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Best Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top specialty industrial machinery stocks in 2025 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 25th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.08B	26,312,842	58.90%	41.10%
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$133.98M	3,147,193	33.91%	26.04%	Net Buying
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$6.21B	257,584,131	89.22%	10.78%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.97B	23,008,218	13.27%	86.73%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$6.88B	130,782,241	98.51%	1.49%	Net Selling	Net Selling
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.04B	33,361,705	80.02%	4.85%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.08B	37,518,322	17.40%	0.00%
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$9.66B	66,374,193	97.69%	2.31%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.70B	33,153,838	91.35%	8.24%	Net Buying	Net Buying
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$4.10B	156,293,515	81.53%	18.47%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$2.25B	53,937,328	93.21%	6.79%	Net Selling	Net Buying
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$2.40B	45,160,926	67.56%	32.44%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$331.87M	26,764,077	93.22%	3.13%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$17.21B	163,931,255	83.09%	16.91%	Net Buying
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.26B	44,484,632	84.51%	4.80%	Net Buying	Net Selling
NPO	ENPRO INC	$4.69B	21,053,512	87.32%	12.68%	Net Buying	Net Buying
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$8.72B	46,758,155	86.29%	13.71%	Net Buying	Net Selling
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$38.48B	112,434,397	82.57%	1.41%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GE	GE AEROSPACE	$284.04B	1,060,439,387	79.39%	2.72%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XYL	XYLEM INC	$34.27B	243,409,688	89.45%	0.94%	Net Buying	Net Selling
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$11.66B	58,675,951	59.17%	40.83%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AME	AMETEK INC	$41.89B	230,953,960	87.64%	1.07%	Net Selling
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$7.20B	51,970,395	89.13%	3.68%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$10.12B	140,129,580	77.59%	2.59%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.42B	50,796,348	85.00%	15.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$2.44B	12,068,262	94.62%	4.77%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$93.27B	127,778,004	87.28%	2.85%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.52B	18,653,506	94.26%	5.74%	Net Selling
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.69B	57,159,803	42.68%	57.32%	Net Selling	Net Buying
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$55.03B	137,786,038	84.52%	1.80%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$331.80M	10,094,322	12.90%	87.10%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITT	ITT INC	$12.90B	78,000,000	94.55%	3.25%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DOV	DOVER CORP	$24.21B	137,134,453	86.26%	2.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ATS	ATS CORP	$2.68B	96,885,705	88.80%	0.00%
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$834.17M	33,088,725	35.77%	64.23%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$12.06B	56,508,946	73.31%	26.69%	Net Buying	Net Selling
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$136.66B	389,300,000	83.99%	0.70%	Net Selling	Net Buying
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.81B	233,966,211	80.27%	19.73%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$8.55B	116,519,946	87.25%	4.13%	Net Selling	Net Buying
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$120.26M	14,147,661	59.71%	16.53%	Net Buying	Net Buying
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$74.15B	562,800,000	81.61%	1.77%	Net Selling
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$22.09M	17,394,226	1.98%	38.25%	Net Buying
CR	CRANE CO	$10.89B	57,546,840	76.04%	14.51%	Net Selling	Net Buying
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.72B	50,682,386	91.05%	8.95%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.36B	16,802,468	91.20%	2.23%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$75.39B	291,500,000	70.01%	29.99%	Net Selling	Net Buying
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$141.86M	21,173,413	0.17%	0.00%
IEX	IDEX CORP	$12.41B	75,287,284	97.50%	2.50%	Net Buying	Net Buying
HI	HILLENBRAND INC	$1.77B	70,482,047	91.07%	6.50%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$31.13B	397,452,515	81.05%	18.95%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GGG	GRACO INC	$13.98B	165,694,194	88.90%	1.50%	Net Buying	Net Buying
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$117.84M	6,506,868	55.89%	44.11%	Net Selling	Net Buying
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$545.28M	10,975,874	78.24%	14.92%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$275.63M	14,229,522	51.99%	40.60%	Net Buying	Net Selling
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$52.53M	23,041,464	8.16%	91.84%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$34.31B	392,475,229	89.43%	0.15%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$3.42B	57,418,206	93.22%	4.55%	Net Selling	Net Buying
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$24.20M	24,950,000	0.12%	0.00%
KAI	KADANT INC	$4.00B	11,777,467	97.20%	2.80%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$599.74M	299,868,076	24.61%	0.00%
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$687.02M	45,801,003	95.53%	0.00%
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$10.09B	284,392,884	30.85%	19.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$31.04B	590,493,305	11.47%	88.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$331.27M	149,893,979	10.56%	2.76%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$157.71M	101,097,542	10.93%	89.07%	Net Buying	Net Buying
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$36.12M	14,276,150	2.69%	97.31%	Net Buying
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$554.67M	57,123,356	37.06%	17.29%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.49B	41,580,673	28.92%	50.42%
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$521.75M	219,223,168	13.76%	49.08%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TOYO	TOYO CO LTD	$228.32M	46,595,743	0.49%	4.08%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$29.01M	143,619,342	0.03%	2.00%
TPIC	TPI COMPOSITES INC	$11.45M	48,730,266	30.74%	69.26%	Net Buying	Net Selling
XCH	XCHG LTD	$67.18M	2,378,061,531	0.01%	0.00%
BURU	NUBURU INC	$14.71M	79,952,919	0.92%	16.48%
HCAI	HUACHEN AI PARKING MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LTD	$17.33M	31,500,000	0.02%	0.00%
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$22.31M	18,748,000	0.03%	0.00%
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$4.78M	5,306,666	1.69%	0.00%
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$8.91B	44,945,406	77.89%	22.11%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$20.26M	6,881,838	17.16%	69.23%	Net Selling
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$14.14M	58,655,138	0.74%	0.00%
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	$6.13M	11,250,000	0.53%	0.00%

Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty industrial machinery stocks to buy right now in Aug 2025?

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. Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC)

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) is the #1 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 81 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 Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is -6 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GRC as a "A".

GRC passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gorman Rupp Co has seen its stock return 7.12% over the past year, underperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by -10 percentage points.

2. Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD)

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) is the #2 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 81 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: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 16 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

TAYD passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Taylor Devices has seen its stock lose -14.45% over the past year, underperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by -31 percentage points.

3. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) is the #3 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 81 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: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is -2 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GTES as a "A".

GTES passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gates Industrial has seen its stock return 40.44% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 24 percentage points.

Gates Industrial has an average 1 year price target of $26.33, an upside of 9.27% from Gates Industrial's current stock price of $24.10.

Gates Industrial stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Gates Industrial, 55.56% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 11.11% have issued a Buy, 33.33% 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 40 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. Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR)

Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR) has an annual dividend yield of 4.19%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.09%. 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 57.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI)

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.57%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.09%. Hillenbrand's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Hillenbrand's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Hillenbrand's dividend payout ratio of -345.4% indicates that its 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 3.1%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.09%. 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 81% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks down?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were down -1.12% in the last day, and up 0.98% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why specialty industrial machinery stocks are down.

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 100, which is 75 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 25. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Greenland Technologies Holding's stock has dropped -21.6% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -38 percentage points.

2. Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD)

Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) 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.

Middleby has a valuation score of 57, which is 32 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Middleby's stock has dropped -4.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -21 percentage points.

3. Flowserve (NYSE:FLS)

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) 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.

Flowserve has a valuation score of 29, which is 4 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Flowserve's stock has gained 11.11% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -6 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

41.51% 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 7.81% over the next year.

10.14% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 18.84% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 62.32% are rated C (Hold), 2.9% are rated D (Sell), and 5.8% 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 14.03x.

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