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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 28th 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	$179.73M	$57.00	$70.00	22.81%	Hold	1	5.16%	-3.97%	14.24%	13.11%
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.14B	$64.71	$79.33	22.60%	Strong Buy	3	4.55%	34.60%	14.28%	8.79%
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$5.74B	$22.61	$28.88	27.71%	Buy	8	4.82%	38.52%	15.86%	7.40%
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$217.33M	$15.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.45%	53.33%	10.76%	5.17%
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$346.16M	$24.04	$37.00	53.91%	Strong Buy	1	5.26%	35.18%	N/A	N/A
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$12.45B	$187.26	$218.13	16.48%	Strong Buy	8	6.52%	75.76%	14.43%	7.09%
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$9.35B	$73.51	$87.20	18.62%	Strong Buy	10	6.02%	24.87%	33.61%	12.90%
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.68B	$290.29	$338.67	16.67%	Buy	6	7.31%	11.32%	25.97%	18.28%
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$74.34B	$538.02	$626.50	16.45%	Strong Buy	10	7.82%	20.67%	49.20%	17.87%
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.44B	$38.50	$60.00	55.84%	Strong Buy	1	243.29%	349.55%	80.64%	27.32%
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.63B	$62.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.62%	23.00%	17.85%	8.61%
DOV	DOVER CORP	$28.11B	$208.45	$225.50	8.18%	Buy	8	5.24%	16.17%	24.58%	13.56%
CR	CRANE CO	$9.86B	$171.00	$218.00	27.49%	Buy	2	12.56%	11.70%	27.81%	14.88%
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.97B	$199.94	$254.75	27.41%	Strong Buy	8	8.42%	22.69%	22.08%	13.70%
ATS	ATS CORP	$2.73B	$28.20	$35.00	24.11%	Hold	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$14.22B	$87.11	$119.89	37.63%	Buy	9	4.49%	16.54%	28.74%	16.19%
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$112.99B	$895.24	$1.01k	13.26%	Strong Buy	19	6.81%	11.35%	38.08%	17.86%
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$40.32B	$358.88	$424.08	18.17%	Buy	13	5.51%	21.02%	55.42%	18.49%
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$1.99B	$14.69	$8.00	-45.54%	Buy	2	48.77%	N/A	N/A	N/A
ITT	ITT INC	$16.39B	$190.53	$225.50	18.35%	Strong Buy	8	6.17%	12.73%	21.98%	14.22%
AME	AMETEK INC	$49.08B	$214.36	$238.60	11.31%	Buy	10	6.96%	14.04%	22.15%	14.65%
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$4.30B	$27.49	$30.50	10.95%	Buy	2	3.74%	9.88%	25.13%	13.86%
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.30B	$22.75	$46.40	103.96%	Strong Buy	5	5.75%	N/A	17.51%	6.80%
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$14.84B	$266.06	$320.80	20.57%	Strong Buy	5	7.08%	14.33%	28.12%	14.68%
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.88B	$36.47	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.95%	21.48%	28.09%	14.39%
XYL	XYLEM INC	$29.06B	$119.50	$157.13	31.49%	Buy	8	4.13%	19.94%	16.42%	10.69%
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$31.38B	$80.12	$102.33	27.72%	Buy	6	5.57%	44.63%	20.33%	11.21%
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$324.48M	$12.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-4.63%	293.93%	15.12%	9.26%
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.45B	$292.35	$337.50	15.44%	Buy	2	13.28%	26.92%	16.31%	9.34%
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$9.83B	$84.87	$99.00	16.65%	Buy	5	3.87%	13.92%	39.43%	20.30%
NPO	ENPRO INC	$5.33B	$250.65	$297.50	18.69%	Strong Buy	2	12.31%	369.23%	13.91%	8.06%
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$6.65B	$127.87	$180.00	40.77%	Strong Buy	1	6.49%	N/A	12.38%	6.74%
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$138.74B	$357.67	$406.07	13.53%	Buy	14	10.09%	18.46%	41.35%	19.47%
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.07B	$92.17	$100.00	8.50%	Hold	1	5.95%	42.98%	17.52%	11.92%
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$32.04B	$53.20	$64.30	20.86%	Buy	10	23.04%	N/A	271.21%	60.13%
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$9.12B	$65.94	$78.25	18.67%	Buy	4	4.14%	7.04%	37.74%	22.31%
IEX	IDEX CORP	$14.09B	$189.55	$227.00	19.76%	Strong Buy	8	4.73%	16.00%	22.16%	12.88%
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$29.96B	$77.08	$102.25	32.65%	Hold	4	5.73%	15.14%	-44.97%	22.76%
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$73.63B	$131.02	$161.42	23.20%	Buy	12	5.32%	24.52%	24.55%	11.87%
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$75.02B	$260.29	$269.29	3.46%	Sell	7	3.70%	7.39%	129.57%	25.88%
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.40B	$60.88	$99.95	64.18%	Strong Buy	2	23.84%	32.94%	N/A	N/A
GGG	GRACO INC	$14.00B	$84.65	$96.67	14.20%	Buy	3	5.74%	6.96%	28.57%	23.15%
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$1.61B	$33.85	$52.00	53.62%	Strong Buy	1	20.50%	-16.60%	15.74%	11.74%
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.12B	$40.84	$62.00	51.81%	Buy	8	19.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.26B	$132.58	$181.14	36.63%	Strong Buy	7	4.31%	N/A	24.70%	10.86%
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$313.33M	$31.04	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.33B	$40.59	$82.33	102.84%	Strong Buy	3	5.75%	70.59%	21.83%	8.78%
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$11.46B	$195.33	$228.00	16.73%	Strong Buy	10	13.32%	66.89%	32.11%	15.17%
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.09B	$254.86	$281.33	10.39%	Strong Buy	3	5.78%	55.50%	23.16%	10.43%
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$873.86M	$78.92	$100.00	26.71%	Buy	1	15.96%	40.56%	N/A	N/A
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.19B	$66.40	$79.00	18.98%	Buy	2	7.25%	42.55%	N/A	N/A
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$727.90M	$2.42	$2.93	21.20%	Sell	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.90B	$206.75	$210.00	1.57%	Hold	1	9.23%	276.29%	22.20%	7.31%
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.66B	$18.59	$27.83	49.72%	Strong Buy	6	15.47%	129.78%	11.26%	5.86%
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$678.62M	$14.66	$19.75	34.72%	Buy	4	7.12%	N/A	3.98%	3.68%
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.29B	$260.58	$321.40	23.34%	Buy	5	11.12%	24.09%	21.98%	10.26%
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$94.83M	$14.71	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$48.49M	$2.08	$6.00	188.46%	Buy	1	-6.41%	-95.57%	7.17%	4.07%
VHUB	VENHUB GLOBAL INC	$52.37M	$0.62	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
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$227.77M	$5.30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$350.09M	$1.56	$3.50	124.36%	Buy	2	N/A	N/A	-31.21%	-10.61%
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.07B	$20.48	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-21.85%	-21.61%
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$3.66B	$10.84	$17.06	57.41%	Buy	8	118.60%	N/A	-1.99%	-1.64%
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$638.83M	$8.44	$19.50	131.04%	Strong Buy	4	265.78%	N/A	-31.48%	-30.02%
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$467.32M	$2.09	$4.00	91.39%	Sell	2	53.73%	N/A	-8.81%	-8.57%
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$22.33M	$1.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BURU	NUBURU INC	$15.38M	$0.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$13.30M	$0.70	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	15.44%	9.73%
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$7.08M	$0.28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.98M	$0.96	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$9.45M	$1.78	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$1.66B	$50.40	$54.00	7.14%	Strong Buy	1	6.96%	18.78%	15.31%	10.10%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$29.59M	$6.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$118.15M	$1.87	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$193.10k	$1.03	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$198.13M	$8.55	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XCH	XCHG LTD	$65.99M	$1.11	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	12.49%	N/A	575.93%	304.32%
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$12.63M	$1.01	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 Apr 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: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 13 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 34.

TAYD passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Taylor Devices has seen its stock return 76.63% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 52 percentage points.

Taylor Devices has an average 1 year price target of $70.00, an upside of 22.81% from Taylor Devices's current stock price of $57.00.

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. Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO)

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) 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 Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -7 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 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Helios Technologies has seen its stock return 101.65% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 77 percentage points.

Helios Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $79.33, an upside of 22.6% from Helios Technologies's current stock price of $64.71.

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.

3. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) 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 Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 9 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 34.

GTES passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Gates Industrial has seen its stock return 22.81% over the past year, underperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by -2 percentage points.

Gates Industrial has an average 1 year price target of $28.88, an upside of 27.71% from Gates Industrial's current stock price of $22.61.

Gates Industrial stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Gates Industrial, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 12.5% have issued a Buy, 37.5% 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 24.72%, which is 23 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.89%.

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. Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX)

Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) has an annual dividend yield of 4.38%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.89%. 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 92.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR)

Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR) has an annual dividend yield of 4.27%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.89%. 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.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks up?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were up 3.41% in the last day, and down -2.65% over the last week. Nuburu was the among the top gainers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, gaining 12.74% yesterday.

Nuburu shares are trading higher after the company's subsidiary, Lyocon, secured an initial deployment order valued at ~$250,000 for a portable directed-energy laser dazzler system for C-UAV defense applications.

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. Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT)

Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT) 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.

Crane Nxt Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Crane Nxt Co's stock has dropped -21.03% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -46 percentage points.

2. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) 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.

Gates Industrial has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gates Industrial's stock has gained 22.81% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -2 percentage points.

3. Park Ohio Holdings (NASDAQ:PKOH)

Park Ohio Holdings (NASDAQ:PKOH) 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.

Park Ohio Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Park Ohio Holdings's stock has gained 11.3% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -13 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

45.61% of specialty industrial machinery stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty industrial machinery stocks to rise by 19.49% over the next year.

8.96% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 31.34% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 44.78% are rated C (Hold), 7.46% 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 20.86x.

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