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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 34th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Ticker
Company
Exchange
Industry
Zen Rating
Market Cap
Price
1d %
EBITDA
P/E
D/E
Country
DD Score
PKOH
PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$383.30M$26.62-2.49%$107.10M15.39x2.72
United States
HLIO
HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$2.29B$69.060.48%$147.30M47.30x0.63
United States
RRX
REGAL REXNORD CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$13.83B$207.961.25%$1.24B49.28x1.03
United States
WTS
WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$9.80B$293.83-2.85%$515.00M28.89x0.42
United States
TWIN
TWIN DISC INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$256.42M$17.780.79%$20.45M11.62x1.08
United States
CMI
CUMMINS INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$87.96B$636.611.50%$5.28B30.87x1.67
United States
CYD
CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$1.66B$44.172.10%$100.08M39.33x1.61
Singapore
GTES
GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$6.54B$25.770.74%$654.20M26.30x1.04
United States
GRC
GORMAN RUPP CO
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$1.73B$65.64-3.84%$120.27M32.50x1.07
United States
CR
CRANE CO
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$11.12B$192.880.04%$529.20M30.23x0.87
United States
ATS
ATS CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$3.21B$33.121.22%$168.16M240.00x1.52
Canada
NDSN
NORDSON CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$15.79B$283.080.42%$896.10M30.44x0.92
United States
ROK
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$46.48B$413.70-0.49%$1.64B47.12x1.98
United States
ITT
ITT INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$18.78B$218.40-0.28%$839.40M35.51x0.54
United States
BW
BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$2.24B$16.54-9.91%$23.70M-34.46x-6.04
United States
PH
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$125.77B$996.440.77%$5.49B35.84x1.13
United States
ENOV
ENOVIS CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$1.50B$26.27-0.19%-$832.95M-1.27x1.57
United States
EPAC
ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$1.85B$35.820.31%$139.45M22.25x0.95
United States
FLS
FLOWSERVE CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$10.61B$83.41-0.49%$675.04M31.36x1.58
United States
DCI
DONALDSON CO INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$10.31B$89.06-0.16%$626.30M27.49x0.94
United States
DOV
DOVER CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$29.93B$221.901.29%$1.86B27.77x0.81
United States
MWA
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$4.31B$27.53-5.30%$318.00M21.34x0.81
United States
IR
INGERSOLL RAND INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$33.68B$86.010.24%$1.56B58.91x0.81
United States
KAI
KADANT INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$3.90B$331.00-0.25%$208.66M38.22x0.74
United States
AME
AMETEK INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$54.23B$236.820.24%$2.30B36.89x0.51
United States
SPXC
SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$10.85B$217.61-2.64%$483.30M42.67x0.61
United States
TAYD
TAYLOR DEVICES INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$182.23M$56.610.32%$12.50M17.10x0.08
United States
ETN
EATON CORP PLC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$158.10B$407.570.33%$6.18B38.89x1.12
Ireland
PNR
PENTAIR PLC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$14.76B$90.43-0.71%$947.90M22.66x0.78
United Kingdom
NPO
ENPRO INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$6.02B$283.380.61%$194.40M147.59x0.73
United States
XYL
XYLEM INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$29.29B$120.46-0.54%$1.79B30.65x0.51
United States
FELE
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$4.45B$100.72-0.94%$289.05M30.99x0.47
United States
PSIX
POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$1.81B$78.59-1.27%$121.52M15.88x1.38
United States
SYM
SYMBOTIC INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$39.22B$65.133.10%$28.64M-592.09x3.06
United States
ITW
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$78.59B$272.680.15%$4.66B25.92x4.01
United States
LXFR
LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$342.86M$12.87-0.46%$32.70M44.38x0.63
United Kingdom
EMR
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$82.48B$146.770.29%$4.81B35.71x1.07
United States
AOS
SMITH A O CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$9.07B$65.601.20%$813.70M16.95x0.69
United States
OTIS
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$31.38B$80.73-0.86%$2.23B22.93x-2.95
United States
GHM
GRAHAM CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$1.02B$91.86-3.69%$24.61M67.54x1.23
United States
AMSC
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$1.94B$40.732.54%$26.44M13.62x0.34
United States
GGG
GRACO INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$14.42B$87.190.52%$751.53M27.77x0.23
United States
OFLX
OMEGA FLEX INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$335.13M$33.20-0.78%$19.53M22.59x0.25
United States
JBTM
JBT MAREL CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$6.95B$133.641.07%$317.00M-136.37x0.84
United States
CXT
CRANE NXT CO
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$2.66B$46.38-0.04%$347.90M18.33x1.48
United States
SXI
STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$3.38B$278.890.18%$144.87M61.98x1.22
United States
GNRC
GENERAC HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$12.75B$217.262.43%$462.79M79.58x1.12
United States
MIDD
MIDDLEBY CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$6.83B$144.820.50%$36.41M-26.92x1.28
United States
MIR
MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$4.90B$19.57-0.76%$211.90M150.54x0.90
United States
IEX
IDEX CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$15.34B$206.360.21%$904.20M32.19x0.72
United States
BLDP
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$953.49M$3.177.09%-$84.83M-10.57x0.16
Canada
TNC
TENNANT CO
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$1.41B$78.900.25%$125.60M33.15x1.11
United States
XMTR
XOMETRY INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$2.58B$49.770.75%-$32.86M-40.80x1.55
United States
GTLS
CHART INDUSTRIES INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$9.96B$208.13-0.08%$619.40M693.77x1.99
United States
HURC
HURCO COMPANIES INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$104.56M$16.22-0.86%-$10.31M-7.34x0.34
United States
CSW
CSW INDUSTRIALS INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$4.90B$297.602.50%$230.67M39.37x1.12
United States
BWEN
BROADWIND INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$58.28M$2.506.84%$15.03M10.87x0.76
United States
KRNT
KORNIT DIGITAL LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$730.47M$15.78-3.60%-$22.68M-52.60x0.08
Israel
VHUB
VENHUB GLOBAL INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$60.94M$0.72-7.59%-$61.73M-0.43x-1.35
United States
CVV
CVD EQUIPMENT CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$33.44M$4.8210.30%-$886.00k-20.96x0.11
United States
SHMD
SCHMID GROUP NV
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$277.62M$6.46-6.38%N/AN/A-3.01
Germany
NPWR
NET POWER INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$374.77M$1.67-1.18%-$1.62B-0.23x0.32
United States
NNE
NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$1.33B$25.53-1.24%-$42.59M-23.64x0.01
United States
SERV
SERVE ROBOTICS INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$756.14M$9.994.39%-$96.80M-6.13x0.05
United States
SMR
NUSCALE POWER CORP
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$4.32B$12.791.11%-$354.27M-5.89x0.26
United States
RR
RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$574.64M$2.576.64%-$18.36M-18.36x0.03
United States
LASE
LASER PHOTONICS CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$36.52M$1.12-2.61%-$12.70M-1.10x-2.88
United States
HUHU
HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$239.61M$10.34-1.90%-$10.92M-19.88x2.23
China
GTEC
GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$13.59M$0.713.03%$11.22M2.30x0.68
China
GCDT
GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD
NYSEMKT
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$12.13M$0.97-7.62%$93.20k-9.33x-2.16
Hong Kong
JCSE
JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$6.42M$1.21-11.68%$152.31k-5.82x1.08
Singapore
WFF
WF HOLDING LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$6.90M$1.37-2.84%-$159.24k-18.27x0.79
Malaysia
INLF
INLIF LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$4.11M$3.48-2.25%-$4.97M-0.66x0.54
China
BURU
NUBURU INC
NYSEMKT
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$30.92M$0.20-0.50%-$67.75M-0.09x-4.28
United States
LBGJ
LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$206.23k$1.10-0.90%-$209.60k-0.18x2.54
China
ZJK
ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$142.16M$2.258.96%$7.78M32.14x0.72
China
THR
THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$1.78B$54.12-0.28%$107.78M30.40x0.52
United States
MKDW
MKDWELL TECH INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$37.01M$7.73-1.40%N/A-1.72x1.99
Taiwan
CETY
CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$4.22M$0.820.62%-$1.67M-0.67x1.09
United States
XCH
XCHG LTD
NASDAQ
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$61.95M$1.04-3.07%N/A13.03x0.89
China

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. Park Ohio Holdings (NASDAQ:PKOH)


Park Ohio Holdings (NASDAQ:PKOH) 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 Park Ohio Holdings (NASDAQ:PKOH) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Park Ohio Holdings (NASDAQ:PKOH) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 14 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 34.

PKOH passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Park Ohio Holdings has seen its stock return 47.07% over the past year, underperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by -6 percentage points.

Park Ohio Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $37.00, an upside of 38.99% from Park Ohio Holdings's current stock price of $26.62.

Park Ohio Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Park Ohio Holdings, 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.

2. Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO)


Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) 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 Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, 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 168.61% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 116 percentage points.

Helios Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $80.67, an upside of 16.81% from Helios Technologies's current stock price of $69.06.

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. Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX)


Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) is the #3 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 80 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 1 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 34.

RRX passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Regal Rexnord has seen its stock return 113.8% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 61 percentage points.

Regal Rexnord has an average 1 year price target of $226.43, an upside of 8.88% from Regal Rexnord's current stock price of $207.96.

Regal Rexnord stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Regal Rexnord, 71.43% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 14.29% 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 4.1%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.15%. 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.

2. Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR)


Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR) has an annual dividend yield of 4.04%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.15%. 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. Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW)


Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) has an annual dividend yield of 2.32%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.15%. 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 59.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks up?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were up 0.19% in the last day, and up 0.58% 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. 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 43, which is 22 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Crane Nxt Co's stock has gained 7.11% 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 22 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gates Industrial's stock has gained 57.52% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 5 percentage points.

3. Smith A O (NYSE:AOS)


Smith A O (NYSE:AOS) 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.

Smith A O has a valuation score of 43, which is 22 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Smith A O's stock has gained 6.3% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -47 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 8.37% over the next year.

2.99% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 28.36% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 55.22% are rated C (Hold), 5.97% 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 17.9x.
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