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Best Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top specialty industrial machinery 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 industrial machinery stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Specialty Industrial Mach...

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Specialty Industrial Machinery is Zen Rated A and is the 12th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$217.25M	$68.90	1.01%	$12.18M	21.80x	0.09	United States
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.33B	$40.51	2.69%	$108.48M	22.89x	0.51	United States
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.70B	$45.34	8.96%	$100.08M	40.37x	1.61	Singapore
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.60B	$287.74	0.10%	$489.10M	29.69x	0.39	United States
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.39B	$73.84	0.50%	$775.74M	21.34x	1.55	United States
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$19.13M	$1.10	11.45%	$20.04M	N/A	0.71	China
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.95B	$25.27	0.12%	$307.70M	20.54x	0.87	United States
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$388.80M	$14.55	1.68%	$41.00M	26.94x	0.63	United Kingdom
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.64B	$71.03	6.36%	$121.76M	13.48x	1.83	United States
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$5.80B	$22.45	-1.49%	$672.10M	24.40x	1.02	United States
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$7.84B	$155.62	-1.31%	$41.38M	-35.94x	1.16	United States
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$10.39B	$208.56	0.51%	$453.10M	43.91x	0.60	United States
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$11.07B	$96.00	1.12%	$633.30M	29.63x	1.00	United States
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$46.50B	$414.13	0.88%	$1.52B	53.85x	2.06	United States
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.04B	$61.43	1.39%	$138.00M	60.82x	0.70	United States
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.45B	$99.89	-0.04%	$277.25M	32.22x	0.51	United States
CMI	CUMMINS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$77.60B	$562.18	1.83%	$5.15B	28.96x	1.70	United States
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$10.10B	$152.19	-0.30%	$1.21B	39.22x	1.05	United States
AME	AMETEK INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$48.29B	$209.76	-0.42%	$2.26B	33.03x	0.54	United States
TNC	TENNANT CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.41B	$77.95	-0.78%	$135.20M	26.25x	0.96	United States
NPO	ENPRO INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.96B	$235.42	0.92%	$255.10M	57.28x	0.58	United States
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.35B	$51.25	1.16%	$117.39M	26.83x	1.15	United States
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$245.89M	$17.09	-2.23%	$22.01M	854.50x	1.26	United States
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$16.87B	$103.08	0.02%	$939.70M	25.90x	0.79	United Kingdom
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.89B	$71.01	0.69%	$795.20M	19.14x	0.72	United States
ITT	ITT INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$14.25B	$182.70	0.36%	$817.10M	30.20x	0.90	United States
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$117.22B	$928.94	0.86%	$5.58B	32.62x	1.23	United States
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.90B	$239.45	0.92%	$133.97M	54.42x	1.20	United States
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.38B	$30.47	-0.65%	$23.31M	80.18x	0.30	United States
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$91.30M	$3.94	7.22%	$15.03M	17.89x	0.79	United States
ATS	ATS CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.88B	$29.71	3.16%	$146.46M	-825.28x	1.54	Canada
DOV	DOVER CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$27.90B	$203.44	0.77%	$3.00B	12.44x	0.75	United States
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$8.06B	$155.08	-0.62%	$193.20M	-70.81x	0.86	United States
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$14.65B	$262.40	0.45%	$852.33M	30.65x	0.94	United States
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$34.88B	$89.49	-0.86%	$2.17B	26.17x	-2.96	United States
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$327.62M	$22.75	1.52%	$105.50M	13.54x	2.82	United States
GE	GE AEROSPACE	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$341.94B	$324.17	0.80%	$11.50B	42.88x	5.81	United States
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$6.74B	$26.54	2.19%	$207.30M	221.17x	0.87	United States
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.54B	$26.95	-9.20%	-$996.10M	-1.11x	1.19	United States
XYL	XYLEM INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$33.86B	$139.08	-0.44%	$1.80B	35.75x	0.52	United States
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$127.82B	$329.10	1.41%	$6.00B	32.78x	1.16	Ireland
KAI	KADANT INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.65B	$309.92	-2.91%	$204.55M	35.75x	0.60	United States
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$5.34B	$319.83	0.09%	$236.46M	37.45x	0.33	United States
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.28B	$64.06	1.86%	-$36.62M	-51.25x	1.57	United States
CR	CRANE CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$11.69B	$202.93	0.18%	$513.20M	31.86x	0.30	United States
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$81.66B	$145.36	0.80%	$4.74B	35.80x	1.07	United States
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$913.24M	$8.22	3.40%	-$36.37M	-6.23x	-3.83	United States
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$43.32B	$73.23	3.40%	$21.04M	-457.69x	8.67	United States
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.12B	$40.18	-0.20%	$144.43M	23.92x	0.90	United States
IEX	IDEX CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$13.95B	$186.33	0.88%	$885.40M	29.44x	0.74	United States
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$793.00M	$72.17	1.72%	$23.06M	57.74x	1.25	United States
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$73.82B	$254.54	-0.23%	$4.61B	24.62x	4.03	United States
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$324.13M	$32.11	2.85%	$21.08M	20.19x	0.23	United States
GGG	GRACO INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$14.20B	$85.64	-0.36%	$713.94M	28.74x	0.24	United States
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$34.00B	$86.04	0.62%	$1.53B	63.26x	0.79	United States
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.89B	$50.26	0.56%	$345.30M	18.61x	1.40	United States
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$838.62M	$2.79	1.09%	-$113.74M	-7.15x	0.17	Canada
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$328.33M	$7.64	-10.85%	N/A	N/A	-3.01	Germany
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.19B	$156.60	2.50%	$631.20M	29.44x	1.12	United States
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$692.51M	$15.12	-0.26%	-$20.18M	-52.14x	0.09	Israel
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$110.20M	$17.18	-0.06%	-$9.39M	-7.34x	0.33	United States
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$5.89B	$19.72	-3.85%	-$376.34M	-6.90x	0.54	United States
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$586.09M	$3.91	3.17%	-$13.37M	-23.00x	0.01	United States
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.07B	$14.34	-2.52%	-$77.00M	-10.10x	0.05	United States
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.69B	$33.46	4.53%	-$39.42M	-31.57x	0.03	United States
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$48.69M	$2.18	-0.46%	-$6.35M	-4.95x	3.26	United States
NPWR	NET POWER INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$622.00M	$2.80	0.72%	-$1.64B	-0.37x	0.33	United States
XCH	XCHG LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$65.40M	$1.10	1.85%	N/A	13.75x	0.89	China
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$11.59M	$0.46	2.22%	-$159.24k	-30.67x	0.79	Malaysia
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.73M	$0.72	-1.91%	-$1.67M	-0.59x	1.09	United States
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$32.40M	$4.67	4.01%	$589.00k	-233.50x	0.16	United States
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$148.48M	$2.35	-0.42%	$7.78M	33.57x	0.72	China
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.29B	$206.71	0.02%	$671.20M	210.93x	2.01	United States
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$13.27M	$0.71	-3.01%	-$209.60k	-11.80x	2.54	China
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$25.28M	$0.18	-1.12%	N/A	-1.17x	1.99	Taiwan
BURU	NUBURU INC	NYSEMKT	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$84.99M	$0.20	2.62%	-$51.05M	0.05x	-1.24	United States
HI	HILLENBRAND INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.24B	$31.82	0.09%	$221.60M	52.16x	2.19	United States
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$180.06M	$7.77	-1.15%	-$10.92M	-14.94x	2.23	China
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$10.93M	$2.06	-15.92%	$152.31k	-9.90x	1.08	Singapore

Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty industrial machinery 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 industrial machinery stocks to buy right now are:

1. Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD)

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) is the #1 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 79 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 Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 8 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

TAYD passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Taylor Devices has seen its stock return 107.47% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 85 percentage points.

Taylor Devices has an average 1 year price target of $70.00, an upside of 1.6% from Taylor Devices's current stock price of $68.90.

Taylor Devices stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Taylor Devices, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR)

Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR) is the #2 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 79 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 Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 8 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

THR passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Thermon Group Holdings has seen its stock return 43.3% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 21 percentage points.

3. China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD)

China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD) is the #3 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 79 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 China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

CYD passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. China Yuchai International has seen its stock return 345.82% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 324 percentage points.

China Yuchai International has an average 1 year price target of $60.00, an upside of 32.33% from China Yuchai International's current stock price of $45.34.

China Yuchai International stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering China Yuchai International, 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 industrial machinery stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 38 specialty industrial machinery stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 specialty industrial machinery stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX)

Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) has an annual dividend yield of 4.24%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.14%. Omega Flex's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Omega Flex's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Omega Flex's dividend payout ratio of 85.5% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR)

Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR) has an annual dividend yield of 3.57%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.14%. Luxfer Holdings's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Luxfer Holdings's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Luxfer Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 96.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI)

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) has an annual dividend yield of 2.84%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.14%. Hillenbrand's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Hillenbrand's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Hillenbrand's dividend payout ratio of 147.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks up?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were up 0.54% in the last day, and up 2.89% over the last week. China Yuchai International was the among the top gainers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, gaining 8.96% yesterday.

China Yuchai International shares are trading higher. The company announced that its subsidiary Yuchai has acquired 27.97% stake in Nanyue Diankong for ~RMB 176.2 million in cash.

What are the most undervalued specialty industrial machinery 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 industrial machinery stocks right now are:

1. Greenland Technologies Holding (NASDAQ:GTEC)

Greenland Technologies Holding (NASDAQ:GTEC) is the most undervalued specialty industrial machinery stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Greenland Technologies Holding has a valuation score of 14, which is -12 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 26. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GTEC a Valuation Rating of "A".

Greenland Technologies Holding's stock has dropped -38.89% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -61 percentage points.

2. Tennant Co (NYSE:TNC)

Tennant Co (NYSE:TNC) is the second most undervalued specialty industrial machinery stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Tennant Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tennant Co's stock has dropped -5.16% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -27 percentage points.

3. Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT)

Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT) is the third most undervalued specialty industrial machinery stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Crane Nxt Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Crane Nxt Co's stock has dropped -19.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -41 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

47.27% of specialty industrial machinery stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty industrial machinery stocks to rise by 7.4% over the next year.

8.96% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 32.84% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 49.25% are rated C (Hold), 1.49% are rated D (Sell), and 7.46% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the specialty industrial machinery industry?

The average P/E ratio of the specialty industrial machinery industry is 18.64x.

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