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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 23rd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Price	Price Target	Upside/Downside	Consensus	Analysts	Fore. Revenue Growth	Fore. Earnings Growth	Forecast ROE	Forecast ROA
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$281.19M	$89.18	$70.00	-21.51%	Hold	1	5.16%	-3.97%	14.24%	13.11%
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$270.26M	$18.74	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.45%	53.33%	10.76%	5.17%
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$6.66B	$26.24	$29.14	11.06%	Strong Buy	7	4.87%	38.52%	15.86%	7.40%
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.32B	$70.00	$74.75	6.79%	Strong Buy	4	3.71%	34.60%	14.28%	8.79%
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$13.20M	$0.76	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13.64%	8.34%
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$10.55B	$82.91	$86.89	4.80%	Strong Buy	9	6.00%	24.87%	33.61%	12.90%
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10.66B	$319.61	$338.67	5.96%	Buy	6	7.31%	11.32%	25.97%	18.28%
ATS	ATS CORP	$3.13B	$32.26	$35.00	8.49%	Hold	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.71B	$64.92	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.03%	23.00%	17.85%	8.61%
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$79.32B	$574.06	$621.67	8.29%	Strong Buy	9	7.89%	20.67%	49.20%	17.87%
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$11.08B	$222.07	$256.43	15.47%	Strong Buy	7	8.42%	22.69%	22.08%	13.70%
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$4.62B	$29.54	$30.50	3.25%	Buy	2	3.74%	9.88%	25.13%	13.86%
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$43.07B	$383.35	$427.08	11.41%	Buy	12	5.51%	21.02%	55.42%	18.49%
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$13.93B	$209.51	$217.13	3.63%	Strong Buy	8	6.53%	75.76%	14.43%	7.09%
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.60B	$42.60	$60.00	40.85%	Strong Buy	1	243.66%	349.55%	80.64%	27.32%
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$7.58B	$160.57	$178.83	11.37%	Strong Buy	6	4.67%	N/A	24.70%	10.86%
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$124.68B	$987.79	$1.01k	2.22%	Strong Buy	18	6.81%	11.35%	38.08%	17.86%
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$16.09B	$288.42	$320.80	11.23%	Strong Buy	5	7.01%	14.33%	28.12%	14.68%
DOV	DOVER CORP	$29.92B	$221.84	$221.00	-0.38%	Buy	7	5.16%	16.17%	24.58%	13.56%
AME	AMETEK INC	$53.75B	$234.75	$231.33	-1.46%	Buy	9	6.98%	14.04%	22.15%	14.65%
ITT	ITT INC	$17.01B	$197.75	$223.00	12.77%	Strong Buy	7	6.17%	12.73%	21.98%	14.22%
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.48B	$25.79	$46.40	79.91%	Strong Buy	5	5.85%	N/A	17.51%	6.80%
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$15.82B	$96.93	$119.25	23.03%	Buy	8	4.31%	16.54%	28.74%	16.19%
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$10.82B	$93.44	$99.40	6.38%	Buy	5	3.86%	13.92%	39.43%	20.30%
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$35.97B	$91.84	$102.33	11.43%	Buy	6	5.67%	44.63%	20.33%	11.21%
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$81.61B	$145.21	$161.20	11.01%	Buy	10	5.32%	24.52%	24.55%	11.87%
NPO	ENPRO INC	$5.58B	$262.67	$297.50	13.26%	Strong Buy	2	12.31%	369.23%	13.91%	8.06%
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$1.31B	$11.80	$8.00	-32.20%	Buy	2	26.77%	N/A	-6.95%	2.45%
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$8.05B	$154.92	$180.00	16.19%	Strong Buy	1	6.49%	N/A	12.38%	6.74%
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$32.54B	$54.04	$61.46	13.72%	Hold	11	23.04%	N/A	271.21%	60.13%
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$137.50B	$354.46	$407.71	15.02%	Buy	14	9.72%	18.46%	41.35%	19.47%
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$338.07M	$12.69	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-4.63%	293.93%	15.12%	9.26%
GE	GE AEROSPACE	$356.40B	$339.81	$364.14	7.16%	Strong Buy	7	8.90%	6.79%	64.97%	9.32%
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$383.73M	$26.64	$37.00	38.89%	Strong Buy	1	5.40%	36.51%	N/A	N/A
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$10.14B	$73.35	$78.25	6.68%	Buy	4	4.15%	7.04%	37.74%	22.31%
XYL	XYLEM INC	$31.46B	$129.40	$161.00	24.42%	Strong Buy	7	4.13%	19.94%	16.42%	10.69%
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$57.31M	$2.47	$6.00	142.91%	Buy	1	-3.57%	-95.36%	7.08%	3.96%
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$35.43B	$91.15	$102.25	12.18%	Hold	4	5.73%	15.14%	-44.97%	22.76%
CR	CRANE CO	$11.74B	$203.60	$218.00	7.07%	Buy	2	12.56%	11.70%	27.81%	14.88%
KAI	KADANT INC	$4.09B	$347.31	$337.50	-2.82%	Buy	2	13.28%	26.92%	16.31%	9.34%
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.21B	$264.96	$281.33	6.18%	Strong Buy	3	6.78%	55.50%	23.16%	10.43%
GGG	GRACO INC	$15.36B	$92.93	$96.67	4.02%	Buy	3	5.74%	6.96%	28.57%	23.15%
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.38B	$60.00	$98.76	64.59%	Strong Buy	2	19.59%	32.94%	N/A	N/A
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$953.03M	$86.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.93%	21.98%	N/A	N/A
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$1.52B	$31.86	$52.00	63.21%	Strong Buy	1	14.72%	-31.26%	15.74%	11.74%
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.49B	$101.48	$100.00	-1.46%	Hold	1	5.95%	42.98%	17.52%	11.92%
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$2.12B	$40.12	$48.00	19.64%	Strong Buy	1	5.52%	16.42%	27.19%	14.33%
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$82.76B	$287.17	$269.29	-6.23%	Sell	7	3.70%	7.39%	129.57%	25.88%
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$372.78M	$36.93	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.12B	$62.84	$91.00	44.81%	Strong Buy	1	7.25%	42.55%	N/A	N/A
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.32B	$44.72	$62.00	38.64%	Buy	8	19.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A
IEX	IDEX CORP	$15.52B	$208.70	$228.86	9.66%	Strong Buy	7	4.73%	16.00%	22.16%	12.88%
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$12.96B	$220.89	$214.10	-3.07%	Strong Buy	10	12.94%	66.89%	32.11%	15.17%
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.79B	$48.56	$82.33	69.55%	Strong Buy	3	5.75%	70.59%	21.83%	8.78%
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$646.25M	$2.15	$3.40	58.14%	Hold	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$360.13M	$8.38	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$5.41B	$21.60	$29.29	35.58%	Strong Buy	7	15.42%	129.78%	11.26%	5.86%
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.59B	$278.47	$321.40	15.42%	Buy	5	10.44%	21.18%	21.98%	10.26%
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$111.61M	$17.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$717.60M	$15.91	$19.75	24.14%	Buy	4	7.12%	N/A	3.87%	3.58%
VHUB	VENHUB GLOBAL INC	N/A	$1.88	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.37B	$26.36	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-21.85%	-21.61%
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$732.92M	$9.84	$20.67	110.03%	Strong Buy	3	297.38%	N/A	-38.27%	-36.32%
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$4.24B	$12.54	$19.72	57.27%	Hold	9	134.31%	N/A	-1.99%	-1.64%
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$565.70M	$2.53	$6.00	137.15%	Buy	1	53.73%	N/A	-8.81%	-8.57%
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$23.00M	$1.03	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$448.73M	$2.02	$3.50	73.27%	Buy	2	N/A	N/A	-43.82%	-10.00%
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$31.63M	$2.53	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$12.16M	$2.54	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$159.66M	$6.89	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BURU	NUBURU INC	$26.77M	$0.31	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$15.72M	$0.62	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$5.13M	$0.99	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$28.72M	$4.14	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$1.58B	$47.96	$54.00	12.59%	Strong Buy	1	3.73%	13.92%	15.31%	10.10%
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$107.41M	$1.70	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.92B	$207.27	$210.00	1.32%	Hold	1	11.43%	276.29%	22.20%	7.31%
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$1.99M	$0.11	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XCH	XCHG LTD	$72.65M	$1.22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	12.49%	N/A	575.93%	304.32%
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$5.94M	$1.12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty industrial machinery stocks to buy right now in Mar 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 80 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: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: D.

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 10 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

TAYD passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Taylor Devices has seen its stock return 183.02% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 150 percentage points.

Taylor Devices has an average 1 year price target of $70.00, a downside of -21.51% from Taylor Devices's current stock price of $89.18.

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. Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN)

Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) is the #2 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 80 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 Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 19 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

TWIN passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Twin Disc has seen its stock return 129.94% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 97 percentage points.

3. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) is the #3 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 80 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 Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

GTES passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Gates Industrial has seen its stock return 35.54% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 2 percentage points.

Gates Industrial has an average 1 year price target of $29.14, an upside of 11.06% from Gates Industrial's current stock price of $26.24.

Gates Industrial stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Gates Industrial, 57.14% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 28.57% 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. Je Cleantech Holdings (NASDAQ:JCSE)

Je Cleantech Holdings (NASDAQ:JCSE) has an annual dividend yield of 39.29%, which is 37 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 2.1%.

Je Cleantech Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -43.3% 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 4.1%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 2.1%. 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 179.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX)

Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) has an annual dividend yield of 3.68%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 2.1%. 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 dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks up?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were up 0.48% in the last day, and down -2.26% over the last week. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises was the among the top gainers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, gaining 45.68% yesterday.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises shares are trading higher after the company reported Q4 financial results. The company announced it received full notice to proceed on a $2.4 billion design-build agreement with Base Electron.

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 -45.4% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -79 percentage points.

2. Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT)

Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT) 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.

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 -9.81% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -43 percentage points.

3. Tennant Co (NYSE:TNC)

Tennant Co (NYSE:TNC) 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.

Tennant Co has a valuation score of 57, which is 31 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tennant Co's stock has dropped -23.23% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -57 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

48.28% 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 9.03% over the next year.

5.97% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.87% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 55.22% are rated C (Hold), 4.48% 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 28.11x.

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