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Best Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top specialty industrial machinery stocks in 2025 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 15th 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	$1.23B	$37.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.71%	12.13%	14.18%	9.39%
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$8.80B	$69.20	$78.00	12.72%	Strong Buy	8	3.78%	8.76%	27.05%	10.50%
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.32B	$35.12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	229.84%	298.17%	68.28%	23.13%
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$5.51B	$21.35	$28.00	31.15%	Strong Buy	7	3.41%	27.64%	15.24%	7.19%
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.44B	$62.39	$98.76	58.29%	Strong Buy	2	4.48%	-36.32%	57.29%	20.28%
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.81B	$54.78	$53.25	-2.79%	Strong Buy	4	3.10%	46.49%	12.92%	7.62%
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$3.87B	$24.73	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.74%	7.35%	23.32%	12.45%
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.26B	$277.64	$300.00	8.05%	Buy	3	4.92%	7.80%	23.34%	16.76%
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$7.27B	$144.25	$161.20	11.75%	Strong Buy	5	2.81%	N/A	22.00%	10.17%
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$365.02M	$13.66	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-0.02%	48.87%	14.95%	9.17%
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$43.74B	$389.54	$414.00	6.28%	Strong Buy	14	6.41%	26.05%	47.34%	15.42%
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10.33B	$207.33	$213.14	2.80%	Buy	7	7.43%	21.48%	21.88%	13.64%
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$10.44B	$90.54	$92.50	2.16%	Hold	4	3.97%	13.68%	36.27%	18.18%
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$9.40B	$141.63	$173.00	22.15%	Strong Buy	7	3.11%	70.50%	12.63%	6.16%
ITT	ITT INC	$13.42B	$172.08	$207.25	20.44%	Strong Buy	8	4.80%	11.61%	28.34%	14.92%
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$16.96B	$103.66	$121.83	17.53%	Buy	12	3.64%	14.22%	27.53%	15.40%
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$13.29B	$238.07	$277.00	16.35%	Strong Buy	5	4.11%	12.84%	26.38%	13.57%
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.39B	$76.45	$102.00	33.42%	Strong Buy	1	3.65%	36.13%	N/A	N/A
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.33B	$97.30	$107.00	9.97%	Hold	1	4.07%	24.89%	18.22%	12.02%
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.28B	$48.48	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.80%	10.42%	16.53%	7.70%
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$9.48B	$68.08	$77.57	13.94%	Buy	7	2.87%	6.62%	37.28%	21.69%
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$68.66B	$497.44	$523.33	5.21%	Buy	9	4.56%	16.69%	39.81%	14.28%
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$34.68B	$89.00	$103.29	16.05%	Hold	7	4.28%	13.28%	-41.81%	21.05%
NPO	ENPRO INC	$4.32B	$205.19	$243.33	18.59%	Strong Buy	3	6.30%	48.20%	14.38%	9.12%
AME	AMETEK INC	$46.02B	$199.90	$214.44	7.28%	Buy	9	5.76%	11.16%	20.67%	13.45%
GE	GE AEROSPACE	$308.20B	$292.18	$342.00	17.05%	Strong Buy	8	6.21%	4.31%	53.47%	7.84%
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$1.31B	$29.04	$52.00	79.06%	Strong Buy	1	9.90%	45.46%	15.94%	12.24%
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$2.08B	$39.26	$48.00	22.26%	Strong Buy	1	5.88%	12.92%	26.79%	14.03%
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$226.18M	$15.72	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8.48%	751.00%	13.00%	5.73%
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$2.69B	$221.61	$264.00	19.13%	Strong Buy	3	8.03%	54.36%	17.95%	8.17%
XYL	XYLEM INC	$33.33B	$136.88	$165.43	20.86%	Strong Buy	7	3.69%	16.89%	15.21%	9.85%
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$108.92B	$863.19	$896.31	3.84%	Strong Buy	16	7.03%	9.26%	34.08%	15.30%
ATS	ATS CORP	$2.58B	$26.60	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	19.51%	N/A	17.43%	6.85%
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$325.97M	$22.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.60%	30.19%	N/A	N/A
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$7.90B	$152.00	$180.00	18.42%	Strong Buy	1	11.27%	N/A	11.40%	6.14%
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$5.18B	$310.67	$309.25	-0.46%	Buy	4	7.63%	13.51%	18.17%	13.52%
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$67.28M	$2.90	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.88%	11.27%	3.36%	1.88%
DOV	DOVER CORP	$26.90B	$196.15	$212.00	8.08%	Buy	8	4.30%	-11.08%	21.34%	12.18%
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$33.12B	$55.99	$59.00	5.38%	Hold	11	22.81%	N/A	225.39%	20.77%
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.56B	$27.36	$48.17	76.05%	Strong Buy	6	4.02%	N/A	11.07%	5.04%
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$122.66B	$315.82	$412.13	30.50%	Strong Buy	15	7.59%	15.87%	36.86%	17.09%
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$181.93M	$57.80	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	10.94%	1.86%	14.84%	13.57%
IEX	IDEX CORP	$13.20B	$176.33	$196.00	11.16%	Buy	5	3.14%	12.04%	20.03%	11.53%
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$94.44M	$14.75	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$73.96B	$131.64	$151.30	14.93%	Buy	10	5.36%	23.92%	21.35%	10.32%
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$30.87B	$78.12	$91.00	16.49%	Buy	6	4.87%	43.94%	18.37%	10.22%
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.45B	$293.10	$340.00	16.00%	Buy	2	5.90%	9.05%	13.94%	8.64%
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.69B	$46.86	$82.33	75.70%	Strong Buy	3	5.52%	32.38%	25.60%	10.65%
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$5.83B	$22.98	$28.29	23.09%	Strong Buy	7	8.56%	123.00%	9.46%	4.98%
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$3.03B	$59.18	$60.14	1.63%	Buy	7	14.77%	N/A	N/A	N/A
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$73.20B	$252.40	$253.75	0.53%	Sell	8	2.88%	5.68%	122.50%	24.36%
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$760.47M	$2.53	$2.24	-11.46%	Sell	5	11.08%	N/A	N/A	N/A
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$515.50M	$4.64	$6.00	29.31%	Hold	1	13.70%	N/A	-6.90%	2.44%
CR	CRANE CO	$10.59B	$183.83	$222.50	21.04%	Strong Buy	4	11.00%	6.73%	24.80%	19.13%
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$8.50B	$144.82	$192.25	32.75%	Buy	12	7.08%	24.04%	25.96%	12.26%
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$186.08M	$4.33	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$302.12M	$29.93	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GGG	GRACO INC	$13.79B	$83.16	$91.00	9.43%	Hold	1	4.58%	5.87%	27.60%	22.27%
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$673.45M	$61.29	$60.00	-2.10%	Strong Buy	2	6.78%	21.05%	15.77%	7.01%
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$617.40M	$13.48	$19.75	46.51%	Buy	4	2.54%	N/A	2.55%	2.35%
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$258.27M	$11.15	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.65M	$0.90	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$37.12M	$2.60	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$4.70B	$15.73	$37.19	136.41%	Hold	8	57.93%	N/A	-5.82%	-5.46%
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$514.14M	$3.43	$6.00	74.93%	Buy	1	103.57%	N/A	-10.19%	-10.07%
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$711.32M	$9.55	$15.00	57.07%	Buy	1	226.60%	N/A	N/A	N/A
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.25B	$29.99	$29.50	-1.63%	Sell	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$519.81M	$2.34	$3.50	49.57%	Buy	2	N/A	N/A	-43.82%	-10.00%
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$12.17M	$0.65	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BURU	NUBURU INC	$87.60M	$0.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$11.10M	$0.45	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HI	HILLENBRAND INC	$2.24B	$31.70	$32.00	0.95%	Hold	2	-2.50%	109.53%	13.62%	4.23%
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$5.78M	$1.09	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$21.23M	$3.06	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$18.79M	$1.08	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.92%	N/A	13.64%	8.34%
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$130.15M	$2.06	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.24B	$205.61	$199.75	-2.85%	Hold	4	7.76%	152.95%	22.24%	7.27%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$27.14M	$0.19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XCH	XCHG LTD	$65.40M	$1.10	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 Dec 2025?

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

Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

THR passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Thermon Group Holdings has seen its stock return 22.22% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 14 percentage points.

2. Flowserve (NYSE:FLS)

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) 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 Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 16 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

FLS passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Flowserve has seen its stock return 15.66% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 7 percentage points.

Flowserve has an average 1 year price target of $78.00, an upside of 12.72% from Flowserve's current stock price of $69.20.

Flowserve stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Flowserve, 62.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 12.5% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

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

China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 16 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

CYD passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. China Yuchai International has seen its stock return 293.28% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 285 percentage points.

What are the specialty industrial machinery stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 39 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. Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR)

Luxfer Holdings (NYSE:LXFR) has an annual dividend yield of 3.81%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.12%. 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 high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX)

Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) has an annual dividend yield of 3.41%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.12%. 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 dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW)

Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) has an annual dividend yield of 2.42%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.12%. 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 -1.83% in the last day, and down -2.96% over the last week. Nuscale Power was the among the top losers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, dropping -8.12% yesterday.

Shares of energy and nuclear stocks are trading higher, possibly in response to Trump Media & Technology Group's announcement that it will merge with TAE Technologies. The industry may be moving amid overall market strength following softer-than-expected November CPI data.

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. Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX)

Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) 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.

Regal Rexnord has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Regal Rexnord's stock has dropped -12.85% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -21 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 57, which is 33 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Crane Nxt Co's stock has dropped -20.09% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -28 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 19 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tennant Co's stock has dropped -8.92% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -17 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

44.44% 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 12.96% over the next year.

5.88% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 39.71% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 44.12% are rated C (Hold), 5.88% are rated D (Sell), and 4.41% 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 21.9x.

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