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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 B and is the 35th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.06B	$77.88	0.78%	$125.78M	34.77x	1.03	United States
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$15.98B	$271.40	0.74%	$509.72M	83.51x	1.09	United States
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.25B	$68.02	-0.29%	$147.30M	46.59x	0.63	United States
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$443.03M	$30.77	-0.16%	$107.90M	17.89x	2.78	United States
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$266.82M	$18.50	-3.80%	$25.84M	9.89x	1.10	United States
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$414.92M	$15.51	-0.39%	$30.10M	70.50x	0.76	United Kingdom
CMI	CUMMINS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$96.96B	$702.66	3.40%	$5.11B	36.29x	1.71	United States
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.96B	$298.16	0.42%	$561.70M	27.28x	0.40	United States
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$6.60B	$25.98	-0.42%	$642.00M	26.51x	1.01	United States
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.80B	$34.98	-1.52%	$139.45M	21.73x	0.95	United States
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.04B	$25.85	-1.97%	$329.50M	19.29x	0.76	United States
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$14.07B	$211.33	-1.41%	$1.24B	48.92x	1.02	United States
ATS	ATS CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.32B	$34.25	-3.19%	$168.16M	248.19x	1.52	Canada
DOV	DOVER CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$29.62B	$219.97	0.06%	$1.88B	27.26x	0.80	United States
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.43B	$24.78	-6.56%	-$773.03M	-1.25x	1.59	United States
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.37B	$99.01	-0.33%	$295.96M	29.73x	0.49	United States
KAI	KADANT INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.94B	$333.81	-1.48%	$208.66M	38.55x	0.74	United States
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$110.24B	$874.36	-0.51%	$5.63B	31.82x	1.10	United States
TNC	TENNANT CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.47B	$85.98	-1.31%	$111.30M	50.58x	1.40	United States
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$164.59M	$51.13	-1.60%	$12.50M	15.45x	0.08	United States
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.78B	$47.46	2.64%	$136.19M	22.60x	1.99	Singapore
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$15.72B	$281.85	-0.59%	$896.10M	30.31x	0.92	United States
NPO	ENPRO INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$6.66B	$315.08	1.90%	$198.50M	152.95x	0.69	United States
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.91B	$85.59	-0.48%	$626.30M	26.42x	0.94	United States
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$10.18B	$203.24	0.20%	$500.00M	39.16x	0.70	United States
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.25B	$80.74	0.91%	-$22.59M	-79.15x	1.62	United States
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$7.37B	$156.25	-5.11%	$36.41M	-29.04x	1.28	United States
IEX	IDEX CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$15.84B	$214.01	-1.34%	$940.40M	31.66x	0.71	United States
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$78.08B	$139.43	-1.33%	$4.94B	32.05x	1.07	United States
AME	AMETEK INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$53.21B	$232.16	-0.10%	$2.36B	35.02x	0.49	United States
CR	CRANE CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$10.54B	$182.57	0.69%	$514.60M	32.14x	0.93	United States
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$50.81B	$456.66	0.61%	$1.77B	47.22x	2.18	United States
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$29.23B	$74.70	-1.39%	$1.56B	50.13x	0.78	United States
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.04B	$70.77	-0.51%	$687.12M	25.83x	1.56	United States
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$6.87B	$131.89	-5.42%	$571.20M	41.09x	0.82	United States
ITT	ITT INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$18.49B	$206.83	0.33%	$855.50M	36.22x	1.35	United States
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$72.53B	$252.09	-1.05%	$4.74B	23.36x	4.04	United States
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$28.39B	$74.00	-1.10%	$2.36B	19.53x	-2.81	United States
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.80B	$58.72	6.40%	$26.44M	19.64x	0.34	United States
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$12.25B	$75.83	-1.29%	$967.70M	18.45x	0.86	United Kingdom
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.15B	$260.00	-0.54%	$207.87M	31.59x	1.02	United States
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.58B	$18.91	30.06%	-$36.38M	-22.51x	-5.40	United States
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$162.70B	$419.00	4.36%	$6.22B	40.84x	1.79	Ireland
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.44B	$62.45	-17.73%	$108.53M	14.03x	1.32	United States
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.25B	$4.17	0.97%	-$75.25M	-15.44x	0.15	Canada
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$291.02M	$28.83	-4.22%	$17.64M	21.68x	0.23	United States
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$31.17B	$51.71	-1.11%	$35.55M	-1,034.20x	3.60	United States
XYL	XYLEM INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$26.62B	$112.00	-1.52%	$1.81B	27.86x	0.52	United States
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.09B	$98.32	0.13%	$24.61M	72.29x	1.23	United States
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.56B	$44.48	-1.83%	$343.00M	19.68x	1.92	United States
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$8.07B	$58.52	-0.14%	$794.70M	15.56x	0.94	United States
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.63B	$18.47	-2.74%	$209.20M	153.92x	0.90	United States
GGG	GRACO INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$12.84B	$77.39	-0.26%	$744.16M	24.80x	0.22	United States
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$108.30M	$16.80	1.69%	-$10.31M	-7.60x	0.34	United States
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$752.23M	$16.25	0.25%	-$22.68M	-54.17x	0.08	Israel
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.51B	$274.09	0.95%	$230.67M	36.26x	1.12	United States
CHRN	CHRONOSCALE CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$51.42M	$14.43	-7.32%	-$13.66M	-2.68x	6.66	United States
VHUB	VENHUB GLOBAL INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$85.73M	$1.01	-4.72%	-$61.73M	-0.60x	-1.35	United States
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.95B	$207.79	0.17%	$523.90M	-205.73x	2.02	United States
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$47.32M	$2.03	-5.14%	$15.03M	8.83x	0.76	United States
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$51.48M	$7.42	4.65%	-$886.00k	-32.26x	0.11	United States
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$257.42M	$5.99	-0.17%	N/A	N/A	-3.01	Germany
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$167.23k	$0.89	-2.30%	-$209.60k	-0.15x	2.54	China
NPWR	NET POWER INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$457.81M	$2.04	2.00%	-$1.62B	-0.28x	0.32	United States
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.48B	$28.35	3.28%	-$42.59M	-26.25x	0.01	United States
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.86B	$13.29	5.90%	-$384.63M	-4.55x	0.03	United States
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$27.71M	$0.85	-2.63%	-$12.70M	-0.83x	-2.88	United States
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$614.89M	$2.75	4.17%	-$18.36M	-19.64x	0.03	United States
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$684.75M	$8.85	0.91%	-$127.45M	-4.36x	0.07	United States
INLF	INLIF LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$5.14M	$4.36	1.52%	-$4.97M	-0.82x	0.54	China
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$235.25M	$9.76	-0.56%	-$16.48M	-13.01x	2.02	China
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.67M	$1.92	10.98%	-$4.46M	-1.98x	1.40	Malaysia
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$6.78M	$1.29	16.74%	$3.67M	2.64x	0.67	Singapore
BURU	NUBURU INC	NYSEMKT	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$37.10M	$0.24	5.26%	-$67.75M	-0.11x	-4.28	United States
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.15B	$65.47	-0.29%	$107.78M	36.78x	0.52	United States
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$186.36M	$2.92	-1.35%	$15.25M	18.25x	0.83	China
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$30.44M	$7.25	-0.55%	-$1.42M	-10.98x	2.34	Taiwan
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	NYSEMKT	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$10.25M	$0.82	-5.96%	$93.20k	-7.88x	-2.16	Hong Kong
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.25M	$0.82	-3.53%	-$1.67M	-0.67x	1.09	United States
XCH	XCHG LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$60.35M	$0.83	-7.56%	-$31.49M	N/A	1.39	China
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$10.87M	$0.57	-9.37%	$11.22M	1.84x	0.68	China

Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty industrial machinery stocks to buy right now in May 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. Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC)

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) is the #1 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 81 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 Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is -4 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GRC as a "A".

GRC passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gorman Rupp Co has seen its stock return 101.24% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 75 percentage points.

2. Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC)

Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) is the #2 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 81 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 Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is -1 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GNRC as a "A".

GNRC passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Generac Holdings has seen its stock return 113.35% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 87 percentage points.

Generac Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $264.08, a downside of -2.7% from Generac Holdings's current stock price of $271.40.

Generac Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Generac Holdings, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO)

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) is the #3 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 81 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 Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is -1 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates HLIO as a "A".

HLIO passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Helios Technologies has seen its stock return 107.25% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 81 percentage points.

Helios Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $80.67, an upside of 18.59% from Helios Technologies's current stock price of $68.02.

Helios Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Helios Technologies, 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 37 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 4.72%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.17%. 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 102.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR)

Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR) has an annual dividend yield of 3.35%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.17%. 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 236.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW)

Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) has an annual dividend yield of 2.51%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.17%. Illinois Tool Works's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Illinois Tool Works's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Illinois Tool Works's dividend payout ratio of 58.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks up?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were up 0.01% in the last day, and up 3.79% over the last week. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises was the among the top gainers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, gaining 30.06% yesterday.

Shares of companies in the broader industrials sector are trading lower. Hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data and pressure from elevated energy prices may dampen sentiment regarding capital investments.

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. Pentair (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) 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.

Pentair has a valuation score of 29, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pentair's stock has dropped -22.75% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -49 percentage points.

2. Smith A O (NYSE:AOS)

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

Smith A O has a valuation score of 29, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Smith A O's stock has dropped -16.95% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -43 percentage points.

3. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) is the third most undervalued specialty industrial machinery stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Gates Industrial has a valuation score of 29, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gates Industrial's stock has gained 18.09% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -8 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

42.11% 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 11.53% over the next year.

7.25% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 23.19% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 55.07% are rated C (Hold), 7.25% are rated D (Sell), and 7.25% 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 0.78x.

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