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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...

Overview Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment

Specialty Industrial Machinery is Zen Rated B and is the 36th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$410.09M	14,399,130	52.47%	40.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.26B	33,107,113	92.21%	7.79%	Net Buying	Net Buying
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$260.46M	14,421,658	59.77%	15.59%	Net Selling	Net Selling
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10.04B	33,339,926	79.42%	4.90%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$2.02B	26,312,842	58.84%	41.16%
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.58B	37,518,322	20.55%	0.00%
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$6.48B	253,855,699	89.30%	10.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$91.29B	138,165,463	85.89%	1.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CR	CRANE CO	$10.39B	57,674,297	75.23%	14.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$14.11B	66,499,582	97.83%	2.17%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.81B	51,543,169	92.93%	7.07%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITT	ITT INC	$18.80B	86,000,000	95.84%	2.98%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ATS	ATS CORP	$3.20B	96,948,447	85.62%	0.00%
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$4.41B	156,385,318	80.89%	19.11%	Net Selling	Net Buying
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$45.08B	112,357,908	84.82%	1.43%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$1.96B	135,256,006	26.29%	73.71%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$15.75B	55,783,598	72.75%	27.25%	Net Buying	Net Selling
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$122.99B	126,216,529	92.67%	2.88%	Net Selling	Net Buying
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.38B	57,245,131	41.98%	58.02%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$10.59B	127,260,329	98.30%	1.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$10.30B	115,814,243	86.80%	4.20%	Net Selling	Net Buying
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.69B	11,789,023	96.99%	3.01%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DOV	DOVER CORP	$30.27B	134,661,414	90.92%	2.07%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AME	AMETEK INC	$53.34B	228,977,202	89.66%	1.07%	Net Selling	Net Buying
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$32.82B	391,617,994	81.30%	18.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$6.77B	51,982,204	96.35%	3.65%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$11.11B	49,876,887	87.01%	12.99%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$186.68M	3,219,112	34.21%	25.56%	Net Buying	Net Buying
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.78B	23,050,450	24.06%	75.94%	Net Selling	Net Buying
NPO	ENPRO INC	$6.26B	21,248,001	87.29%	12.71%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$14.98B	163,235,706	83.42%	16.58%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$164.44B	387,900,000	98.19%	0.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$77.61B	288,200,000	70.23%	29.77%	Net Buying	Net Selling
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$35.76B	602,171,792	21.94%	78.06%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.51B	44,202,147	84.76%	4.95%	Net Buying	Net Buying
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$350.06M	26,640,434	96.00%	3.64%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$8.90B	138,289,917	84.61%	2.67%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$2.36B	47,612,285	67.97%	32.03%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$79.44B	562,000,000	82.44%	1.81%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XYL	XYLEM INC	$29.53B	243,141,405	99.13%	0.87%	Net Buying	Net Buying
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$1.08B	11,072,780	80.63%	14.94%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$346.29M	10,094,322	11.98%	88.02%	Net Buying	Net Selling
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$29.91B	383,716,076	99.84%	0.16%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.58B	57,422,039	95.56%	4.44%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.31B	12,118,733	95.66%	4.34%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.94B	250,532,347	82.60%	17.40%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.70B	47,181,017	90.11%	9.89%	Net Buying	Net Selling
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$12.96B	58,675,827	59.24%	40.76%	Net Selling	Net Buying
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$986.57M	300,784,816	28.90%	0.00%
IEX	IDEX CORP	$15.22B	74,347,824	97.46%	2.54%	Net Buying	Net Selling
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.45B	17,846,681	93.43%	6.57%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.47B	51,824,424	84.82%	15.18%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GGG	GRACO INC	$13.54B	165,968,177	90.05%	1.54%	Net Buying	Net Buying
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$738.34M	46,290,822	94.36%	0.27%
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.95B	47,865,593	77.31%	22.69%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$106.04M	6,446,454	54.86%	45.14%	Net Buying
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.88B	16,470,230	97.70%	2.30%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$60.14M	23,310,715	9.10%	90.90%	Net Selling
VHUB	VENHUB GLOBAL INC	$60.26M	84,878,857	0.00%	0.00%
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$44.82M	6,937,338	11.21%	68.68%
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$299.53M	42,974,862	3.97%	36.62%
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$224.98k	187,480	0.50%	99.50%
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$388.24M	224,415,811	14.87%	64.57%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.28B	52,082,794	48.13%	51.87%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$697.86M	75,690,177	39.19%	12.25%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$4.04B	338,016,328	38.52%	12.17%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$550.05M	223,595,973	25.17%	19.30%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$31.79M	32,604,703	5.35%	56.19%
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$155.43M	63,181,249	0.26%	0.00%
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$1.78B	32,848,372	37.24%	62.76%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$223.86M	23,173,413	0.22%	0.00%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$34.33M	4,787,311	10.70%	76.98%
BURU	NUBURU INC	$48.54M	154,588,426	19.53%	12.71%	Net Buying
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$9.65M	12,500,000	0.00%	50.88%
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$13.32M	19,033,149	2.11%	34.95%
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$6.05M	5,306,666	0.30%	65.95%
XCH	XCHG LTD	$58.86M	2,378,061,531	0.00%	22.37%
INLF	INLIF LTD	$3.91M	1,181,250	2.07%	97.93%
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$6.85M	5,038,000	0.21%	99.79%
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.13M	5,183,021	3.83%	0.00%

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: C.

Park Ohio Holdings (NASDAQ:PKOH) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 13 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 35.

PKOH passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Park Ohio Holdings has seen its stock return 45.38% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 5 percentage points.

Park Ohio Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $37.00, an upside of 29.92% from Park Ohio Holdings's current stock price of $28.48.

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: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is -2 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 35. 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 144.65% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 104 percentage points.

Helios Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $80.67, an upside of 18.35% from Helios Technologies's current stock price of $68.16.

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. Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN)

Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) 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 Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 18 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 35.

TWIN passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Twin Disc has seen its stock return 164.04% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 123 percentage points.

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 3.96%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.14%. 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 3.96%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.14%. 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 2.35%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.14%. 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 down?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were down -0.35% in the last day, and up 0.03% 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. 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 57, which is 34 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Crane Nxt Co's stock has dropped -3.29% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -44 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 B. 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 41.83% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 1 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 20 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Smith A O's stock has dropped -1.41% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -42 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

43.86% of specialty industrial machinery stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty industrial machinery stocks to rise by 8.73% over the next year.

2.94% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 25% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.35% are rated C (Hold), 7.35% are rated D (Sell), and 7.35% 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 21.73x.

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