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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 12th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$1.16B	32,840,075	37.39%	62.61%	Net Selling	Net Buying
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.10B	33,352,921	78.02%	4.91%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.31B	37,518,322	18.38%	0.00%
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.21B	23,040,930	20.15%	79.85%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$9.01B	127,115,509	98.50%	1.50%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.76B	33,128,494	92.30%	7.70%	Net Buying	Net Buying
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$5.81B	258,280,391	89.12%	10.88%	Net Buying	Net Selling
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$5.95B	50,371,250	90.46%	9.54%	Net Buying
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$10.21B	115,907,357	86.25%	4.19%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$43.78B	112,273,567	81.07%	1.40%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$338.29M	26,721,510	95.24%	3.14%	Net Selling
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$3.76B	156,349,160	81.06%	18.94%	Net Selling	Net Buying
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$9.63B	66,389,673	97.77%	2.23%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITT	ITT INC	$14.22B	78,000,000	92.91%	3.25%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$68.49B	138,036,253	83.86%	1.80%	Net Selling	Net Buying
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10.39B	49,835,573	87.03%	12.97%	Net Buying	Net Selling
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$17.19B	163,641,880	83.24%	16.76%	Net Buying	Net Buying
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$9.19B	139,237,818	75.62%	2.61%	Net Selling
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.97B	52,981,546	93.06%	6.94%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$1.35B	45,186,789	67.75%	32.25%	Net Selling
AME	AMETEK INC	$45.03B	230,203,873	85.63%	1.06%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$13.21B	56,186,303	72.63%	27.37%	Net Buying	Net Buying
XYL	XYLEM INC	$33.94B	243,469,063	99.08%	0.92%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NPO	ENPRO INC	$4.60B	21,065,729	87.37%	12.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.31B	18,125,969	94.19%	5.81%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.19B	44,510,381	84.10%	4.81%	Net Buying	Net Buying
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$2.93B	12,116,999	95.41%	4.59%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$108.03B	126,186,699	90.01%	2.88%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GE	GE AEROSPACE	$304.26B	1,054,813,911	77.53%	2.74%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.21B	26,312,842	58.27%	41.73%
DOV	DOVER CORP	$25.36B	137,153,223	85.22%	2.01%	Net Selling	Net Buying
ATS	ATS CORP	$2.45B	96,946,649	85.21%	0.00%
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$150.26M	3,147,497	33.20%	26.04%	Net Buying
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$131.94B	388,400,000	82.00%	0.70%	Net Selling	Net Buying
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$50.46B	591,517,950	11.66%	88.34%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$223.23M	14,388,031	58.73%	15.94%	Net Buying	Net Selling
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$7.28B	51,971,372	93.53%	3.64%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.68B	57,189,381	42.12%	57.88%	Net Selling	Net Buying
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$99.56M	6,402,396	54.02%	45.98%	Net Selling
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$34.35B	389,715,851	86.97%	0.15%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$68.44M	23,200,988	8.16%	91.84%	Net Selling
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.56B	16,686,708	93.00%	2.28%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$74.12B	561,800,000	80.41%	1.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GGG	GRACO INC	$13.64B	165,794,118	87.13%	1.50%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CR	CRANE CO	$10.39B	57,596,887	73.98%	14.47%	Net Selling
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$6.39B	253,801,190	84.25%	15.75%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.27B	11,778,135	97.10%	2.90%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IEX	IDEX CORP	$13.07B	74,849,436	97.43%	2.57%	Net Buying	Net Buying
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$297.30M	14,404,207	51.87%	40.19%	Net Selling	Net Buying
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.83B	51,247,656	86.64%	13.36%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$71.77B	290,000,000	69.64%	30.36%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$805.56M	300,581,918	24.93%	0.00%
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$273.05M	10,094,322	12.72%	87.28%	Net Selling	Net Buying
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$3.22B	57,422,039	95.54%	4.46%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$31.29B	395,110,395	81.10%	18.90%	Net Selling
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$199.83M	42,974,862	3.25%	0.98%
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$8.76B	58,684,066	58.28%	41.72%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$607.41M	10,987,954	80.56%	14.92%	Net Selling	Net Buying
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$679.93M	111,100,100	15.97%	84.03%	Net Buying	Net Buying
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$242.39M	23,173,413	0.63%	0.00%
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$599.54M	45,801,003	94.72%	0.00%
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$41.40M	14,276,150	7.12%	92.88%
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$5.40B	298,476,875	32.50%	51.01%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$502.14M	149,893,979	22.49%	22.84%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.31B	41,580,673	39.22%	50.42%
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$724.72M	74,483,482	34.10%	12.68%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$639.77M	222,142,079	14.61%	52.06%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$16.58M	17,394,226	3.10%	38.25%	Net Buying
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$6.37M	5,306,666	0.99%	0.00%
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$13.74M	18,748,000	0.29%	0.00%
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$14.62M	24,950,000	0.15%	0.00%
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$7.15M	5,183,021	44.90%	0.00%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$29.44M	143,619,342	0.30%	2.00%
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$24.42M	6,937,338	17.50%	68.68%
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$193.33M	63,181,249	0.33%	0.00%
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.17B	44,952,953	76.56%	23.44%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XCH	XCHG LTD	$60.64M	2,378,061,531	0.01%	0.00%
BURU	NUBURU INC	$95.84M	433,644,251	1.35%	3.04%
HI	HILLENBRAND INC	$2.24B	70,506,819	90.86%	6.50%	Net Buying	Net Selling

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 44, which is 8 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

THR passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Thermon Group Holdings has seen its stock return 10.04% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 9 percentage points.

2. Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS)

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) 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 Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 14 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

WTS passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Watts Water Technologies has seen its stock return 26.97% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 26 percentage points.

Watts Water Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $300.00, an upside of 9.93% from Watts Water Technologies's current stock price of $272.89.

Watts Water Technologies stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Watts Water Technologies, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% 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 271.55% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 270 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 4.11%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.14%. 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 3.77%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.14%. 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. Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI)

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) has an annual dividend yield of 2.84%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.14%. 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 down?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were down -1.13% in the last day, and up 1.67% over the last week. Clean Energy Technologies was the among the top losers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, dropping -23.76% yesterday.

Clean Energy Technologies shares are trading lower after the company announced it entered into a $25 million at-the-market offering under a sales agreement with Roth Capital Partners. The company annoucned a $70 million securities secondary offering and the resale of 6,000 shares by the selling stockholder.

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. Tennant Co (NYSE:TNC)

Tennant Co (NYSE:TNC) 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.

Tennant Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tennant Co's stock has dropped -18.25% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -19 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 29, which is 6 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 23. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Power Solutions International's stock has gained 65.82% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by 65 percentage points.

3. Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX)

Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) is the third most undervalued specialty industrial machinery stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Regal Rexnord has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Regal Rexnord's stock has dropped -16.92% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -18 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

41.51% 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 11.81% over the next year.

7.46% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 31.34% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.24% are rated C (Hold), 4.48% are rated D (Sell), and 4.48% 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 10.11x.

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