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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 A and is the 12th 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
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$1.24B	$37.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.64%	18.55%	14.18%	9.39%
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$202.59M	$64.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.40%	-6.59%	14.24%	13.11%
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.39B	$37.02	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1,003.06%	1,357.59%	68.28%	23.13%
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$8.99B	$70.75	$78.00	10.25%	Strong Buy	8	5.05%	11.99%	29.77%	11.56%
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$5.70B	$22.06	$28.00	26.93%	Strong Buy	7	4.94%	42.83%	15.24%	7.19%
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$10.96M	$0.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13.64%	8.34%
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$3.74B	$23.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.12%	9.51%	23.32%	12.45%
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.42B	$61.53	$98.76	60.50%	Strong Buy	2	27.24%	11.92%	124.30%	44.00%
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$363.41M	$13.60	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1.65%	122.89%	14.95%	9.17%
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$44.75B	$398.55	$414.00	3.88%	Strong Buy	14	6.33%	25.95%	48.89%	15.92%
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10.13B	$203.26	$214.14	5.35%	Buy	7	10.20%	25.28%	23.28%	14.52%
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$9.51B	$68.32	$78.83	15.39%	Buy	6	4.13%	9.44%	40.41%	23.51%
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$7.59B	$150.77	$161.20	6.92%	Strong Buy	5	4.11%	N/A	24.75%	11.44%
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.29B	$278.58	$300.00	7.69%	Buy	3	6.87%	11.27%	25.51%	18.32%
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$72.06B	$522.03	$535.10	2.50%	Strong Buy	10	7.21%	22.30%	49.28%	17.67%
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.81B	$54.71	$53.25	-2.67%	Strong Buy	4	4.99%	52.32%	14.73%	8.69%
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$10.37B	$89.93	$92.50	2.86%	Hold	4	4.01%	13.91%	38.21%	19.15%
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$9.70B	$146.10	$171.83	17.61%	Strong Buy	6	5.99%	187.18%	12.61%	6.15%
AME	AMETEK INC	$48.14B	$209.14	$216.00	3.28%	Buy	10	8.59%	13.74%	22.04%	14.34%
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.32B	$97.00	$107.00	10.31%	Hold	1	8.19%	56.66%	18.22%	12.02%
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.34B	$73.96	$102.00	37.91%	Strong Buy	1	6.56%	40.03%	N/A	N/A
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$17.26B	$105.47	$121.83	15.51%	Buy	12	5.16%	17.09%	29.12%	16.30%
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.27B	$48.14	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.12%	25.59%	16.53%	7.70%
NPO	ENPRO INC	$4.62B	$219.21	$243.33	11.00%	Strong Buy	3	13.08%	115.60%	14.38%	9.12%
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$1.43B	$31.58	$52.00	64.66%	Strong Buy	1	15.26%	50.74%	21.28%	16.34%
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$34.43B	$88.34	$103.29	16.92%	Hold	7	6.58%	18.63%	-44.54%	22.42%
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$112.81B	$893.98	$903.81	1.10%	Strong Buy	16	7.05%	9.35%	36.75%	16.51%
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$2.72B	$224.86	$264.00	17.41%	Strong Buy	3	9.03%	104.41%	17.95%	8.17%
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$233.09M	$16.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.53%	5,357.00%	13.00%	5.73%
GE	GE AEROSPACE	$338.33B	$320.75	$342.00	6.63%	Strong Buy	8	8.80%	8.43%	61.41%	9.01%
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$66.82M	$2.88	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.36%	1.88%
XYL	XYLEM INC	$33.38B	$137.11	$165.43	20.65%	Strong Buy	7	5.75%	21.18%	15.83%	10.26%
DOV	DOVER CORP	$26.85B	$195.75	$212.00	8.30%	Buy	8	5.85%	-9.38%	21.01%	11.99%
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.92B	$295.03	$309.25	4.82%	Buy	4	13.60%	19.04%	19.99%	14.88%
ITT	ITT INC	$13.59B	$174.21	$207.25	18.97%	Strong Buy	8	8.14%	16.52%	30.33%	15.97%
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$7.83B	$150.59	$180.00	19.53%	Strong Buy	1	23.30%	N/A	11.41%	6.15%
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$13.46B	$241.03	$277.00	14.92%	Strong Buy	5	7.52%	17.34%	28.08%	14.44%
ATS	ATS CORP	$2.70B	$27.89	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	27.39%	N/A	17.43%	6.85%
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.52B	$26.51	$48.17	81.69%	Strong Buy	6	7.91%	N/A	11.18%	5.10%
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$299.46M	$20.79	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.40%	36.51%	N/A	N/A
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$76.30B	$135.82	$150.38	10.72%	Buy	8	5.39%	24.19%	23.84%	11.52%
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$127.13B	$327.31	$408.47	24.80%	Strong Buy	15	10.91%	20.69%	37.14%	17.22%
IEX	IDEX CORP	$13.40B	$179.06	$195.60	9.24%	Buy	5	6.09%	17.53%	23.17%	13.34%
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$104.68M	$16.35	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.37B	$286.40	$340.00	18.72%	Buy	2	13.47%	19.60%	13.94%	8.64%
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$38.37B	$64.87	$59.00	-9.05%	Hold	11	23.00%	N/A	537.19%	49.51%
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$31.51B	$79.76	$91.00	14.09%	Buy	6	7.72%	50.14%	21.23%	11.81%
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$6.05B	$23.83	$28.29	18.70%	Strong Buy	7	27.78%	406.83%	9.96%	5.24%
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$729.38M	$66.38	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.01%	3.96%	15.77%	7.01%
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$705.49M	$6.35	$6.00	-5.51%	Hold	1	24.09%	N/A	-6.90%	2.44%
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$3.22B	$62.76	$60.14	-4.17%	Buy	7	20.92%	N/A	N/A	N/A
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$2.09B	$39.56	$48.00	21.33%	Strong Buy	1	5.34%	16.57%	27.14%	14.30%
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$8.28B	$141.10	$194.39	37.76%	Buy	13	9.90%	30.46%	28.41%	13.42%
GGG	GRACO INC	$13.70B	$82.64	$91.00	10.12%	Hold	1	9.28%	11.71%	30.42%	24.55%
CR	CRANE CO	$10.80B	$187.53	$222.50	18.65%	Strong Buy	4	11.87%	10.54%	27.49%	21.20%
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$72.36B	$249.50	$253.75	1.70%	Sell	8	4.29%	8.79%	145.26%	28.88%
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$805.56M	$2.68	$2.24	-16.42%	Sell	5	20.95%	N/A	N/A	N/A
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.74B	$47.73	$82.33	72.50%	Strong Buy	3	11.34%	69.03%	24.77%	10.31%
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$293.74M	$29.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$322.31M	$7.50	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$656.79M	$14.34	$19.75	37.73%	Buy	4	3.37%	N/A	2.55%	2.35%
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$4.87B	$16.31	$35.72	119.02%	Hold	9	107.36%	N/A	6.64%	6.23%
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$521.63M	$3.48	$6.00	72.41%	Buy	1	202.01%	N/A	-10.19%	-10.07%
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$881.14M	$11.83	$19.25	62.72%	Strong Buy	4	295.56%	N/A	N/A	N/A
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.39B	$27.61	$29.50	6.85%	Sell	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$44.67M	$2.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$557.58M	$2.51	$3.50	39.44%	Buy	2	N/A	N/A	-43.82%	-10.00%
XCH	XCHG LTD	$66.59M	$1.12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HI	HILLENBRAND INC	$2.24B	$31.72	$32.00	0.88%	Hold	2	-7.36%	299.00%	13.62%	4.23%
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$231.34M	$9.98	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BURU	NUBURU INC	$86.73M	$0.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$11.94M	$0.64	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$23.70M	$0.17	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$11.08M	$0.44	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$3.83M	$0.74	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$22.34M	$3.22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$140.26M	$2.22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.27B	$206.23	$201.80	-2.15%	Hold	5	9.67%	156.20%	21.04%	6.88%
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$5.68M	$1.07	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 Jan 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. Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR)

Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR) is the #1 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 79 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 Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 7 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 37.

THR passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Thermon Group Holdings has seen its stock return 32.04% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 16 percentage points.

2. Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD)

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) is the #2 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 79 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: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 10 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 37.

TAYD passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Taylor Devices has seen its stock return 55.38% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 39 percentage points.

3. China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD)

China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD) is the #3 top specialty industrial machinery stock out of 79 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 China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 10 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 37.

CYD passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. China Yuchai International has seen its stock return 267.26% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 251 percentage points.

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 4.67%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.16%. 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 85.5% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR)

Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR) has an annual dividend yield of 3.82%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.16%. 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 96.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI)

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) has an annual dividend yield of 2.85%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.16%. 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 147.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks up?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were up 1.95% in the last day, and down -0.58% over the last week. Nuscale Power was the among the top gainers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, gaining 15.1% yesterday.

Shares of energy and nuclear stocks are trading higher. Strength may be in response to investor optimism about how increasing adoption of AI technology has placed a higher priority on energy production and data centers.

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 14, which is -13 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 27. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GTEC a Valuation Rating of "A".

Greenland Technologies Holding's stock has dropped -68.02% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -84 percentage points.

2. Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT)

Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT) 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.

Crane Nxt Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 44 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Crane Nxt Co's stock has dropped -18.59% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -35 percentage points.

3. Tennant Co (NYSE:TNC)

Tennant Co (NYSE:TNC) is the third 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.

Tennant Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tennant Co's stock has dropped -8.79% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -25 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

47.17% 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 11.29% over the next year.

7.46% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 32.84% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 50.75% are rated C (Hold), 1.49% 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 20.65x.

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