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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.

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Specialty Business Services is Zen Rated C and is the 70th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	Graham Fair Value	Graham Fair Value %	P/E	Forward P/E	P/S	P/B	PEG	Free Cash Flow	Free Cash Flow Yield	Book Value	BVPS	EV	EV/EBITDA
AMTM	AMENTUM HOLDINGS INC	$35.38	$14.08	151.30%	131.04x	14.49x	0.60x	1.91x	1.03x	$516.00M	5.99%	$4.51B	18.49	$12.12B	12.20
QUAD	QUAD/GRAPHICS INC	$6.07	N/A	N/A	14.12x	5.27x	0.12x	3.19x	N/A	$75.90M	26.33%	$96.70M	2.04	$851.95M	5.28
AZZ	AZZ INC	$123.60	N/A	N/A	11.52x	20.27x	2.29x	2.80x	N/A	$432.44M	11.68%	$1.32B	44.03	$4.26B	7.45
MMS	MAXIMUS INC	$98.59	$111.47	-11.55%	17.73x	11.95x	1.04x	3.21x	0.45x	$366.16M	6.47%	$1.67B	29.16	$6.59B	9.95
LZ	LEGALZOOMCOM INC	$8.77	$18.03	-51.37%	62.64x	12.14x	2.17x	7.70x	0.19x	$155.80M	9.86%	$201.92M	1.12	$1.33B	17.30
DLB	DOLBY LABORATORIES INC	$62.05	$43.13	43.88%	23.33x	14.54x	4.41x	2.26x	0.81x	$430.26M	7.23%	$2.62B	27.36	$5.17B	13.42
RELX	RELX PLC	$39.90	N/A	N/A	N/A	27.33x	N/A	24.81x	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.95B	1.61	$82.99B	N/A
RBA	RB GLOBAL INC	$115.58	$48.23	139.62%	54.52x	26.74x	4.74x	3.91x	1.17x	$549.10M	2.56%	$5.48B	29.55	$24.92B	17.95
ARMK	ARAMARK	$39.08	$22.83	71.19%	31.52x	17.35x	0.56x	3.26x	0.91x	$454.46M	4.41%	$3.15B	11.93	$15.36B	12.30
FA	FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP	$14.15	N/A	N/A	-15.72x	11.58x	1.68x	1.89x	N/A	-$4.36M	-0.18%	$1.30B	7.50	$4.36B	17.60
ABM	ABM INDUSTRIES INC	$45.37	$39.92	13.65%	17.38x	11.26x	0.32x	1.53x	0.66x	$155.50M	5.50%	$1.79B	28.66	$4.30B	10.20
CTAS	CINTAS CORP	$192.96	$41.86	360.97%	41.14x	38.79x	7.15x	17.32x	4.70x	$1.80B	2.33%	$4.46B	11.14	$80.20B	26.83
RTO	RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC	$32.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	99.10x	2.02x	2.34x	N/A	$808.11M	4.86%	$7.12B	14.10	$18.53B	11.75
ULS	UL SOLUTIONS INC	$71.20	$20.78	242.60%	42.13x	34.33x	4.77x	11.99x	2.34x	$389.00M	2.72%	$1.19B	5.94	$14.78B	22.20
ANPA	RICH SPARKLE HOLDINGS LTD	$53.02	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	289.58x	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.29M	0.18	$663.24M	N/A
RHLD	RESOLUTE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT INC	$190.93	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.66x	150.30x	N/A	$173.42M	10.65%	$10.83M	1.27	$1.73B	34.38
CASS	CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC	$44.44	$30.97	43.51%	18.75x	15.02x	3.04x	2.39x	0.93x	$44.79M	7.70%	$243.45M	18.61	$322.83M	6.82
PRSU	PURSUIT ATTRACTIONS & HOSPITALITY INC	$35.25	N/A	N/A	2.74x	25.04x	-2.88x	1.64x	N/A	-$43.14M	-4.33%	$607.16M	21.47	$1.13B	2.89
GPN	GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC	$75.21	$139.31	-46.01%	10.55x	5.47x	2.00x	0.79x	0.28x	$2.16B	12.14%	$22.67B	95.75	$31.40B	7.04
CVEO	CIVEO CORP	$24.96	N/A	N/A	-12.12x	282.35x	0.49x	1.57x	N/A	-$8.80M	-2.84%	$182.55M	14.73	$473.44M	7.21
BV	BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC	$13.21	$7.79	69.50%	101.62x	16.43x	0.47x	0.97x	0.68x	$65.20M	5.21%	$1.29B	13.65	$2.04B	6.67
CBZ	CBIZ INC	$40.93	$89.00	-54.01%	33.83x	10.27x	0.95x	1.19x	0.18x	$86.07M	3.37%	$1.87B	30.02	$4.12B	12.14
CPRT	COPART INC	$41.40	$13.14	215.12%	25.09x	24.40x	8.61x	4.17x	4.10x	$1.45B	3.63%	$9.60B	9.92	$34.94B	17.70
THH	TRYHARD HOLDINGS LTD	$1.15	N/A	N/A	575.00x	N/A	2.51x	10.90x	N/A	-$1.45M	-2.52%	$5.14M	0.10	$69.23M	35.46
UNF	UNIFIRST CORP	$207.99	$46.45	347.77%	26.39x	29.26x	1.54x	1.40x	57.37x	$97.22M	2.58%	$2.16B	119.17	$2.97B	9.14
YSXT	YSX TECH CO LTD	$1.16	N/A	N/A	6.44x	N/A	0.36x	0.98x	N/A	-$6.66M	-25.60%	$27.62M	1.23	$26.23M	5.28
TH	TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP	$7.39	N/A	N/A	-73.90x	-26.57x	2.34x	1.83x	N/A	$52.32M	7.09%	$402.38M	4.03	$720.27M	8.94
KODK	EASTMAN KODAK CO	$7.31	N/A	N/A	-22.84x	N/A	0.63x	0.92x	N/A	-$62.00M	-9.44%	$762.00M	8.49	$990.68M	9.53
TRI	THOMSON REUTERS CORP	$123.40	$40.80	202.42%	31.72x	27.39x	7.52x	4.72x	2.43x	$1.82B	3.28%	$11.76B	26.15	$57.70B	24.07
SMX	SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LTD CO	$18.01	N/A	N/A	0.00x	N/A	N/A	115.13x	N/A	-$10.95M	-6.99%	$1.36M	0.16	$164.11M	-5.70
OMEX	ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC	$2.33	N/A	N/A	-2.40x	N/A	211.82x	-2.86x	N/A	-$7.79M	-8.03%	-$45.40M	-1.09	$134.44M	-5.25
SPIR	SPIRE GLOBAL INC	$12.99	N/A	N/A	28.24x	-10.19x	5.46x	3.38x	N/A	-$100.74M	-23.86%	$133.13M	4.10	$437.59M	6.85
SFHG	SAMFINE CREATION HOLDINGS GROUP LTD	$0.75	N/A	N/A	-9.52x	N/A	0.77x	1.88x	N/A	-$7.22M	-47.34%	$8.13M	0.40	$16.73M	-14.73
PC	PREMIUM CATERING (HOLDINGS) LTD	$9.40	N/A	N/A	-49.47x	N/A	63.95x	16.82x	N/A	-$14.61M	-5.32%	$10.42M	0.36	$174.42M	-42.58
PMAX	POWELL MAX LTD	$2.64	N/A	N/A	-0.13x	N/A	0.17x	0.17x	N/A	-$36.82M	-585.00%	$37.55M	15.75	$7.19M	-0.22
LICN	LICHEN INTERNATIONAL LTD	$3.06	N/A	N/A	-0.04x	N/A	0.02x	0.04x	N/A	-$12.24M	-1,413.95%	$64.25M	227.16	-$19.96M	1.67
SST	SYSTEM1 INC	$4.55	N/A	N/A	-0.53x	-0.57x	0.13x	1.07x	N/A	$1.15M	3.14%	$42.68M	5.30	$252.35M	5.75
SGRP	SPAR GROUP INC	$0.82	N/A	N/A	-0.90x	3.22x	0.13x	1.19x	N/A	-$17.66M	-90.88%	$16.59M	0.70	$37.72M	-2.44
NTIP	NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.31	N/A	N/A	-11.91x	N/A	187.14x	0.74x	N/A	-$1.41M	-4.73%	$40.52M	1.78	$22.19M	-7.88
TISI	TEAM INC	$13.86	N/A	N/A	-1.17x	N/A	0.07x	-3.55x	N/A	-$15.56M	-24.97%	-$17.65M	-3.92	$399.10M	12.46
CRE	CRE8 ENTERPRISE LTD	$0.32	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.27x	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.32M	0.10	$10.38M	N/A
DLHC	DLH HOLDINGS CORP	$5.99	N/A	N/A	66.56x	-16.78x	0.25x	0.77x	N/A	$22.98M	26.66%	$112.96M	7.85	$231.66M	6.82
BUUU	BUUU GROUP LTD	$8.03	$1.06	657.12%	160.50x	N/A	19.02x	131.27x	3.79x	$330.36k	0.27%	$1.01M	0.07	$133.01M	124.58

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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Specialty Business Service Stocks FAQ

1. Amentum Holdings (NYSE:AMTM)

2. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)

3. Azz (NYSE:AZZ)

1. Network 1 Technologies (NYSEMKT:NTIP)

2. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)

3. Cass Information Systems (NASDAQ:CASS)

1. Abm Industries (NYSE:ABM)

2. Maximus (NYSE:MMS)

3. Global Payments (NYSE:GPN)

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