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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...

Overview Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment

Specialty Industrial Machinery is Zen Rated B and is the 55th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$692.04M	14,490,010	0.06%	53.24%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$417.56M	14,538,916	0.06%	15.76%	Net Selling	Net Buying
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP LTD	$7.04B	253,151,170	0.10%	12.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$2.05B	26,410,243	0.07%	43.60%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$12.70B	59,006,361	0.09%	64.77%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.84B	51,137,646	0.10%	7.81%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.34B	32,950,577	0.10%	8.42%	Net Buying	Net Buying
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.38B	44,211,464	0.09%	5.79%	Net Buying	Net Buying
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$90.55B	557,800,000	0.08%	1.90%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$144.88M	6,476,322	0.07%	53.41%	Net Selling
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$18.63B	55,699,366	0.08%	28.55%	Net Buying	Net Selling
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$72.05B	137,664,487	0.09%	1.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$12.11B	33,383,050	0.08%	4.92%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$3.40B	156,125,679	0.10%	22.33%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.15B	11,809,117	0.11%	3.45%	Net Selling
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.83B	57,561,304	0.11%	4.65%	Net Buying	Net Selling
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$122.98B	126,047,469	0.09%	2.91%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.92B	16,293,487	0.10%	2.40%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NPO	ENPRO INC	$7.05B	21,167,681	0.10%	14.72%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$840.16M	148,965,066	0.05%	99.95%	Net Selling	Net Buying
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$168.02B	388,400,000	0.09%	0.70%	Net Selling	Net Buying
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$8.86B	50,085,860	0.09%	14.03%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$10.74B	66,591,867	0.11%	2.47%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.03B	23,065,450	0.04%	93.66%	Net Buying
CR	CRANE CO	$12.12B	57,800,356	0.08%	14.50%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$75.24B	284,800,000	0.09%	36.29%	Net Buying	Net Buying
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$50.55B	111,048,676	0.09%	1.45%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$781.56M	42,872,109	0.10%	0.29%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.20B	37,518,322	0.02%	0.00%	Net Buying	Net Buying
AME	AMETEK INC	$57.76B	229,261,244	0.09%	1.09%	Net Selling	Net Buying
INIO	INNIO NV	$14.24B	750,000,000	0.06%	86.25%	Net Selling
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$6.17B	57,323,573	0.10%	16.34%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IEX	IDEX CORP	$17.35B	73,719,896	0.10%	2.74%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$10.34B	115,910,129	0.09%	4.26%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$3.72B	249,037,647	0.11%	22.78%	Net Selling	Net Buying
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$189.17M	3,229,865	0.05%	25.48%	Net Buying	Net Buying
EROC	EROCK INC	$596.88M	48,174,023	0.02%	99.98%
ITT	ITT INC	$18.43B	89,400,000	0.10%	2.91%	Net Selling	Net Buying
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.51B	12,119,465	0.11%	4.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DOV	DOVER CORP	$25.76B	134,680,225	0.09%	2.07%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$7.74B	135,908,573	0.09%	2.72%	Net Selling
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.16B	17,049,303	0.11%	7.25%	Net Selling	Net Buying
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$30.48B	387,999,429	0.10%	24.24%	Net Selling	Net Buying
XYL	XYLEM INC	$23.91B	233,486,812	0.09%	1.01%	Net Buying	Net Buying
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$4.75B	45,222,349	0.10%	12.70%	Net Buying
MFP	MIDERA FOOD PROCESSING INC	$1.92B	45,230,455	0.00%	1.57%	Net Buying	Net Buying
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$8.43B	159,637,950	0.10%	19.15%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$9.44B	127,112,780	0.11%	1.64%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$25.08B	380,669,339	0.09%	0.17%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GGG	GRACO INC	$12.77B	161,953,824	0.09%	1.57%	Net Buying	Net Buying
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$258.82M	10,094,322	0.01%	99.99%	Net Buying	Net Buying
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$5.69B	51,876,817	0.10%	3.70%	Net Selling
INLF	INLIF LTD	$3.70M	1,093,750	0.09%	99.91%	Net Selling
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$25.93B	604,801,708	0.02%	99.98%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$1.06B	11,737,033	0.09%	14.55%	Net Selling
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$1.45B	48,442,143	0.07%	32.03%	Net Selling
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$29.75M	6,951,203	0.02%	68.54%
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$260.10M	57,800,864	0.01%	99.99%	Net Buying	Net Selling
ATS	ATS CORP	$1.80B	97,015,901	0.08%	0.00%
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$103.88M	45,360,598	0.00%	37.93%
CEPL	CAPSTONE ENERGY PLUS INC	$136.72M	32,944,709	0.00%	2.52%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$387.18M	225,101,943	0.03%	19.17%	Net Selling
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$621.10M	301,506,494	0.03%	0.00%
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$13.53k	6,938	0.00%	100.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$98.41M	23,657,373	0.01%	99.99%	Net Buying
FISN	DEEP FISSION INC	$316.62M	58,905,938	0.00%	0.00%
BURU	NUBURU INC	$10.37M	9,262,346	0.06%	99.94%	Net Buying
GFUZ	GENERAL FUSION GROUP LTD	$399.00M	52,988,419	0.02%	12.41%
XE	X-ENERGY INC	$4.14B	287,458,734	0.06%	36.81%	Net Buying
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$832.86M	53,698,146	0.04%	80.01%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$39.99M	50,177,716	0.01%	36.68%	Net Buying
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$3.30B	429,723,272	0.05%	9.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$290.07M	224,858,561	0.02%	49.71%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TRBG	TURBOGEN LTD	$96.73M	25,455,990	0.00%	0.00%
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$11.68M	12,166,106	0.00%	0.00%
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$124.71M	63,822,249	0.00%	0.00%
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$5.52M	12,875,000	0.00%	49.40%
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$16.28M	20,532,482	0.00%	32.40%
HDRN	HADRON ENERGY INC	$85.80M	71,498,842	0.01%	80.03%	Net Buying	Net Buying
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$461.60M	26,759,241	0.09%	3.78%	Net Selling
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$7.46M	5,252,720	0.00%	100.00%
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$117.86M	26,785,848	0.00%	0.00%

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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