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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 52nd 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	$667.41M	$46.06	$59.00	28.09%	Strong Buy	1	4.62%	31.54%	N/A	N/A
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$361.73M	$24.88	$30.00	20.58%	Strong Buy	1	8.85%	-26.39%	6.89%	3.77%
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP LTD	$6.48B	$25.61	$32.30	26.12%	Buy	10	4.89%	16.57%	15.63%	7.45%
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$12.24B	$207.44	$296.60	42.98%	Strong Buy	15	16.32%	48.47%	33.29%	16.60%
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.28B	$69.29	$96.25	38.91%	Strong Buy	4	4.97%	23.80%	15.24%	9.53%
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.10B	$181.77	$267.00	46.89%	Strong Buy	7	11.03%	24.22%	21.62%	12.89%
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.81B	$35.36	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.92%	8.61%	27.68%	14.46%
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$9.86B	$148.05	$256.57	73.30%	Strong Buy	7	7.51%	62.97%	14.27%	7.17%
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$83.63B	$149.92	$164.36	9.63%	Buy	11	4.45%	21.00%	24.94%	12.04%
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.93B	$73.25	$74.00	1.02%	Hold	1	3.91%	15.53%	26.47%	13.48%
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$73.27B	$532.23	$794.30	49.24%	Strong Buy	10	8.90%	27.32%	49.60%	17.88%
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$143.64M	$22.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$11.71B	$350.66	$390.83	11.46%	Strong Buy	6	6.11%	10.74%	24.46%	18.14%
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.33B	$35.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	190.08%	259.25%	79.34%	23.79%
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.14B	$265.56	$357.50	34.62%	Buy	2	4.85%	35.56%	16.49%	8.93%
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$3.42B	$21.90	$23.00	5.02%	Strong Sell	2	1.93%	6.22%	22.99%	13.19%
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.22B	$95.51	$114.50	19.88%	Hold	2	4.30%	35.61%	16.69%	10.92%
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$17.35B	$311.57	$349.20	12.08%	Buy	5	6.18%	12.76%	26.89%	14.78%
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$10.02B	$86.44	$100.50	16.27%	Buy	2	4.04%	8.27%	37.64%	20.67%
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$164.98B	$424.77	$477.60	12.44%	Strong Buy	10	10.01%	23.72%	42.51%	15.33%
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.69B	$287.68	$343.00	19.23%	Buy	4	6.46%	27.05%	22.87%	10.52%
NPO	ENPRO INC	$6.19B	$292.50	$378.33	29.34%	Strong Buy	3	8.16%	130.54%	16.71%	9.97%
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$118.93B	$943.54	$1.17k	24.13%	Strong Buy	12	8.64%	14.78%	35.81%	17.87%
CR	CRANE CO	$11.42B	$197.62	$246.67	24.82%	Strong Buy	3	8.56%	15.53%	26.98%	14.57%
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.63B	$45.61	$75.00	64.44%	Strong Buy	2	6.48%	39.34%	23.23%	8.18%
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.06B	$45.87	$79.45	73.21%	Buy	2	15.19%	25.39%	N/A	N/A
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$1.10B	$7.36	$20.00	171.74%	Buy	1	28.32%	N/A	188.57%	10.82%
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$46.15B	$415.62	$467.25	12.42%	Buy	12	4.48%	15.90%	58.77%	18.51%
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$659.37M	$15.38	$21.00	36.54%	Buy	2	7.12%	N/A	3.74%	3.32%
IEX	IDEX CORP	$16.49B	$223.72	$261.60	16.93%	Strong Buy	10	5.10%	14.51%	23.14%	13.38%
AME	AMETEK INC	$54.48B	$237.64	$273.33	15.02%	Buy	12	8.27%	14.00%	19.60%	13.30%
INIO	INNIO NV	$15.86B	$21.15	$44.20	108.98%	Strong Buy	10	N/A	N/A	386.29%	14.12%
XYL	XYLEM INC	$25.11B	$107.56	$155.20	44.29%	Buy	11	3.85%	18.02%	17.14%	10.30%
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$27.87B	$71.83	$94.00	30.86%	Buy	7	4.84%	21.49%	19.77%	11.06%
EROC	EROCK INC	$630.60M	$13.09	$22.57	72.43%	Strong Buy	7	N/A	N/A	118.04%	5.94%
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$5.57B	$97.18	$108.33	11.48%	Buy	9	19.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$193.76M	$60.08	$70.00	16.51%	Strong Buy	1	12.80%	13.98%	22.58%	21.16%
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$76.73B	$269.42	$292.71	8.65%	Sell	7	3.49%	6.44%	144.07%	25.28%
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.17B	$261.21	$350.00	33.99%	Strong Buy	1	8.37%	17.42%	19.23%	9.16%
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$5.08B	$112.28	$154.40	37.51%	Strong Buy	5	-3.13%	N/A	31.14%	12.84%
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.15B	$67.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.12%	92.89%	N/A	N/A
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$9.39B	$73.88	$89.00	20.47%	Strong Buy	5	6.01%	21.68%	32.27%	11.54%
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$3.92B	$15.76	$25.25	60.22%	Strong Buy	8	9.77%	146.55%	10.76%	5.58%
DOV	DOVER CORP	$25.24B	$187.42	$246.75	31.66%	Buy	8	4.49%	14.77%	23.59%	13.27%
MFP	MIDERA FOOD PROCESSING INC	$1.92B	$42.34	$50.00	18.09%	Buy	1	N/A	N/A	16.23%	9.06%
ITT	ITT INC	$18.28B	$204.47	$251.00	22.76%	Strong Buy	9	10.86%	28.30%	22.51%	9.79%
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$7.74B	$56.95	$66.71	17.14%	Hold	7	3.80%	7.77%	37.41%	18.91%
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$8.93B	$55.92	$86.73	55.10%	Hold	16	4.14%	12.44%	29.22%	16.32%
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$26.08B	$68.52	$89.40	30.47%	Hold	6	4.77%	9.15%	-39.81%	20.51%
GGG	GRACO INC	$12.35B	$76.26	$91.00	19.33%	Hold	4	5.25%	5.60%	28.01%	22.57%
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$258.41M	$25.60	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$5.71B	$110.00	$158.33	43.94%	Strong Buy	3	4.82%	62.02%	13.31%	7.44%
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$986.38M	$84.04	$132.50	57.66%	Buy	2	10.98%	36.69%	N/A	N/A
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$31.84M	$4.58	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$25.34B	$41.89	$57.60	37.50%	Hold	5	20.09%	122.52%	255.11%	51.31%
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$1.46B	$30.19	$55.00	82.18%	Strong Buy	1	15.07%	-17.96%	13.77%	10.34%
CEPL	CAPSTONE ENERGY PLUS INC	$220.40M	$6.69	$20.00	198.95%	Buy	1	19.36%	N/A	-36.49%	14.37%
ATS	ATS CORP	$1.88B	$19.34	$50.00	158.53%	Buy	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FISN	DEEP FISSION INC	$498.93M	$8.47	$18.33	116.45%	Strong Buy	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$213.29M	$3.69	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	17.38%	N/A	-48.80%	12.05%
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$13.46k	$1.94	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$375.92M	$1.67	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	42.12%	N/A	-1.88%	-1.86%
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$101.02M	$4.27	$6.50	52.22%	Strong Buy	1	-5.89%	-18.59%	0.73%	0.43%
GFUZ	GENERAL FUSION GROUP LTD	$421.26M	$7.95	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$654.27M	$2.17	$3.56	64.19%	Hold	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XE	X-ENERGY INC	$4.53B	$15.77	$35.00	121.94%	Buy	9	N/A	N/A	-5.19%	-4.18%
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$844.67M	$15.73	$37.67	139.46%	Strong Buy	3	252.44%	N/A	-21.92%	-21.50%
INLF	INLIF LTD	$15.89k	$2.69	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$411.49M	$1.83	$2.75	50.27%	Buy	1	N/A	N/A	-60.81%	-15.01%
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$3.55B	$8.27	$10.81	30.75%	Hold	8	186.33%	N/A	-4.26%	-4.29%
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$44.76M	$0.89	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$141.01M	$5.85	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$7.67M	$1.46	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$135.30M	$2.12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	36.57%	50.05%	71.18%	38.91%
HDRN	HADRON ENERGY INC	$122.98M	$1.72	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$22.38M	$1.09	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13.93%	8.38%
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$460.79M	$17.22	$22.00	27.76%	Strong Buy	1	4.55%	70.44%	18.38%	10.52%
TRBG	TURBOGEN LTD	N/A	$3.70	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$12.11M	$1.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$4.94M	$0.38	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$11.13M	$2.21	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 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: A.

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 101.05% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 179 percentage points.

Park Ohio Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $59.00, an upside of 28.09% from Park Ohio Holdings's current stock price of $46.06.

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. Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN)

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

Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 8 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 38.

TWIN passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Twin Disc has seen its stock return 84.84% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 163 percentage points.

Twin Disc has an average 1 year price target of $30.00, an upside of 20.58% from Twin Disc's current stock price of $24.88.

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.

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 B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% 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: C.

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 3 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 38.

GTES passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Gates Industrial has seen its stock lose -0.97% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 77 percentage points.

Gates Industrial has an average 1 year price target of $32.30, an upside of 26.12% from Gates Industrial's current stock price of $25.61.

Gates Industrial stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Gates Industrial, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 40% 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 5.31%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.29%. 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 3.02%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.29%. 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 2.53%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.29%. 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 up?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were up 0.82% in the last day, and down -1.27% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why specialty industrial machinery stocks are up.

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. Pentair (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) 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.

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 -49.86% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 28 percentage points.

2. Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX)

Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX) 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.

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 -56.81% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 21 percentage points.

3. Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA)

Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA) 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.

Mueller Water Products 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.

Mueller Water Products's stock has dropped -14.59% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 64 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

46.67% 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 28.26% over the next year.

2.82% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.13% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 59.15% 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 41.8x.

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