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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 B and is the 38th 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
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$410.95M	$28.54	$37.00	29.64%	Strong Buy	1	5.26%	32.05%	N/A	N/A
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$6.11B	$24.06	$28.71	19.34%	Buy	7	4.77%	38.36%	15.70%	7.43%
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$2.01B	$76.15	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.68%	10.92%	17.46%	8.62%
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.21B	$66.84	$80.67	20.69%	Strong Buy	3	4.57%	36.69%	14.50%	8.92%
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$226.56M	$15.71	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.45%	53.33%	10.76%	5.17%
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$410.64M	$15.35	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1.27%	419.27%	15.38%	8.76%
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$14.17B	$213.02	$226.43	6.29%	Strong Buy	7	7.25%	77.42%	14.90%	7.33%
CR	CRANE CO	$9.95B	$172.24	$225.00	30.63%	Strong Buy	2	10.25%	15.85%	27.37%	14.17%
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.79B	$293.60	$335.00	14.10%	Buy	6	7.29%	11.33%	25.59%	18.01%
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.80B	$34.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.99%	17.02%	30.96%	15.86%
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$90.84B	$657.44	$643.50	-2.12%	Strong Buy	10	7.88%	20.06%	49.20%	17.87%
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10.42B	$208.13	$251.88	21.02%	Strong Buy	8	8.51%	23.05%	21.70%	12.78%
ITT	ITT INC	$18.05B	$209.89	$231.50	10.30%	Strong Buy	6	16.60%	18.85%	24.11%	15.60%
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.50B	$40.00	$60.00	50.00%	Strong Buy	1	192.06%	232.39%	71.97%	21.57%
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$4.28B	$27.39	$30.50	11.35%	Buy	2	3.72%	9.88%	25.13%	13.86%
ATS	ATS CORP	$3.13B	$32.31	$35.00	8.33%	Hold	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.39B	$99.44	$100.00	0.56%	Hold	1	4.62%	39.55%	17.29%	11.60%
DOV	DOVER CORP	$30.41B	$225.79	$246.20	9.04%	Buy	10	4.45%	15.93%	24.26%	13.45%
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$171.13M	$53.16	$70.00	31.68%	Hold	1	2.90%	-6.18%	13.90%	12.92%
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$111.35B	$882.23	$1.04k	17.54%	Strong Buy	17	6.77%	11.36%	36.99%	17.35%
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$1.90B	$14.07	$8.00	-43.14%	Buy	2	48.62%	N/A	-88.96%	17.65%
AME	AMETEK INC	$52.83B	$230.48	$243.11	5.48%	Buy	9	6.02%	12.86%	21.58%	14.45%
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.35B	$23.62	$44.50	88.40%	Strong Buy	6	5.75%	N/A	17.51%	6.80%
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.37B	$285.85	$337.50	18.07%	Buy	2	13.28%	33.60%	16.31%	9.34%
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$15.80B	$283.20	$320.80	13.28%	Strong Buy	5	7.16%	14.52%	28.12%	14.68%
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$45.78B	$407.43	$420.67	3.25%	Buy	12	5.57%	21.07%	55.42%	18.49%
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$9.99B	$86.22	$99.00	14.82%	Buy	5	3.87%	13.88%	39.43%	20.30%
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$6.00B	$115.44	$180.00	55.93%	Strong Buy	1	6.57%	N/A	13.36%	7.28%
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$15.22B	$259.34	$257.00	-0.90%	Strong Buy	11	14.20%	68.16%	33.41%	15.78%
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.63B	$70.50	$99.95	41.77%	Strong Buy	2	21.29%	18.03%	N/A	N/A
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$73.63B	$255.47	$265.00	3.73%	Sell	7	3.69%	7.38%	129.11%	25.79%
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$165.07B	$425.55	$402.92	-5.32%	Buy	12	10.59%	18.83%	41.85%	19.71%
NPO	ENPRO INC	$6.08B	$285.94	$297.50	4.04%	Strong Buy	2	12.31%	369.23%	14.02%	8.13%
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$9.16B	$71.65	$87.10	21.56%	Strong Buy	10	6.55%	23.87%	32.50%	12.54%
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$35.46B	$58.89	$65.60	11.39%	Buy	10	23.04%	N/A	271.21%	60.13%
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$12.78B	$79.10	$106.58	34.74%	Buy	12	4.30%	15.76%	28.75%	15.49%
IEX	IDEX CORP	$15.91B	$214.93	$238.00	10.73%	Strong Buy	8	3.98%	13.92%	21.84%	12.78%
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$30.52B	$77.99	$96.00	23.09%	Buy	6	5.08%	43.62%	19.93%	11.13%
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$2.50B	$52.51	$52.00	-0.97%	Strong Buy	1	20.50%	-16.60%	15.74%	11.74%
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$1.05B	$94.80	$100.00	5.49%	Buy	1	15.57%	32.11%	20.01%	8.97%
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$77.25B	$137.45	$158.92	15.62%	Buy	12	5.28%	24.42%	24.69%	11.94%
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$299.40M	$29.66	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$29.58B	$77.08	$95.60	24.03%	Hold	5	5.02%	12.37%	-41.03%	22.11%
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$8.32B	$60.35	$71.33	18.20%	Hold	6	4.30%	8.28%	36.77%	18.92%
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.01B	$248.63	$289.67	16.51%	Strong Buy	3	5.47%	54.69%	23.07%	10.39%
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$1.02B	$3.39	$2.00	-41.00%	Strong Sell	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.55B	$138.87	$182.57	31.47%	Strong Buy	7	4.28%	N/A	24.70%	10.86%
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.56B	$44.60	$77.33	73.39%	Strong Buy	3	4.73%	35.90%	22.36%	8.99%
XYL	XYLEM INC	$27.42B	$115.37	$153.09	32.70%	Buy	11	3.88%	19.11%	16.74%	10.84%
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.92B	$19.63	$27.67	40.94%	Strong Buy	6	12.03%	138.26%	11.18%	5.81%
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.48B	$82.78	$79.00	-4.57%	Buy	2	7.23%	41.95%	N/A	N/A
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.78B	$53.67	$62.25	15.99%	Buy	8	19.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A
GGG	GRACO INC	$13.14B	$79.19	$95.50	20.60%	Buy	4	5.96%	7.51%	27.75%	22.82%
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$111.07M	$17.23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$737.88M	$15.94	$19.75	23.90%	Buy	4	7.13%	N/A	3.98%	3.68%
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.95B	$207.82	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.28%	265.54%	22.20%	7.31%
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.73B	$287.15	$323.20	12.55%	Buy	5	11.39%	24.11%	21.98%	10.26%
VHUB	VENHUB GLOBAL INC	$59.84M	$0.71	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$61.07M	$2.62	$6.00	129.01%	Buy	1	-6.41%	N/A	5.20%	2.95%
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$55.85M	$8.05	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$273.75M	$6.37	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$150.92k	$0.81	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$446.59M	$1.99	$3.50	75.88%	Buy	2	N/A	N/A	-20.77%	-7.06%
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.22B	$23.41	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-21.85%	-21.61%
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$711.49M	$9.40	$18.20	93.62%	Strong Buy	5	268.23%	N/A	-29.72%	-28.34%
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$4.10B	$12.14	$15.78	29.97%	Buy	9	124.78%	N/A	-1.99%	-1.64%
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$565.70M	$2.53	$4.00	58.10%	Sell	2	53.73%	N/A	-8.81%	-8.57%
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$23.41M	$0.72	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
INLF	INLIF LTD	$3.77M	$3.19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$6.85M	$1.36	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$3.43M	$0.66	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$12.56M	$0.66	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	15.44%	9.73%
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$1.99B	$60.52	$54.00	-10.77%	Strong Buy	1	6.96%	18.78%	15.31%	10.10%
BURU	NUBURU INC	$46.22M	$0.30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$172.70M	$2.71	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	33.76%	76.75%	57.83%	31.61%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$29.93M	$7.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$11.25M	$0.90	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XCH	XCHG LTD	$68.26M	$0.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	51.71%	N/A	984.17%	412.10%
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$240.80M	$9.99	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$6.00M	$1.13	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 May 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: B.

Park Ohio Holdings (NASDAQ:PKOH) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 34.

PKOH passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Park Ohio Holdings has seen its stock return 41.22% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 6 percentage points.

Park Ohio Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $37.00, an upside of 29.64% from Park Ohio Holdings's current stock price of $28.54.

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. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) 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 Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 1 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 34.

GTES passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gates Industrial has seen its stock return 26.3% over the past year, underperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by -9 percentage points.

Gates Industrial has an average 1 year price target of $28.71, an upside of 19.34% from Gates Industrial's current stock price of $24.06.

Gates Industrial stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Gates Industrial, 57.14% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 42.86% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC)

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) is the #3 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 Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is -4 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 34. 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 112.18% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 77 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 4.59%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.17%. 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 102.3% 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 3.39%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.17%. 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 236.4% indicates that its 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 2.48%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.17%. 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 -1.94% in the last day, and down -2.75% over the last week. Standex International was the among the top losers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, dropping -8.93% yesterday.

Standex International shares are trading lower after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 financial results.

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 39 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 18. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Crane Nxt Co's stock has dropped -5.13% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -40 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 A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Gates Industrial has a valuation score of 29, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gates Industrial's stock has gained 26.3% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -9 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 A. 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 25 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 18. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Smith A O's stock has dropped -10.47% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -46 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

42.86% 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 12.61% over the next year.

5.88% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.47% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 54.41% are rated C (Hold), 5.88% 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 21.21x.

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Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

1. Park Ohio Holdings (NASDAQ:PKOH)

2. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

3. Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC)

1. Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX)

2. Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR)

3. Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW)

1. Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT)

2. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

3. Smith A O (NYSE:AOS)

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