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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	Price	Price Target	Upside/Downside	Consensus	Analysts	Fore. Revenue Growth	Fore. Earnings Growth	Forecast ROE	Forecast ROA
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.08B	$41.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.02%	3.55%	15.41%	7.11%
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$133.98M	$42.57	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$6.21B	$24.10	$26.33	9.27%	Strong Buy	9	2.38%	40.05%	N/A	N/A
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.97B	$85.67	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$6.88B	$52.62	$66.17	25.74%	Buy	6	3.25%	22.64%	27.30%	10.68%
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.04B	$270.95	$300.00	10.72%	Strong Buy	1	3.96%	6.70%	21.58%	15.44%
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.08B	$28.87	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	50.01%	90.56%	5.42%	1.84%
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$9.66B	$145.58	$167.00	14.71%	Strong Buy	6	2.69%	74.86%	13.42%	6.47%
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.70B	$51.37	$44.25	-13.86%	Strong Buy	4	2.77%	40.54%	12.29%	7.08%
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$4.10B	$26.24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.03%	31.25%	23.50%	12.62%
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$2.25B	$41.76	$53.00	26.92%	Buy	1	3.31%	8.54%	25.85%	13.68%
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$2.40B	$53.06	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	10.75%	25.99%	11.39%	8.38%
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$331.87M	$12.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1.88%	2.20%	12.16%	7.24%
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$17.21B	$104.98	$113.42	8.04%	Buy	12	2.77%	15.84%	26.78%	15.18%
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.26B	$95.82	$107.00	11.67%	Hold	1	2.70%	5.53%	16.50%	10.32%
NPO	ENPRO INC	$4.69B	$222.87	$223.33	0.21%	Strong Buy	3	3.00%	91.29%	12.25%	7.72%
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$8.72B	$186.39	$200.67	7.66%	Strong Buy	3	8.64%	21.19%	28.39%	13.16%
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$38.48B	$342.28	$359.40	5.00%	Strong Buy	10	4.28%	16.22%	42.66%	13.20%
GE	GE AEROSPACE	$284.04B	$267.85	$279.50	4.35%	Strong Buy	6	5.81%	2.67%	49.26%	7.53%
XYL	XYLEM INC	$34.27B	$140.81	$156.00	10.79%	Strong Buy	6	3.81%	14.53%	14.27%	9.19%
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$11.66B	$198.80	$166.50	-16.25%	Strong Buy	16	4.48%	14.52%	32.96%	15.72%
AME	AMETEK INC	$41.89B	$181.36	$207.57	14.45%	Buy	7	4.31%	11.38%	18.16%	12.36%
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$7.20B	$138.60	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	14.22%	N/A	N/A	N/A
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$10.12B	$72.21	$78.33	8.48%	Buy	6	3.25%	7.95%	38.03%	21.62%
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.42B	$47.68	$38.00	-20.30%	Buy	7	14.37%	N/A	N/A	N/A
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$2.44B	$202.35	$214.67	6.09%	Strong Buy	3	10.42%	48.09%	17.40%	7.90%
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$93.27B	$729.96	$791.55	8.44%	Strong Buy	11	5.21%	8.98%	32.73%	15.16%
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.52B	$81.50	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.74%	34.04%	N/A	N/A
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.69B	$29.55	$51.00	72.59%	Strong Buy	6	4.44%	N/A	8.35%	4.29%
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$55.03B	$399.42	$367.44	-8.01%	Buy	9	1.74%	6.13%	30.76%	10.59%
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$331.80M	$32.87	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ITT	ITT INC	$12.90B	$165.40	$186.17	12.56%	Strong Buy	6	4.57%	8.02%	28.13%	14.34%
DOV	DOVER CORP	$24.21B	$176.54	$210.13	19.02%	Buy	8	4.05%	-21.12%	20.46%	11.57%
ATS	ATS CORP	$2.68B	$27.70	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9.52%	N/A	13.48%	5.22%
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$834.17M	$25.21	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.86%	15.47%	14.16%	9.29%
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$12.06B	$213.44	$251.67	17.91%	Buy	3	4.17%	18.17%	22.66%	11.06%
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$136.66B	$351.03	$374.00	6.54%	Strong Buy	14	7.19%	15.27%	37.37%	17.16%
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.81B	$20.55	$22.67	10.30%	Strong Buy	3	N/A	N/A	6.72%	3.59%
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$8.55B	$73.38	$70.00	-4.61%	Hold	3	4.81%	16.39%	38.28%	18.70%
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$120.26M	$8.50	$12.00	41.18%	Strong Buy	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$74.15B	$131.75	$142.67	8.29%	Buy	9	3.22%	17.64%	19.62%	9.17%
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$22.09M	$1.27	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	17.59%	9.85%
CR	CRANE CO	$10.89B	$189.19	$221.50	17.08%	Strong Buy	4	7.35%	5.10%	24.53%	18.38%
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.72B	$132.61	$157.80	19.00%	Buy	5	1.96%	11.42%	16.03%	7.91%
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.36B	$259.56	$299.75	15.48%	Buy	4	10.02%	14.52%	19.00%	13.73%
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$75.39B	$258.64	$256.38	-0.88%	Hold	8	2.91%	1.79%	115.87%	23.18%
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$141.86M	$6.70	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
IEX	IDEX CORP	$12.41B	$164.77	$202.40	22.84%	Buy	5	3.81%	15.04%	19.52%	11.39%
HI	HILLENBRAND INC	$1.77B	$25.17	$24.00	-4.65%	Hold	1	-10.67%	N/A	12.53%	3.53%
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$31.13B	$78.32	$92.43	18.01%	Buy	7	4.03%	43.55%	16.15%	9.02%
GGG	GRACO INC	$13.98B	$84.40	$91.00	7.82%	Hold	1	4.01%	5.10%	22.33%	18.33%
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$117.84M	$18.11	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$545.28M	$49.68	$60.00	20.77%	Strong Buy	2	8.80%	19.55%	16.15%	7.89%
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$275.63M	$19.37	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.80%	24.80%	N/A	N/A
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$52.53M	$2.28	$6.00	163.16%	Buy	1	6.08%	N/A	9.58%	4.33%
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$34.31B	$87.43	$101.14	15.68%	Hold	7	3.14%	6.73%	-34.27%	17.52%
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$3.42B	$59.65	$72.50	21.54%	Buy	2	4.42%	54.29%	23.02%	9.27%
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$24.20M	$0.97	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
KAI	KADANT INC	$4.00B	$339.61	$340.00	0.11%	Buy	2	0.48%	1.42%	13.20%	8.24%
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$599.74M	$2.00	$1.56	-22.00%	Sell	5	31.92%	N/A	-12.26%	-10.60%
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$687.02M	$15.00	$23.50	56.67%	Buy	2	4.84%	N/A	0.26%	0.24%
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$10.09B	$35.47	$35.50	0.08%	Buy	6	69.71%	N/A	N/A	N/A
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$31.04B	$52.57	$37.00	-29.62%	Buy	7	15.46%	N/A	876.97%	101.14%
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$331.27M	$2.21	$3.50	58.37%	Buy	1	33.06%	N/A	-19.79%	-19.55%
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$157.71M	$1.56	$5.00	220.51%	Strong Buy	1	N/A	N/A	-3.27%	1.44%
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$36.12M	$2.53	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$554.67M	$9.71	$17.00	75.08%	Strong Buy	1	423.09%	N/A	-19.57%	-18.99%
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.49B	$35.89	$50.50	40.71%	Strong Buy	2	N/A	N/A	-35.64%	-34.84%
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$521.75M	$2.38	$4.00	68.07%	Hold	2	1,259.72%	N/A	N/A	N/A
TOYO	TOYO CO LTD	$228.32M	$4.90	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$29.01M	$0.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TPIC	TPI COMPOSITES INC	$11.45M	$0.24	$1.10	368.09%	Hold	4	5.84%	N/A	N/A	-0.25%
XCH	XCHG LTD	$67.18M	$1.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BURU	NUBURU INC	$14.71M	$0.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HCAI	HUACHEN AI PARKING MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LTD	$17.33M	$0.55	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$22.31M	$1.19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$4.78M	$0.90	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$8.91B	$198.22	$201.29	1.55%	Buy	7	8.15%	53.09%	19.88%	6.86%
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$20.26M	$2.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$14.14M	$0.24	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	$6.13M	$0.55	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 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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