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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

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Price	Price Target	Upside/Downside	Consensus	Analysts	Fore. Revenue Growth	Fore. Earnings Growth	Forecast ROE	Forecast ROA
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$383.30M	$26.62	$37.00	38.99%	Strong Buy	1	5.26%	32.05%	N/A	N/A
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.29B	$69.06	$80.67	16.81%	Strong Buy	3	4.57%	36.69%	14.28%	8.79%
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$13.83B	$207.96	$226.43	8.88%	Strong Buy	7	7.25%	77.42%	14.90%	7.33%
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.80B	$293.83	$335.00	14.01%	Buy	6	7.29%	11.33%	25.97%	18.28%
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$256.42M	$17.78	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.45%	53.33%	10.76%	5.17%
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$87.96B	$636.61	$643.50	1.08%	Strong Buy	10	7.88%	20.06%	49.20%	17.87%
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.66B	$44.17	$60.00	35.84%	Strong Buy	1	243.29%	354.53%	80.64%	27.32%
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$6.54B	$25.77	$28.38	10.11%	Buy	8	4.82%	38.36%	15.85%	7.39%
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.73B	$65.64	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.62%	23.00%	17.85%	8.61%
CR	CRANE CO	$11.12B	$192.88	$217.50	12.76%	Buy	2	12.42%	11.45%	27.81%	14.88%
ATS	ATS CORP	$3.21B	$33.12	$35.00	5.68%	Hold	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$15.79B	$283.08	$320.80	13.32%	Strong Buy	5	7.16%	14.52%	28.12%	14.68%
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$46.48B	$413.70	$420.67	1.68%	Buy	12	5.57%	21.07%	55.42%	18.49%
ITT	ITT INC	$18.78B	$218.40	$229.14	4.92%	Strong Buy	7	16.60%	18.85%	21.98%	14.22%
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$2.24B	$16.54	$8.00	-51.63%	Buy	2	48.62%	N/A	-88.96%	17.65%
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$125.77B	$996.44	$1.04k	4.05%	Strong Buy	17	6.77%	11.36%	38.08%	17.86%
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.50B	$26.27	$44.50	69.39%	Strong Buy	6	5.75%	N/A	17.51%	6.80%
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.85B	$35.82	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.99%	17.02%	30.96%	15.86%
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$10.61B	$83.41	$87.60	5.02%	Strong Buy	10	5.97%	25.10%	33.61%	12.90%
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$10.31B	$89.06	$99.00	11.16%	Buy	5	3.87%	13.88%	39.43%	20.30%
DOV	DOVER CORP	$29.93B	$221.90	$229.67	3.50%	Buy	9	5.26%	16.32%	24.58%	13.56%
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$4.31B	$27.53	$30.50	10.79%	Buy	2	3.72%	9.88%	25.13%	13.86%
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$33.68B	$86.01	$97.83	13.75%	Buy	6	5.67%	44.60%	20.33%	11.21%
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.90B	$331.00	$337.50	1.96%	Buy	2	13.28%	33.60%	16.31%	9.34%
AME	AMETEK INC	$54.23B	$236.82	$239.67	1.20%	Buy	9	6.95%	14.08%	22.15%	14.65%
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10.85B	$217.61	$250.00	14.88%	Strong Buy	8	9.84%	23.77%	22.08%	13.70%
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$182.23M	$56.61	$70.00	23.65%	Hold	1	2.90%	-6.18%	13.90%	12.92%
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$158.10B	$407.57	$402.92	-1.14%	Buy	12	10.59%	18.83%	41.35%	19.47%
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$14.76B	$90.43	$113.55	25.56%	Buy	11	4.52%	16.91%	28.74%	16.19%
NPO	ENPRO INC	$6.02B	$283.38	$297.50	4.98%	Strong Buy	2	12.31%	369.23%	14.02%	8.13%
XYL	XYLEM INC	$29.29B	$120.46	$156.09	29.58%	Strong Buy	11	4.09%	20.01%	16.42%	10.69%
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.45B	$100.72	$100.00	-0.71%	Hold	1	6.84%	42.98%	17.52%	11.92%
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.81B	$78.59	$99.95	27.18%	Strong Buy	2	21.29%	18.03%	N/A	N/A
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$39.22B	$65.13	$65.60	0.72%	Buy	10	23.04%	N/A	271.21%	60.13%
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$78.59B	$272.68	$267.25	-1.99%	Sell	8	3.69%	7.38%	129.57%	25.88%
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$342.86M	$12.87	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-4.63%	293.93%	15.12%	9.26%
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$82.48B	$146.77	$158.92	8.28%	Buy	12	5.28%	24.42%	24.55%	11.87%
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$9.07B	$65.60	$72.60	10.67%	Hold	5	4.13%	7.24%	37.74%	22.31%
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$31.38B	$80.73	$94.00	16.44%	Hold	4	5.54%	15.17%	-44.97%	22.76%
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$1.02B	$91.86	$100.00	8.86%	Buy	1	15.57%	32.11%	20.01%	8.97%
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$1.94B	$40.73	$52.00	27.67%	Strong Buy	1	20.50%	-16.60%	15.74%	11.74%
GGG	GRACO INC	$14.42B	$87.19	$96.67	10.87%	Buy	3	6.15%	7.28%	28.57%	23.15%
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$335.13M	$33.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$6.95B	$133.64	$180.00	34.69%	Strong Buy	1	6.57%	N/A	13.36%	7.28%
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.66B	$46.38	$77.33	66.74%	Strong Buy	3	4.73%	35.90%	22.36%	8.99%
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.38B	$278.89	$289.67	3.86%	Strong Buy	3	5.47%	54.69%	23.07%	10.39%
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$12.75B	$217.26	$234.40	7.89%	Strong Buy	10	14.20%	68.16%	32.11%	15.17%
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.83B	$144.82	$182.57	26.07%	Strong Buy	7	4.28%	N/A	24.70%	10.86%
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.90B	$19.57	$27.83	42.22%	Strong Buy	6	15.35%	128.92%	11.02%	5.73%
IEX	IDEX CORP	$15.34B	$206.36	$232.43	12.63%	Strong Buy	7	4.70%	15.96%	22.16%	12.88%
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$953.49M	$3.17	$2.75	-13.25%	Sell	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.41B	$78.90	$79.00	0.13%	Buy	2	7.23%	41.95%	N/A	N/A
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.58B	$49.77	$62.00	24.57%	Buy	8	19.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.96B	$208.13	$210.00	0.90%	Hold	1	8.28%	265.54%	22.20%	7.31%
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$104.56M	$16.22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.90B	$297.60	$323.20	8.60%	Buy	5	11.39%	24.11%	21.98%	10.26%
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$58.28M	$2.50	$6.00	140.00%	Buy	1	-6.41%	N/A	5.20%	2.95%
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$730.47M	$15.78	$19.75	25.16%	Buy	4	7.13%	N/A	3.98%	3.68%
VHUB	VENHUB GLOBAL INC	$60.94M	$0.72	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$33.44M	$4.82	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$277.62M	$6.46	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$374.77M	$1.67	$3.50	109.58%	Buy	2	N/A	N/A	-20.77%	-7.06%
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.33B	$25.53	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-21.85%	-21.61%
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$756.14M	$9.99	$18.20	82.18%	Strong Buy	5	268.23%	N/A	-31.48%	-30.02%
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$4.32B	$12.79	$17.06	33.41%	Buy	8	124.78%	N/A	-1.99%	-1.64%
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$574.64M	$2.57	$4.00	55.64%	Sell	2	53.73%	N/A	-8.81%	-8.57%
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$36.52M	$1.12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$239.61M	$10.34	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$13.59M	$0.71	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	15.44%	9.73%
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$12.13M	$0.97	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$6.42M	$1.21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$6.90M	$1.37	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
INLF	INLIF LTD	$4.11M	$3.48	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BURU	NUBURU INC	$30.92M	$0.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$206.23k	$1.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$142.16M	$2.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	62.14%	304.00%	67.04%	38.88%
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$1.78B	$54.12	$54.00	-0.22%	Strong Buy	1	6.96%	18.78%	15.31%	10.10%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$37.01M	$7.73	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.22M	$0.82	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XCH	XCHG LTD	$61.95M	$1.04	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	12.49%	N/A	575.93%	304.32%

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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