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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	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$179.73M	3,153,117	34.93%	25.99%	Net Buying	Net Buying
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.14B	33,107,113	92.21%	7.79%	Net Buying	Net Buying
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$5.74B	253,855,699	89.30%	10.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$217.33M	14,421,658	59.77%	15.59%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$346.16M	14,399,130	52.47%	40.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$12.45B	66,499,582	97.83%	2.17%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$9.35B	127,260,329	98.30%	1.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.68B	33,339,926	79.42%	4.90%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$74.34B	138,165,463	85.89%	1.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.44B	37,518,322	20.55%	0.00%
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.63B	26,312,842	58.84%	41.16%
DOV	DOVER CORP	$28.11B	134,866,626	90.78%	2.07%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CR	CRANE CO	$9.86B	57,674,297	75.23%	14.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.97B	49,876,887	87.01%	12.99%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ATS	ATS CORP	$2.73B	96,948,447	85.62%	0.00%
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$14.22B	163,235,706	83.42%	16.58%	Net Buying	Net Selling
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$112.99B	126,216,529	92.67%	2.88%	Net Selling	Net Buying
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$40.32B	112,357,908	84.82%	1.43%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$1.99B	135,256,006	26.29%	73.71%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITT	ITT INC	$16.39B	86,000,000	95.84%	2.98%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AME	AMETEK INC	$49.08B	228,977,202	89.66%	1.07%	Net Selling	Net Buying
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$4.30B	156,385,318	80.89%	19.11%	Net Selling	Net Buying
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.30B	57,245,131	41.98%	58.02%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$14.84B	55,783,598	72.75%	27.25%	Net Buying	Net Buying
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.88B	51,543,169	92.93%	7.07%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XYL	XYLEM INC	$29.06B	243,141,405	99.13%	0.87%	Net Buying	Net Buying
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$31.38B	391,617,994	81.30%	18.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$324.48M	26,640,434	96.00%	3.64%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.45B	11,789,023	97.00%	3.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$9.83B	115,814,243	86.80%	4.20%	Net Selling	Net Buying
NPO	ENPRO INC	$5.33B	21,248,001	87.29%	12.71%	Net Selling	Net Selling
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$6.65B	51,982,204	96.35%	3.65%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$138.74B	387,900,000	98.19%	0.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.07B	44,202,147	84.76%	4.91%	Net Buying	Net Buying
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$32.04B	602,171,792	21.94%	78.06%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$9.12B	138,289,917	84.61%	2.66%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IEX	IDEX CORP	$14.09B	74,347,824	97.46%	2.54%	Net Buying	Net Selling
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$29.96B	388,720,773	99.84%	0.16%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$73.63B	562,000,000	82.44%	1.81%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$75.02B	288,200,000	70.23%	29.77%	Net Buying	Net Selling
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.40B	23,050,450	24.06%	75.94%	Net Selling	Net Buying
GGG	GRACO INC	$14.00B	165,338,302	90.40%	1.54%	Net Buying	Net Buying
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$1.61B	47,612,285	68.00%	32.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.12B	51,824,424	84.91%	15.09%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.26B	47,181,017	90.11%	9.89%	Net Buying	Net Selling
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$313.33M	10,094,322	11.98%	88.02%	Net Buying	Net Selling
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.33B	57,422,039	95.56%	4.44%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$11.46B	58,675,827	59.24%	40.76%	Net Selling	Net Buying
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.09B	12,118,733	95.64%	4.36%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$873.86M	11,072,780	80.63%	14.94%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.19B	17,846,681	93.44%	6.56%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$727.90M	300,784,816	28.90%	0.00%
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.90B	47,865,593	77.32%	22.68%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.66B	250,532,347	82.91%	17.09%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$678.62M	46,290,822	94.36%	0.25%
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.29B	16,470,230	97.90%	2.10%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$94.83M	6,446,454	54.86%	45.14%	Net Buying	Net Selling
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$48.49M	23,310,715	9.10%	90.90%	Net Selling
VHUB	VENHUB GLOBAL INC	$52.37M	84,878,857	0.00%	0.00%
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$28.72M	6,937,338	11.21%	68.68%
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$227.77M	42,974,862	3.97%	15.77%
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$350.09M	224,415,811	14.87%	64.57%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.07B	52,082,794	48.13%	51.87%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$3.66B	338,016,328	38.52%	23.98%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$638.83M	75,690,177	39.19%	12.28%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$467.32M	223,595,973	25.17%	19.30%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$22.33M	22,332,826	7.80%	82.03%
BURU	NUBURU INC	$15.38M	86,902,656	34.74%	17.21%
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$13.30M	19,033,149	2.11%	34.95%	Net Buying
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$7.08M	25,190,000	0.14%	68.29%
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.98M	5,183,021	3.83%	0.00%
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$9.45M	5,306,666	0.30%	65.95%
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$1.66B	32,848,372	37.24%	62.76%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$29.59M	4,787,311	10.70%	60.05%
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$118.15M	63,181,249	0.26%	0.00%
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$193.10k	187,480	0.50%	99.50%
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$198.13M	23,173,413	0.22%	0.00%
XCH	XCHG LTD	$65.99M	2,378,061,531	0.00%	22.37%
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$12.63M	12,500,000	0.00%	50.88%

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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