81%	129.04%	$56.33	$39.31	28.32%	2.72%	0.65	1,449,000	-13.44%
CASS	CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC	$44.70	2.41%	3.64%	7.01%	4.54%	4.56%	1.41%	1.57%	3.88%	17.75%	$47.00	$36.08	4.89%	23.91%	0.70	101,000	29.49%
ARMK	ARAMARK	$37.42	-0.51%	-1.40%	-2.78%	-2.73%	-7.19%	-7.38%	-11.22%	0.48%	14.86%	$44.49	$29.92	15.89%	25.07%	0.98	1,185,000	-36.46%
AZZ	AZZ INC	$107.17	-2.35%	1.92%	6.10%	-8.60%	17.41%	13.37%	158.43%	130.32%	92.61%	$119.95	$70.90	10.65%	51.16%	1.04	206,000	-7.62%
GPN	GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC	$82.05	0.16%	4.06%	6.02%	-3.87%	4.82%	-29.13%	-17.65%	-57.24%	16.66%	$116.16	$65.93	29.36%	24.45%	1.20	2,559,000	-1.92%
PRSU	PURSUIT ATTRACTIONS & HOSPITALITY INC	$35.86	0.73%	4.46%	4.73%	-2.16%	25.03%	-19.88%	24.73%	10.82%	19.53%	$46.50	$26.66	22.88%	34.51%	1.26	158,000	-21.00%
FA	FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP	$14.53	-0.27%	5.06%	8.84%	-7.92%	-20.16%	-25.60%	6.60%	N/A	N/A	$20.28	$11.95	28.34%	21.59%	1.08	508,000	-29.05%
RHLD	RESOLUTE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT INC	$203.52	-1.71%	3.80%	27.53%	195.21%	440.13%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$216.06	$24.22	5.80%	740.30%	0.72	66,000	60.98%
RTO	RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC	$28.68	-1.75%	0.88%	7.58%	12.60%	20.10%	12.43%	-12.21%	N/A	N/A	$30.10	$19.60	4.72%	46.33%	0.88	594,000	-29.87%
CBZ	CBIZ INC	$53.45	-0.56%	1.93%	2.77%	-4.02%	-22.61%	-33.10%	6.96%	108.06%	424.53%	$90.13	$47.89	40.70%	11.62%	0.75	378,000	-17.11%
THH	TRYHARD HOLDINGS LTD	$15.52	57.72%	-16.11%	91.60%	134.09%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.90	$4.20	37.67%	269.52%	0.01	470,000	786.79%
BV	BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC	$12.81	-1.16%	1.91%	3.06%	-7.84%	-19.03%	-23.84%	95.57%	-9.02%	N/A	$17.16	$11.06	25.35%	15.82%	1.09	708,000	5.20%
CTAS	CINTAS CORP	$187.53	-0.69%	0.42%	1.21%	-7.33%	-16.12%	-11.37%	63.99%	116.01%	734.32%	$229.24	$180.39	18.19%	3.96%	0.89	2,842,000	95.73%
CVEO	CIVEO CORP	$22.72	0.18%	0.98%	3.04%	-0.48%	0.98%	-2.74%	-23.01%	36.46%	44.53%	$27.55	$18.01	17.53%	26.15%	0.79	36,000	-27.27%
YSXT	YSX TECH CO LTD	$1.49	2.76%	-35.22%	-41.80%	-42.91%	-74.27%	-65.43%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.96	$1.25	85.04%	19.20%	-0.02	1,306,000	-38.13%
TRI	THOMSON REUTERS CORP	$130.70	-0.92%	-2.04%	-5.48%	-24.45%	-33.69%	-22.68%	8.94%	56.70%	227.84%	$218.42	$128.17	40.16%	1.98%	0.60	964,000	15.45%
KODK	EASTMAN KODAK CO	$8.66	-3.88%	-1.48%	3.22%	43.85%	48.29%	28.87%	132.80%	-10.63%	-31.32%	$9.96	$4.93	13.05%	75.66%	1.62	1,190,000	-15.00%
TH	TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP	$8.57	-2.06%	4.00%	34.75%	-2.94%	25.48%	-0.81%	-46.03%	410.12%	N/A	$11.10	$4.00	22.79%	114.25%	0.60	308,000	-20.62%
UNF	UNIFIRST CORP	$179.35	-0.23%	-1.03%	15.43%	4.53%	-4.37%	-6.93%	-6.28%	-11.40%	75.70%	$243.70	$147.66	26.41%	21.46%	0.70	93,000	-43.98%
CPRT	COPART INC	$38.67	-0.05%	-0.13%	-6.32%	-20.10%	-22.64%	-37.71%	20.13%	30.76%	707.31%	$63.85	$38.18	39.44%	1.28%	1.00	6,751,000	-1.56%
SPIR	SPIRE GLOBAL INC	$9.63	-3.31%	7.36%	17.01%	-2.63%	-16.41%	-29.66%	0.31%	-87.99%	N/A	$21.43	$6.85	55.05%	40.52%	1.68	563,000	32.78%
SMX	SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LTD CO	$181.71	-14.72%	-45.26%	1,276.59%	54.36%	-93.02%	-99.24%	-100.00%	N/A	N/A	$66.19k	$3.12	99.73%	5,724.04%	0.91	407,000	-63.56%
OMEX	ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC	$2.35	1.29%	12.98%	10.33%	31.28%	89.52%	535.14%	-35.79%	-65.39%	-32.47%	$4.43	$0.27	46.95%	770.37%	0.56	804,000	-1.47%
SFHG	SAMFINE CREATION HOLDINGS GROUP LTD	$0.68	2.56%	24.23%	64.34%	-12.00%	-15.80%	-45.87%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.32	$0.32	70.60%	113.13%	0.16	81,000	-50.91%
PC	PREMIUM CATERING (HOLDINGS) LTD	$9.40	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	38.24%	48.15%	16.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.00	$5.11	32.86%	83.95%	0.35	0	N/A
PMAX	POWELL MAX LTD	$2.62	-3.32%	-20.85%	23.58%	6.68%	-11.96%	-89.57%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.36	$1.56	89.24%	67.95%	1.21	24,500	-29.39%
LICN	LICHEN INTERNATIONAL LTD	$3.12	-4.00%	-23.34%	-11.99%	-37.72%	-28.44%	-92.04%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$56.42	$2.57	94.47%	21.54%	1.29	6,300	0.00%
SST	SYSTEM1 INC	$4.39	3.78%	6.55%	10.58%	-50.78%	5.53%	-52.50%	-91.13%	-95.82%	N/A	$15.00	$2.90	70.73%	51.38%	1.04	13,700	-78.12%
SGRP	SPAR GROUP INC	$0.86	-0.58%	-2.62%	-19.34%	-23.66%	-20.83%	-57.46%	-34.73%	-14.50%	-26.92%	$2.10	$0.84	59.29%	1.54%	0.48	94,000	18.39%
NTIP	NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.36	-6.21%	-4.90%	-11.11%	-13.92%	9.68%	3.03%	-37.90%	-58.54%	-30.61%	$1.90	$1.16	28.42%	17.24%	0.24	10,600	-51.82%
CRE	CRE8 ENTERPRISE LTD	$0.36	-5.00%	-4.50%	-25.41%	-45.22%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.77	$0.36	95.35%	0.28%	0.69	76,000	1.33%
TISI	TEAM INC	$15.06	-4.68%	3.15%	-10.09%	-17.25%	-23.79%	-2.21%	109.25%	-84.88%	-95.65%	$24.25	$11.12	37.90%	35.43%	1.08	16,200	128.17%
BUUU	BUUU GROUP LTD	$8.00	3.90%	0.25%	-8.47%	13.64%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.50	$3.67	15.79%	117.98%	0.75	350	-89.71%
DLHC	DLH HOLDINGS CORP	$5.71	0.71%	-3.71%	-2.73%	3.82%	3.25%	-24.17%	-54.32%	-42.73%	100.35%	$8.45	$2.72	32.43%	109.93%	0.75	40,800	-44.86%
ANPA	RICH SPARKLE HOLDINGS LTD	$19.11	-6.62%	-5.02%	-45.73%	-52.83%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$54.75	$2.80	65.10%	583.23%	1.77	6,300	28.57%

Specialty Business Service Stocks FAQ

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

Amentum Holdings (NYSE:AMTM) is the #1 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 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 35, which is 7 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 28.

AMTM passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Amentum Holdings has seen its stock return 25.88% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 119 percentage points.

Amentum Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $32.10, an upside of 8.01% from Amentum Holdings's current stock price of $29.72.

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. Maximus (NYSE:MMS)

Maximus (NYSE:MMS) 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 Maximus (NYSE:MMS) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Maximus (NYSE:MMS) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 22 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 28.

MMS passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Maximus has seen its stock return 19.4% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 113 percentage points.

3. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) 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 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 42, which is 14 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 28.

QUAD passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Quad/Graphics has seen its stock lose -21.23% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 72 percentage points.

Quad/Graphics has an average 1 year price target of $9.10, an upside of 41.74% from Quad/Graphics's current stock price of $6.42.

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.

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 7.35%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.86%. 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 4.67%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.86%. 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 2.8%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.86%. 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 -2.01% in the last day, and down -6.33% over the last week. Smx Public Co was the among the top losers in the specialty business services industry, dropping -14.72% yesterday.

Shares of companies within the broader technology sector are trading lower amid weakness in Broadcom after it issued cautious outlook. The sector is also being weighed down by reports that Oracle delayed some data center projects for OpenAI.

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 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.

Maximus's stock has gained 19.4% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 113 percentage points.

2. Global Payments (NYSE:GPN)

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) 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.

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 -29.13% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 64 percentage points.

3. Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB)

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) 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.

Dolby Laboratories has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dolby Laboratories's stock has dropped -15.84% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 78 percentage points.

Are specialty business service stocks a good buy now?

47.62% 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 18.67% over the next year.

0% of specialty business service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 12.9% of specialty business service stocks are rated B (Buy), 80.65% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 6.45% 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 42.09x.

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