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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 65th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Revenue	EBITDA	Earnings	EPS	Rev. Y/Y	Rev. 5Y	Earn. Y/Y	Earn. 5Y	Earnings Date
AMTM	AMENTUM HOLDINGS INC	$7.12B	$14.39B	$994.00M	$66.00M	$0.27	71.59%	N/A	N/A	N/A	2026-02-10
MMS	MAXIMUS INC	$4.80B	$5.43B	$662.65M	$319.03M	$5.56	2.36%	9.43%	10.54%	10.34%	2026-02-05
QUAD	QUAD/GRAPHICS INC	$329.20M	$2.50B	$161.30M	$20.60M	$0.43	-9.23%	-4.57%	N/A	N/A
LZ	LEGALZOOMCOM INC	$1.81B	$727.48M	$77.02M	$22.22M	$0.14	7.17%	N/A	0.00%	N/A
DLB	DOLBY LABORATORIES INC	$6.33B	$1.35B	$385.23M	$255.02M	$2.66	5.92%	3.04%	-2.92%	2.95%	2026-01-29
ABM	ABM INDUSTRIES INC	$2.54B	$8.75B	$422.00M	$162.40M	$2.61	4.62%	7.87%	102.33%	N/A
ULS	UL SOLUTIONS INC	$15.46B	$3.00B	$666.00M	$339.00M	$1.69	6.68%	N/A	11.18%	N/A
RELX	RELX PLC	$74.61B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2026-02-12
RBA	RB GLOBAL INC	$19.34B	$4.53B	$1.39B	$391.10M	$2.12	8.26%	27.85%	12.77%	5.92%	2026-02-19
CASS	CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC	$566.81M	$191.23M	$47.33M	$31.52M	$2.37	2.63%	5.44%	39.41%	6.25%	2026-01-22
ARMK	ARAMARK	$9.98B	$18.51B	$1.25B	$326.39M	$1.24	6.35%	7.60%	24.00%	N/A	2026-02-10
PRSU	PURSUIT ATTRACTIONS & HOSPITALITY INC	$991.05M	-$345.91M	$390.74M	$364.10M	$12.85	N/A	N/A	1,636.49%	N/A	2026-02-05
CTAS	CINTAS CORP	$75.38B	$10.56B	$2.93B	$1.85B	$4.57	8.21%	8.50%	13.12%	15.74%	2025-12-23
FA	FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP	$2.65B	$1.46B	$247.68M	-$138.66M	-$0.90	93.41%	N/A	N/A	N/A
AZZ	AZZ INC	$3.24B	$1.59B	$566.69M	$314.07M	$10.48	1.55%	10.84%	700.00%	79.02%	2026-01-12
GPN	GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC	$19.14B	$8.89B	$4.46B	$1.75B	$7.13	0.78%	3.52%	34.27%	36.77%	2026-02-18
RHLD	RESOLUTE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT INC	$1.86B	$445.21M	$50.26M	$23.92M	N/A	6.10%	N/A	N/A	N/A
RTO	RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC	$15.02B	$8.24B	$1.58B	$404.05M	N/A	10.47%	N/A	N/A	N/A
CBZ	CBIZ INC	$2.85B	$2.68B	$339.50M	$104.14M	$1.21	59.19%	22.86%	-49.16%	-3.29%
BV	BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC	$1.21B	$2.67B	$306.50M	$20.20M	$0.13	-3.41%	2.64%	-38.10%	N/A
THH	TRYHARD HOLDINGS LTD	$750.26M	$23.30M	$1.95M	$99.48k	$0.00	11.42%	N/A	-88.24%	N/A
CVEO	CIVEO CORP	$264.50M	$628.18M	$65.63M	-$28.68M	-$2.06	-10.51%	2.88%	N/A	N/A
YSXT	YSX TECH CO LTD	$28.13M	$71.45M	$4.97M	$4.02M	$0.18	22.04%	N/A	-14.29%	N/A
TRI	THOMSON REUTERS CORP	$59.20B	$7.38B	$2.40B	$1.76B	$3.89	2.96%	4.39%	-23.43%	-0.12%
TH	TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP	$807.22M	$314.55M	$80.60M	-$9.69M	-$0.10	-26.65%	4.73%	N/A	N/A
UNF	UNIFIRST CORP	$3.08B	$2.43B	$335.73M	$148.27M	$8.33	0.20%	6.16%	2.71%	2.23%	2026-01-07
KODK	EASTMAN KODAK CO	$803.01M	$1.05B	$104.00M	$6.00M	-$0.32	-0.67%	-0.30%	N/A	N/A
CPRT	COPART INC	$37.82B	$4.66B	$1.97B	$1.59B	$1.65	6.69%	15.71%	13.01%	17.65%	2026-02-19
SMX	SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LTD CO	$1.53B	$0.00	-$28.81M	-$54.24M	$1.39M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OMEX	ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC	$120.95M	$467.12k	-$25.62M	-$30.68M	-$0.97	-41.55%	-28.38%	N/A	N/A
SPIR	SPIRE GLOBAL INC	$272.71M	$77.39M	$63.91M	$31.02M	$0.46	-31.51%	N/A	N/A	N/A
SFHG	SAMFINE CREATION HOLDINGS GROUP LTD	$19.59M	$19.78M	-$1.14M	-$1.54M	-$0.08	3.03%	N/A	N/A	N/A
ANPA	RICH SPARKLE HOLDINGS LTD	$266.88M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BUUU	BUUU GROUP LTD	$130.52M	$6.33M	$1.07M	$793.42k	$0.05	8.88%	N/A	-16.67%	N/A
CRE	CRE8 ENTERPRISE LTD	$7.66M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NTIP	NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES INC	$30.12M	$150.00k	-$2.82M	-$2.53M	-$0.11	-92.03%	-51.65%	N/A	N/A
LICN	LICHEN INTERNATIONAL LTD	$2.43M	$37.64M	-$11.99M	-$16.26M	-$73.25	-10.23%	N/A	N/A	N/A
PC	PREMIUM CATERING (HOLDINGS) LTD	$175.34M	$4.29M	-$4.10M	-$5.43M	-$0.19	-16.91%	N/A	N/A	N/A
PMAX	POWELL MAX LTD	$5.45M	$37.67M	-$33.18M	-$39.22M	-$20.00	-19.19%	N/A	N/A	N/A
SST	SYSTEM1 INC	$45.49M	$289.78M	$43.86M	-$66.02M	-$8.53	-20.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A
SGRP	SPAR GROUP INC	$18.68M	$147.13M	-$15.45M	-$21.56M	-$0.91	-24.81%	-8.72%	N/A	N/A
TISI	TEAM INC	$65.10M	$884.95M	$32.02M	-$53.22M	-$11.84	3.73%	-1.05%	N/A	N/A
DLHC	DLH HOLDINGS CORP	$81.74M	$344.50M	$33.97M	$1.36M	$0.09	-12.99%	10.49%	-82.69%	-31.11%

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 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 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 54.31% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 145 percentage points.

Amentum Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $32.10, an upside of 9.89% from Amentum Holdings's current stock price of $29.21.

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 22.01% 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 -15.76% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 75 percentage points.

Quad/Graphics has an average 1 year price target of $9.10, an upside of 40.65% from Quad/Graphics's current stock price of $6.47.

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 7.58%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.96%. 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 4.64%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.96%. 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 2.89%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.96%. 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 up?

Specialty business service stocks were up 0.95% in the last day, and down -0.28% 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 57, which is 29 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 28. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Maximus's stock has gained 22.01% 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 43 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Global Payments's stock has dropped -26.89% 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 15 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 28. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dolby Laboratories's stock has dropped -14.48% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 76 percentage points.

Are specialty business service stocks a good buy now?

42.86% 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 20.11% over the next year.

3.23% of specialty business service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 12.9% of specialty business service stocks are rated B (Buy), 74.19% are rated C (Hold), 0% 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 41.44x.

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