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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 +28.50% 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 39th ranked industry out of 146 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$13.77B	$233.94	-0.81%	$509.72M	71.98x	1.09	United States
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.10B	$79.50	0.13%	$125.78M	35.49x	1.03	United States
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.64B	$80.03	-0.22%	$160.20M	43.49x	0.61	United States
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$521.79M	$36.24	1.09%	$107.90M	21.07x	2.78	United States
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$14.31B	$214.90	3.29%	$1.24B	49.75x	1.02	United States
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$456.38M	$17.06	1.01%	$30.10M	77.55x	0.76	United Kingdom
KAI	KADANT INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.48B	$294.63	1.59%	$215.72M	33.60x	0.71	United States
CMI	CUMMINS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$93.27B	$675.95	0.38%	$5.11B	34.91x	1.71	United States
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$11.77B	$352.36	1.25%	$561.70M	32.24x	0.40	United States
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$326.24M	$22.62	-2.08%	$25.84M	12.10x	1.10	United States
TNC	TENNANT CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.46B	$85.55	0.32%	$111.30M	50.32x	1.40	United States
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$10.34B	$89.24	0.81%	$694.40M	23.67x	0.82	United States
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.48B	$25.75	2.10%	-$773.03M	-1.29x	1.59	United States
DOV	DOVER CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$29.00B	$215.33	1.78%	$1.88B	26.68x	0.80	United States
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.58B	$103.63	1.91%	$295.96M	31.12x	0.49	United States
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.73B	$46.19	-1.87%	$136.19M	22.00x	1.99	Singapore
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.80B	$35.13	4.00%	$150.30M	19.74x	0.91	United States
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$6.69B	$26.34	1.19%	$642.00M	26.88x	1.01	United States
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$181.17M	$56.28	3.21%	$12.50M	17.00x	0.08	United States
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$121.20B	$961.27	1.27%	$5.63B	34.98x	1.10	United States
ATS	ATS CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.74B	$27.95	0.76%	$262.72M	52.84x	1.44	Canada
NPO	ENPRO INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$6.99B	$330.92	0.19%	$198.50M	160.64x	0.69	United States
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$5.05B	$96.07	2.58%	-$22.59M	-94.19x	1.62	United States
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$30.86B	$78.85	2.34%	$1.56B	52.92x	0.78	United States
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$151.03M	$23.32	2.46%	-$8.47M	-11.90x	0.35	United States
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$158.15B	$407.28	0.36%	$6.22B	39.70x	1.79	Ireland
IEX	IDEX CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$16.44B	$222.16	1.10%	$940.40M	32.86x	0.71	United States
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.01B	$70.48	1.13%	$687.12M	25.72x	1.56	United States
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$52.53B	$472.12	0.99%	$1.77B	48.82x	2.18	United States
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$11.01B	$219.87	1.50%	$500.00M	42.36x	0.70	United States
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.59B	$11.70	2.09%	-$36.38M	-13.93x	-5.40	United States
AME	AMETEK INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$53.63B	$233.98	0.42%	$2.36B	35.29x	0.49	United States
CR	CRANE CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$12.65B	$219.07	0.94%	$514.60M	38.57x	0.93	United States
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$7.11B	$136.49	-0.06%	$571.20M	42.52x	0.82	United States
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$6.13B	$135.67	1.79%	-$107.04M	-15.85x	1.28	United States
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.90B	$24.92	0.04%	$329.50M	18.60x	0.76	United States
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.58B	$280.94	3.25%	$234.08M	41.74x	1.19	United States
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$77.34B	$268.81	1.25%	$4.74B	24.91x	4.04	United States
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$28.05B	$73.09	1.51%	$2.36B	19.28x	-2.81	United States
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$15.97B	$286.60	0.08%	$892.61M	30.42x	0.86	United States
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$77.77B	$138.88	0.78%	$4.94B	31.93x	1.07	United States
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.82B	$315.58	1.92%	$207.87M	38.35x	1.02	United States
XYL	XYLEM INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$28.81B	$121.22	1.96%	$1.81B	30.15x	0.52	United States
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$2.92B	$50.83	1.76%	$343.00M	22.49x	1.92	United States
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$156.92M	$6.51	-9.33%	-$16.48M	-8.68x	2.02	China
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$8.33B	$60.44	2.41%	$794.70M	16.07x	0.94	United States
ITT	ITT INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$17.43B	$195.00	1.04%	$855.50M	34.15x	1.35	United States
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$795.70M	$34.52	-0.46%	$108.53M	7.76x	1.32	United States
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$926.42M	$3.08	-4.64%	-$75.25M	-11.41x	0.15	Canada
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$12.31B	$76.19	2.17%	$967.70M	18.54x	0.86	United Kingdom
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$301.11M	$29.83	2.33%	$17.64M	22.43x	0.23	United States
EROC	EROCK INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	N/A	$13.35	-2.98%	N/A	N/A	-5.01	United States
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.72B	$35.96	-3.26%	$25.20M	11.53x	0.33	United States
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$699.77M	$15.82	-0.69%	-$23.78M	-40.56x	0.10	Israel
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$257.21M	$4.45	-11.35%	$5.93M	-2.38x	-1.80	Germany
INIO	INNIO NV	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	N/A	$33.41	-0.95%	N/A	N/A	22.52
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$4.26B	$17.00	2.47%	$209.20M	141.67x	0.90	United States
GGG	GRACO INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$12.28B	$74.00	1.11%	$744.16M	23.72x	0.22	United States
FISN	DEEP FISSION INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	N/A	$11.11	-0.27%	N/A	N/A	0.04	United States
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$26.30B	$43.64	1.14%	$35.55M	-872.80x	3.60	United States
CEPL	CAPSTONE ENERGY PLUS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	N/A	$10.24	-8.21%	$14.06M	-3.19x	-1.84	United States
VHUB	VENHUB GLOBAL INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$86.76M	$1.02	-6.42%	N/A	-0.68x	2.44	United States
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$103.45M	$4.42	-0.45%	$15.01M	20.09x	0.78	United States
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$51.12M	$7.37	-9.30%	-$2.99M	-14.44x	0.13	United States
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.26B	$107.44	-1.06%	$22.35M	94.25x	1.31	United States
HDRN	HADRON ENERGY INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$35.66M	$1.95	3.46%	-$71.72M	N/A	-1.07	United States
NPWR	NET POWER INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$350.63M	$1.56	-6.59%	-$1.29B	-0.26x	0.12	United States
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$982.29M	$18.86	-2.23%	-$30.24M	-27.33x	0.01	United States
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$10.05B	$209.87	0.13%	$523.90M	-207.79x	2.02	United States
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$384.59M	$1.72	-3.37%	-$18.36M	-12.29x	0.03	United States
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$50.97M	$1.33	-1.48%	-$13.70M	-1.28x	-7.41	United States
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	NYSE	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$3.30B	$9.04	0.11%	-$384.63M	-3.10x	0.03	United States
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$458.05M	$5.92	-1.99%	-$127.45M	-2.92x	0.07	United States
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$6.93M	$1.32	0.76%	$3.67M	2.70x	0.67	Singapore
INLF	INLIF LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$20.26k	$3.43	-5.51%	-$4.97M	-0.00x	0.54	China
BURU	NUBURU INC	NYSEMKT	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$26.50M	$0.15	4.96%	-$62.46M	-0.17x	33.62	United States
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$10.37M	$0.85	1.43%	-$3.49M	-0.55x	0.99	United States
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$49.12M	$11.70	-2.50%	-$1.42M	-17.73x	2.34	Taiwan
MFP	MIDERA FOOD PROCESSING INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	N/A	$41.44	-5.82%	N/A	N/A	0.39	United States
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$1.82M	$1.31	7.38%	$216.56k	-0.51x	0.63	China
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$121.26M	$1.90	0.00%	$15.25M	11.88x	0.83	China
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$9.92M	$1.97	-3.43%	-$4.46M	-2.04x	1.40	Malaysia
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	NYSEMKT	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$7.64M	$0.61	-2.86%	$93.20k	-5.88x	-2.16	Hong Kong
XCH	XCHG LTD	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$57.31M	$0.79	3.13%	-$31.49M	N/A	1.39	China
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Industrial Machinery	$11.35M	$0.55	4.34%	$12.21M	N/A	0.69	China

Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty industrial machinery stocks to buy right now in Jul 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. Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC)

Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) is the #1 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 85 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% 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: B.

Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 10 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 33.

GNRC passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Generac Holdings has seen its stock return 53.92% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 71 percentage points.

Generac Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $283.54, an upside of 21.2% from Generac Holdings's current stock price of $233.94.

Generac Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Generac Holdings, 76.92% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 7.69% have issued a Buy, 15.38% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC)

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) is the #2 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 85 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 1 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 33.

GRC passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gorman Rupp Co has seen its stock return 108.17% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 125 percentage points.

Gorman Rupp Co has an average 1 year price target of $74.00, a downside of -6.92% from Gorman Rupp Co's current stock price of $79.50.

Gorman Rupp Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Gorman Rupp Co, 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.

3. Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO)

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) is the #3 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 85 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 6 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 33.

HLIO passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Helios Technologies has seen its stock return 118.3% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 136 percentage points.

Helios Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $88.20, an upside of 10.21% from Helios Technologies's current stock price of $80.03.

Helios Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Helios Technologies, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% 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 4.56%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.13%. 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 3.05%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.13%. 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 2.4%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.13%. 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 0.93% in the last day, and down -2.57% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why specialty industrial machinery stocks are up.

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 14, which is 0 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 14. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pentair's stock has dropped -29.24% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -12 percentage points.

2. Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX)

Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX) 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.

Power Solutions International has a valuation score of 43, which is 29 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 14. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Power Solutions International's stock has dropped -49.52% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -32 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 15 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 14. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gates Industrial's stock has gained 6.47% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 24 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

41.38% 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 12.3% over the next year.

6.85% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 19.18% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.9% are rated C (Hold), 8.22% are rated D (Sell), and 6.85% 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 9.75x.

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