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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.

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Specialty Industrial Machinery is Zen Rated B and is the 55th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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PKOH
PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP
$692.04M$1.65B$112.70M$26.50M$1.922.68%5.48%-5.88%15.85%2026-11-04
TWIN
TWIN DISC INC
$417.56M$381.27M$29.93M$27.08M$1.9211.90%11.77%N/AN/A2026-11-04
GTES
GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP LTD
$7.04B$3.50B$666.60M$363.50M$1.433.34%1.19%83.33%12.89%2026-11-04
GRC
GORMAN RUPP CO
$2.05B$702.05M$129.56M$62.36M$2.384.18%14.71%20.81%16.69%2026-10-23
GNRC
GENERAC HOLDINGS INC
$12.70B$4.44B$618.85M$258.20M$4.420.61%6.83%-27.42%-11.90%2026-11-04
EPAC
ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP
$1.84B$634.08M$150.30M$93.32M$1.784.27%5.09%8.54%25.58%2026-10-21
HLIO
HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC
$2.34B$891.30M$170.40M$71.30M$2.1613.98%4.88%107.69%-0.55%2026-11-02
FELE
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
$4.38B$2.21B$306.39M$156.06M$3.497.38%8.92%-10.97%4.21%2026-10-27
EMR
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO
$90.55B$18.64B$5.11B$2.58B$4.594.82%0.87%-1.71%3.10%2026-11-04
HURC
HURCO COMPANIES INC
$144.88M$183.24M-$2.73M-$6.57M-$1.03-1.90%-2.75%N/AN/A
NDSN
NORDSON CORP
$18.63B$2.98B$912.69M$555.18M$9.937.02%5.12%24.13%9.74%
CMI
CUMMINS INC
$72.05B$34.71B$5.18B$2.72B$19.662.93%8.44%-8.26%5.55%2026-11-05
WTS
WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC
$12.11B$2.68B$592.30M$383.80M$11.4517.13%9.93%22.99%22.39%2026-11-04
MWA
MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC
$3.40B$1.48B$337.20M$222.20M$1.435.88%6.48%48.96%23.39%2026-11-05
KAI
KADANT INC
$3.15B$1.15B$230.84M$109.72M$9.3012.50%10.76%3.22%8.80%2026-10-27
CXT
CRANE NXT CO
$2.83B$1.80B$373.70M$140.30M$2.4449.37%-10.73%7.96%-16.52%2026-11-04
PH
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP
$122.98B$21.50B$5.90B$3.65B$28.898.31%8.42%4.98%16.37%2026-11-05
CSW
CSW INDUSTRIALS INC
$4.92B$1.17B$265.45M$120.88M$7.3327.71%19.03%-12.63%18.25%2026-10-29
NPO
ENPRO INC
$7.05B$1.22B$197.50M$44.10M$2.0813.25%7.61%-48.26%28.23%2026-11-03
BW
BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC
$840.16M$821.95M$24.75M-$33.21M-$0.1442.65%4.69%N/AN/A2026-11-03
ETN
EATON CORP PLC
$168.02B$30.03B$6.44B$3.83B$9.8515.53%9.45%-1.30%15.85%2026-11-03
SPXC
SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC
$8.86B$2.48B$528.10M$278.90M$5.6420.63%15.64%24.50%13.01%2026-10-29
RRX
REGAL REXNORD CORP
$10.74B$6.06B$1.28B$324.10M$4.883.50%13.33%29.44%-5.77%2026-11-04
PSIX
POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC
$1.03B$676.19M$100.75M$67.85M$2.9513.17%9.42%-38.80%N/A2026-11-05
CR
CRANE CO
$12.12B$2.59B$558.50M$336.10M$5.8316.35%N/A-4.89%N/A2026-10-26
ITW
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
$75.24B$16.47B$4.82B$3.19B$11.064.30%3.30%-3.32%5.53%2026-10-23
ROK
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC
$50.55B$8.97B$1.89B$1.20B$10.7211.31%5.83%25.38%-4.21%2026-11-05
KRNT
KORNIT DIGITAL LTD
$781.56M$215.85M-$27.41M-$20.33M-$0.483.95%-4.90%N/AN/A2026-11-04
CYD
CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD
$1.20B$3.62B$136.19M$78.80M$2.1033.65%2.17%80.80%-0.20%
AME
AMETEK INC
$57.76B$7.86B$2.42B$1.58B$6.8612.66%9.80%10.47%12.54%2026-10-29
INIO
INNIO NV
$14.24BN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2026-10-27
XMTR
XOMETRY INC
$6.17B$807.53M-$182.00k-$30.81M-$0.6033.75%35.86%N/AN/A2026-11-03
IEX
IDEX CORP
$17.35B$3.59B$958.00M$519.50M$6.967.32%7.19%12.26%4.75%2026-10-28
DCI
DONALDSON CO INC
$10.34B$3.89B$727.80M$453.80M$3.925.28%6.37%26.86%11.55%
MIR
MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC
$3.72B$1.02B$214.10M$24.50M$0.1115.68%10.88%175.00%N/A2026-10-27
TAYD
TAYLOR DEVICES INC
$189.17M$39.03M$7.17M$6.83M$2.15-12.47%10.16%-24.83%48.27%2026-10-07
EROC
EROCK INC
$596.88MN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
ITT
ITT INC
$18.43B$4.74B$922.60M$421.50M$5.1328.07%11.99%-19.84%46.51%2026-11-04
SXI
STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP
$3.51B$891.60M$208.25M$104.63M$8.6912.85%6.32%85.68%23.70%2026-10-29
DOV
DOVER CORP
$25.76B$8.42B$1.92B$1.13B$8.367.56%2.54%-49.88%6.47%2026-10-22
AOS
SMITH A O CORP
$7.74B$3.80B$758.70M$500.30M$3.600.39%3.37%0.28%5.69%2026-10-29
TNC
TENNANT CO
$1.16B$1.22B$96.70M$18.30M$1.04-2.91%2.47%-68.20%-17.37%2026-11-02
IR
INGERSOLL RAND INC
$30.48B$7.94B$2.00B$959.10M$2.447.85%10.88%89.15%24.37%2026-10-29
XYL
XYLEM INC
$23.91B$9.13B$1.87B$1.02B$4.204.54%11.91%9.09%14.44%2026-10-27
MIDD
MIDDLEBY CORP
$4.75B$3.03B-$142.25M-$471.30M-$9.369.89%0.68%N/AN/A2026-11-05
MFP
MIDERA FOOD PROCESSING INC
$1.92BN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
PNR
PENTAIR PLC
$8.43B$4.01B$945.20M$651.40M$4.01-2.15%3.36%8.67%6.99%2026-10-20
FLS
FLOWSERVE CORP
$9.44B$4.63B$711.62M$371.27M$2.90-0.26%4.80%30.63%17.05%2026-10-27
OTIS
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP
$25.08B$14.91B$2.39B$1.52B$3.915.24%1.46%2.62%8.01%2026-11-04
GGG
GRACO INC
$12.77B$2.27B$763.49M$533.55M$3.244.58%3.92%12.89%4.18%2026-10-21
OFLX
OMEGA FLEX INC
$258.82M$96.59M$15.79M$11.86M$1.19-4.08%-4.49%-29.17%-13.23%2026-11-04
JBTM
JBT MAREL CORP
$5.69B$3.93B$559.60M$192.10M$3.6844.86%17.52%N/A2.39%2026-11-02
INLF
INLIF LTD
$3.70M$21.08M-$1.82M-$2.47M-$629.999.03%N/AN/AN/A
SYM
SYMBOTIC INC
$25.93B$2.65B$47.99M$12.62M$0.0920.64%N/AN/AN/A2026-11-23
GHM
GRAHAM CORP
$1.06B$261.15M$22.71M$11.82M$1.0621.22%20.94%-16.54%57.32%2026-11-06
AMSC
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP
$1.45B$320.87M$30.45M$136.58M$3.0425.89%28.57%660.00%N/A2026-11-04
CVV
CVD EQUIPMENT CORP
$29.75M$16.16M$10.61M$10.02M$1.45-36.26%2.09%N/AN/A2026-11-09
SHMD
SCHMID GROUP NV
$260.10M$96.05MN/A-$108.35MN/A99.99%N/AN/AN/A
ATS
ATS CORP
$1.80B$2.09B$236.97M$33.70M$0.349.75%N/AN/AN/A2026-11-04
WFF
WF HOLDING LTD
$103.88M$6.94M-$87.25M-$87.56M-$12.3215.32%N/AN/AN/A
CEPL
CAPSTONE ENERGY PLUS INC
$136.72M$103.06M$14.59M$3.56M-$3.135.38%N/AN/AN/A2026-11-12
RR
RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC
$387.18M$5.39M-$56.38M-$57.32M-$0.3830.61%N/AN/AN/A
BLDP
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC
$621.10M$106.16M-$71.28M-$77.27M-$0.2646.41%1.86%N/AN/A2026-11-12
LBGJ
LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC
$13.53k$12.67M$216.56k-$470.47k-$514.007.57%N/AN/AN/A
BWEN
BROADWIND INC
$98.41M$140.34M$13.38M$5.47M$0.2316.54%-4.23%N/A-5.18%2026-11-12
FISN
DEEP FISSION INC
$316.62M$0.00N/A-$106.22M-$2.42N/AN/AN/AN/A2026-11-02
BURU
NUBURU INC
$10.37M$932.57k-$55.97M-$58.46M$0.249,927.65%88.29%-99.96%N/A2026-11-13
GFUZ
GENERAL FUSION GROUP LTD
$399.00MN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
XE
X-ENERGY INC
$4.14BN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2026-11-12
NNE
NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC
$832.86M$214.04k-$32.53M-$33.85M-$0.69N/AN/AN/AN/A
LASE
LASER PHOTONICS CORP
$39.99M$6.17M-$14.99M-$36.84M-$1.00-11.00%13.30%N/AN/A
SMR
NUSCALE POWER CORP
$3.30B$10.69M-$414.50M-$415.70M-$2.92-80.95%95.74%N/AN/A2026-11-05
NPWR
NET POWER INC
$290.07M$0.00-$1.43B-$1.45B-$6.44-100.00%N/AN/AN/A2026-11-12
TRBG
TURBOGEN LTD
$96.73MN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
CETY
CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC
$11.68M$2.64M-$3.20M-$6.83M-$1.1789.35%31.07%N/AN/A2026-11-18
ZJK
ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD
$124.71M$65.15M$15.02M$9.58M$0.1440.75%N/A100.00%N/A
GCDT
GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD
$5.52M$3.19M-$1.12M-$1.67M-$0.0849.98%N/AN/AN/A
GTEC
GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP
$16.28M$102.71M$19.20M$12.66MN/A25.87%1.96%N/AN/A2026-11-06
HDRN
HADRON ENERGY INC
$85.80M$0.00-$43.87M-$44.93M$14.54N/AN/AN/AN/A2026-11-13
LXFR
LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC
$461.60M$363.20M$31.20M$8.00M$0.30-10.63%1.09%-67.03%-25.07%2026-10-27
JCSE
JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD
$7.46M$15.98M$3.67M$2.55M$0.4911.85%-0.44%N/A8.76%
HUHU
HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC
$117.86M$22.28M-$24.61M-$25.27M-$1.0516.57%N/AN/AN/A

Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty industrial machinery stocks to buy right now in Oct 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 82 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 44, which is 6 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 38.

PKOH passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Park Ohio Holdings has seen its stock return 130.5% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 192 percentage points.

Park Ohio Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $59.00, an upside of 23.53% from Park Ohio Holdings's current stock price of $47.76.

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 82 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: C.

Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 6 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 38.

TWIN passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Twin Disc has seen its stock return 100% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 162 percentage points.

Twin Disc has an average 1 year price target of $30.00, an upside of 4.46% from Twin Disc's current stock price of $28.72.

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 82 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 Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) is: Value: B, 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 return 9.02% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 71 percentage points.

Gates Industrial has an average 1 year price target of $32.78, an upside of 17.86% from Gates Industrial's current stock price of $27.81.

Gates Industrial stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Gates Industrial, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 22.22% have issued a Buy, 44.44% 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 5.3%, 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. China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD)


China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD) has an annual dividend yield of 2.73%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.28%. China Yuchai International's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. China Yuchai International's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

China Yuchai International's dividend payout ratio of 25.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks up?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were up 0.26% in the last day, and up 1.45% over the last week. Midera Food Processing was the among the top gainers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, gaining 2.04% yesterday.

Millrose Properties shares are trading lower after Citizens downgraded the stock from Market Outperform to Market Perform.

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 -52.9% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 9 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 -46.95% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 15 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 -15.36% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 46 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 23.59% over the next year.

4.11% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.81% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.9% are rated C (Hold), 15.07% are rated D (Sell), and 4.11% 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 43.25x.
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