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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 +28.50% 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 50th 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	$650.75M	14,490,010	0.06%	53.55%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$10.44B	59,006,361	0.09%	64.78%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$350.39M	14,538,916	0.06%	15.76%	Net Selling	Net Buying
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP LTD	$6.44B	253,151,170	0.10%	12.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.22B	32,950,577	0.10%	8.39%	Net Buying	Net Selling
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.18B	50,085,860	0.09%	14.03%	Net Selling
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.76B	51,137,646	0.10%	7.82%	Net Selling	Net Buying
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$82.72B	557,800,000	0.08%	1.90%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.89B	26,410,243	0.07%	43.60%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$74.49B	137,664,487	0.09%	1.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$10.25B	66,591,867	0.11%	2.47%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$3.60B	156,125,679	0.10%	22.33%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$146.24M	6,476,322	0.07%	53.41%	Net Selling
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$11.75B	33,383,050	0.08%	4.92%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.31B	37,518,322	0.02%	0.00%	Net Buying	Net Buying
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.16B	11,809,117	0.11%	3.45%	Net Selling
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$152.70B	388,400,000	0.09%	0.70%	Net Selling	Net Buying
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$117.08B	126,047,469	0.09%	2.91%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.25B	44,211,464	0.09%	5.79%	Net Buying	Net Buying
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$17.17B	55,699,366	0.08%	28.55%	Net Buying	Net Selling
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$10.19B	115,911,056	0.09%	4.22%	Net Selling	Net Buying
CR	CRANE CO	$11.52B	57,800,356	0.08%	14.50%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NPO	ENPRO INC	$6.01B	21,167,681	0.10%	14.72%	Net Selling
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$1.05B	148,965,066	0.05%	99.95%	Net Selling	Net Buying
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$46.51B	111,048,676	0.09%	1.45%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$910.16M	23,065,450	0.04%	93.66%	Net Buying
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.87B	57,561,304	0.11%	4.64%	Net Buying
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$669.66M	42,872,109	0.10%	0.29%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IEX	IDEX CORP	$16.38B	73,719,896	0.10%	2.74%	Net Selling	Net Selling
INIO	INNIO NV	$13.09B	750,000,000	0.06%	86.25%	Net Selling
ITT	ITT INC	$17.84B	89,400,000	0.10%	2.91%	Net Selling	Net Buying
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$27.99B	387,999,429	0.10%	24.24%	Net Selling	Net Buying
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.78B	16,293,487	0.10%	2.38%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.12B	12,119,465	0.11%	4.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AME	AMETEK INC	$53.57B	229,261,244	0.09%	1.09%	Net Selling	Net Buying
EROC	EROCK INC	$542.44M	48,174,023	0.02%	99.98%
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$4.87B	57,323,573	0.10%	16.37%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$191.21M	3,225,015	0.05%	25.36%	Net Selling
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$76.62B	284,800,000	0.09%	36.29%	Net Buying	Net Buying
DOV	DOVER CORP	$25.47B	134,680,225	0.09%	2.07%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.17B	17,049,303	0.11%	7.23%	Net Selling	Net Buying
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$9.07B	127,112,780	0.11%	1.64%	Net Selling	Net Buying
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$4.96B	45,222,349	0.10%	12.60%	Net Buying
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$7.80B	135,908,573	0.09%	2.72%	Net Selling
XYL	XYLEM INC	$25.10B	233,486,812	0.09%	1.01%	Net Buying	Net Buying
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$3.83B	249,037,647	0.11%	21.49%	Net Selling	Net Buying
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$8.97B	159,637,950	0.10%	19.15%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$26.72B	380,669,339	0.09%	0.17%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MFP	MIDERA FOOD PROCESSING INC	$1.88B	45,230,455	0.00%	1.57%	Net Buying	Net Buying
GGG	GRACO INC	$12.40B	161,953,824	0.09%	1.57%	Net Buying	Net Buying
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$262.96M	10,094,322	0.01%	99.99%	Net Buying	Net Buying
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$5.80B	51,876,817	0.10%	3.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$982.27M	11,737,033	0.09%	14.55%	Net Selling
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$32.67M	6,951,203	0.02%	68.54%
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$25.16B	604,801,708	0.02%	99.98%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$1.32B	48,442,143	0.07%	32.02%	Net Selling
CEPL	CAPSTONE ENERGY PLUS INC	$185.81M	32,944,709	0.00%	2.52%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ATS	ATS CORP	$1.89B	97,015,901	0.08%	0.00%
FISN	DEEP FISSION INC	$421.77M	58,905,938	0.00%	0.00%
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$183.23M	57,800,864	0.01%	99.99%	Net Buying	Net Selling
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$14.85k	6,938	0.00%	100.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$366.92M	225,101,943	0.03%	19.17%	Net Selling
GFUZ	GENERAL FUSION GROUP LTD	$430.27M	52,988,419	0.02%	12.41%
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$651.25M	301,506,494	0.03%	0.00%
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$92.74M	23,657,373	0.01%	99.99%	Net Buying	Net Buying
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$853.26M	53,698,146	0.04%	80.01%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XE	X-ENERGY INC	$4.50B	287,458,734	0.06%	36.81%	Net Buying
INLF	INLIF LTD	$17.48k	5,906	0.09%	99.91%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$404.75M	224,858,561	0.02%	49.71%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$3.66B	429,723,272	0.05%	9.60%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$39.94M	50,177,716	0.01%	36.68%	Net Buying
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$461.86M	26,759,241	0.09%	3.78%	Net Selling
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$5.52M	12,875,000	0.00%	49.40%
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$95.21M	24,103,749	0.00%	0.00%
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$12.71M	12,166,106	0.00%	0.00%
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$9.92M	5,038,018	0.00%	100.00%
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$142.32M	63,822,249	0.00%	0.00%
TRBG	TURBOGEN LTD	N/A	25,455,990	0.00%	0.00%
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$22.18M	20,532,482	0.00%	32.40%
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$7.30M	5,252,720	0.00%	66.63%
HDRN	HADRON ENERGY INC	$116.54M	71,498,842	0.01%	80.03%	Net Buying	Net Buying

Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty industrial machinery stocks to buy right now in Sep 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 81 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Park Ohio Holdings (NASDAQ:PKOH) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 3 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 38.

PKOH passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Park Ohio Holdings has seen its stock return 106.1% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 183 percentage points.

Park Ohio Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $59.00, an upside of 31.37% from Park Ohio Holdings's current stock price of $44.91.

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. Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC)

Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) 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 +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 19 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 38.

GNRC passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Generac Holdings has seen its stock lose -4.7% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 72 percentage points.

Generac Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $289.71, an upside of 63.7% from Generac Holdings's current stock price of $176.98.

Generac Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 14 analysts covering Generac Holdings, 78.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 7.14% have issued a Buy, 14.29% 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 81 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 38.

TWIN passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Twin Disc has seen its stock return 79.05% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 156 percentage points.

Twin Disc has an average 1 year price target of $30.00, an upside of 24.48% from Twin Disc's current stock price of $24.10.

Twin Disc stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Twin Disc, 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.

What are the specialty industrial machinery stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 38 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 5.22%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.28%. 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 114.3% 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 3.01%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.28%. 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 173.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Smith A O (NYSE:AOS)

Smith A O (NYSE:AOS) has an annual dividend yield of 2.51%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.28%. Smith A O's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Smith A O's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Smith A O's dividend payout ratio of 39.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks down?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were down -2.56% in the last day, and down -3.96% over the last week. Innio Nv was the among the top losers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, dropping -14.25% yesterday.

Shares of electronic equipment-related companies are trading lower, possibly in reaction to rising oil prices.

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. Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX)

Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX) 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.

Power Solutions International has a valuation score of 57, which is 26 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 31. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Power Solutions International's stock has dropped -58.69% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 18 percentage points.

2. Pentair (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) 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.

Pentair has a valuation score of 43, which is 12 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 31. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pentair's stock has dropped -49.23% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 28 percentage points.

3. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) 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.

Gates Industrial has a valuation score of 43, which is 12 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 31. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gates Industrial's stock has dropped -0.35% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 77 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

48.33% 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 29.85% over the next year.

4.23% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 18.31% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 60.56% are rated C (Hold), 12.68% are rated D (Sell), and 4.23% 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 41.3x.

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