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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.

Industry: Specialty Business Servic...

Overview Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment

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

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
LZ	LEGALZOOMCOM INC	$1.58B	181,184,393	53.22%	46.78%	Net Selling	Net Selling
QUAD	QUAD/GRAPHICS INC	$265.72M	50,612,503	41.77%	20.13%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MMS	MAXIMUS INC	$3.93B	56,349,399	94.58%	5.42%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ARMK	ARAMARK	$10.50B	262,070,761	83.67%	16.33%	Net Buying	Net Buying
DLB	DOLBY LABORATORIES INC	$7.11B	96,066,188	58.33%	2.28%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RELX	RELX PLC	$97.92B	1,855,941,895	4.25%	0.00%
BV	BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC	$1.48B	95,300,000	43.60%	56.40%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ABM	ABM INDUSTRIES INC	$2.80B	62,258,022	88.22%	11.78%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RBA	RB GLOBAL INC	$19.69B	185,191,774	92.02%	0.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
UNF	UNIFIRST CORP	$2.77B	15,006,502	32.96%	67.04%	Net Selling
ULS	UL SOLUTIONS INC	$14.17B	200,498,949	32.14%	0.43%	Net Selling	Net Buying
PHLT	PERFORMANT HEALTHCARE INC	$254.50M	78,308,640	42.48%	57.52%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DLHC	DLH HOLDINGS CORP	$78.26M	14,386,468	36.58%	63.42%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CBZ	CBIZ INC	$3.75B	54,395,610	62.18%	37.82%	Net Selling
CTAS	CINTAS CORP	$89.63B	403,786,963	64.20%	10.96%	Net Buying	Net Selling
FA	FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP	$3.09B	173,673,549	65.81%	34.19%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AZZ	AZZ INC	$2.68B	29,913,085	94.41%	5.59%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RHLD	RESOLUTE HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT INC	$279.65M	8,525,998	15.09%	84.91%
GPN	GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC	$18.20B	243,880,022	91.31%	1.95%	Net Buying	Net Buying
TISI	TEAM INC	$89.82M	4,493,391	34.52%	65.48%	Net Selling	Net Buying
RTO	RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC	$11.81B	2,524,539,885	3.02%	0.00%
CASS	CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC	$552.44M	13,359,999	60.94%	20.37%	Net Buying	Net Buying
TRI	THOMSON REUTERS CORP	$87.87B	450,153,366	19.11%	0.00%
CPRT	COPART INC	$46.98B	966,936,214	81.90%	13.20%	Net Selling	Net Buying
TH	TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP	$683.63M	99,364,716	4.84%	95.16%	Net Selling
SPIR	SPIRE GLOBAL INC	$355.17M	32,583,984	28.48%	71.52%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CVEO	CIVEO CORP	$299.47M	13,453,255	23.26%	76.74%	Net Selling
LICN	LICHEN INTERNATIONAL LTD	$2.13M	494,500	4.81%	0.00%
KODK	EASTMAN KODAK CO	$449.60M	80,000,000	40.49%	8.51%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OMEX	ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC	$34.94M	31,335,539	14.25%	30.32%	Net Buying
PRSU	PURSUIT ATTRACTIONS & HOSPITALITY INC	$769.69M	28,255,866	76.44%	23.56%	Net Buying
YSXT	YSX TECH CO LTD	$120.90M	23,250,000	0.13%	0.00%
PC	PREMIUM CATERING (HOLDINGS) LTD	$15.00M	21,650,000	0.37%	0.00%
SFHG	SAMFINE CREATION HOLDINGS GROUP LTD	$14.32M	20,000,000	1.43%	0.00%
NTIP	NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES INC	$27.42M	22,846,564	10.80%	89.20%	Net Selling
SST	SYSTEM1 INC	$36.33M	9,388,211	9.80%	90.20%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SGRP	SPAR GROUP INC	$24.86M	23,449,701	7.06%	92.94%	Net Selling	Net Buying
SMX	SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LTD CO	$1.07M	1,163,365	2.04%	0.00%

Specialty Business Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty business service stocks to buy right now in Jun 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. Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ)

Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ) is the #1 top specialty business service stock out of 38 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 Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 15 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 30.

LZ passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Legalzoomcom has seen its stock return 6.59% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 28 percentage points.

Legalzoomcom has an average 1 year price target of $9.67, an upside of 10.61% from Legalzoomcom's current stock price of $8.74.

Legalzoomcom stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Legalzoomcom, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 33.33% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) is the #2 top specialty business service stock out of 38 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 Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -14 points lower than the specialty business service industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates QUAD as a "A".

QUAD passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Quad/Graphics has seen its stock return 4.58% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 26 percentage points.

Quad/Graphics has an average 1 year price target of $9.45, an upside of 80% from Quad/Graphics's current stock price of $5.25.

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. Maximus (NYSE:MMS)

Maximus (NYSE:MMS) is the #3 top specialty business service stock out of 38 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: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Maximus (NYSE:MMS) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is 2 points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 30.

MMS passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Maximus has seen its stock lose -19.87% over the past year, overperforming other specialty business service stocks by 1 percentage points.

Maximus has an average 1 year price target of $90.00, an upside of 28.94% from Maximus's current stock price of $69.80.

Maximus stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Maximus, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% 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 8.33%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.91%. 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 4.76%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.91%. 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 -62.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Civeo (NYSE:CVEO)

Civeo (NYSE:CVEO) has an annual dividend yield of 3.37%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty business service industry average of 1.91%. Civeo's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Civeo's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Civeo's dividend payout ratio of -64.1% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty business service stocks down?

Specialty business service stocks were down -1.86% in the last day, and down -2.19% 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. Global Payments (NYSE:GPN)

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) is the 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 -20.31% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 1 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 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.

Maximus's stock has dropped -19.87% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by 1 percentage points.

3. Dlh Holdings (NASDAQ:DLHC)

Dlh Holdings (NASDAQ:DLHC) 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.

Dlh Holdings 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.

Dlh Holdings's stock has dropped -50.77% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty business service industry by -29 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 47.54% over the next year.

6.45% of specialty business service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 12.9% of specialty business service stocks are rated B (Buy), 61.29% are rated C (Hold), 19.35% 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 32.92x.

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Specialty Business Service Stocks FAQ

1. Legalzoomcom (NASDAQ:LZ)

2. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)

3. Maximus (NYSE:MMS)

1. Network 1 Technologies (NYSEMKT:NTIP)

2. Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)

3. Civeo (NYSE:CVEO)

1. Global Payments (NYSE:GPN)

2. Maximus (NYSE:MMS)

3. Dlh Holdings (NASDAQ:DLHC)

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