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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 +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 B and is the 40th ranked industry out of 146 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$14.59B	58,868,681	58.49%	41.51%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.91B	26,410,243	59.69%	40.31%
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.58B	33,046,358	92.12%	7.88%	Net Buying	Net Buying
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$229.47M	14,422,827	60.94%	15.60%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$436.41M	14,398,169	52.79%	39.96%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$425.62M	26,751,621	93.21%	3.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$88.14B	137,989,067	84.36%	1.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ATS	ATS CORP	$3.20B	96,948,447	87.33%	0.00%
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10.03B	33,390,890	79.35%	4.88%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$6.11B	253,875,680	88.80%	11.20%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.62B	11,808,462	96.98%	3.02%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$13.07B	66,569,573	97.73%	2.27%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.76B	51,543,169	92.79%	7.21%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$3.93B	156,471,079	80.82%	19.18%	Net Selling	Net Buying
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.42B	57,562,603	42.13%	57.87%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DOV	DOVER CORP	$27.98B	134,661,414	91.33%	2.07%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.57B	45,214,496	89.50%	10.50%	Net Buying	Net Selling
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$109.03B	126,086,389	90.58%	2.92%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.40B	17,038,903	93.49%	6.51%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.27B	44,182,232	87.20%	4.95%	Net Selling	Net Buying
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$161.31M	3,219,112	42.61%	25.41%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$15.98B	55,717,948	72.12%	27.88%	Net Buying	Net Selling
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$2.09B	37,518,322	21.42%	0.00%
NPO	ENPRO INC	$6.40B	21,126,664	87.09%	12.91%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$4.57B	52,598,798	85.04%	14.96%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$9.57B	115,814,243	87.29%	4.20%	Net Selling	Net Buying
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10.28B	50,064,839	87.20%	12.80%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$48.99B	111,273,953	86.02%	1.44%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IEX	IDEX CORP	$15.22B	74,015,052	97.37%	2.63%	Net Buying	Net Selling
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$75.54B	560,000,000	81.05%	1.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$27.50B	391,336,834	81.22%	18.78%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CR	CRANE CO	$10.13B	57,745,686	74.26%	14.51%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AME	AMETEK INC	$51.15B	229,203,002	87.37%	1.07%	Net Selling	Net Buying
ITT	ITT INC	$17.22B	89,400,000	95.49%	2.89%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$148.14B	388,300,000	83.76%	0.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$8.78B	127,807,021	97.74%	1.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$27.49B	383,716,076	89.67%	0.16%	Net Selling	Net Selling
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$6.75B	52,067,812	93.82%	3.66%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$2.35B	47,612,285	68.03%	31.97%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XYL	XYLEM INC	$25.84B	237,693,493	91.36%	0.99%	Net Buying	Net Buying
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$2.80B	136,212,501	28.95%	71.05%	Net Selling	Net Buying
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.06B	12,114,922	95.76%	4.24%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$71.90B	287,700,000	69.94%	30.06%	Net Buying	Net Buying
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$1.63B	300,784,816	29.80%	0.00%
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$289.61M	10,094,322	12.01%	87.99%	Net Buying	Net Buying
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$12.03B	161,605,541	83.37%	16.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$30.71B	602,706,815	18.78%	79.97%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$636.08M	44,233,446	96.70%	0.28%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$7.88B	137,828,624	85.36%	2.68%	Net Selling	Net Buying
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$1.03B	11,072,780	81.04%	15.01%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.31B	57,542,367	95.19%	4.59%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$912.57M	23,050,450	25.21%	74.79%	Net Selling
GGG	GRACO INC	$12.50B	165,968,177	88.85%	1.54%	Net Buying	Net Buying
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.41B	250,420,273	82.56%	17.44%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$430.62M	57,800,864	6.13%	27.23%
CHRN	CHRONOSCALE CORP	$56.66M	3,563,381	0.06%	99.94%	Net Buying	Net Buying
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$109.40M	6,446,454	55.91%	44.09%	Net Buying
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.33B	16,470,230	97.69%	2.31%	Net Selling	Net Selling
VHUB	VENHUB GLOBAL INC	$119.93M	85,057,857	11.13%	0.00%
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$81.21M	23,404,116	9.22%	90.78%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$1.27M	1,387,480	0.27%	99.73%
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$42.61M	6,940,509	15.11%	68.65%
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.97B	47,869,076	77.62%	22.38%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.31B	52,083,294	44.28%	53.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$422.55M	224,761,681	15.67%	51.33%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$29.34M	32,604,703	3.89%	56.44%	Net Buying	Net Buying
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$599.24M	223,595,973	32.41%	19.30%	Net Selling
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$4.14B	365,481,156	45.83%	11.25%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$681.66M	77,373,296	40.16%	11.93%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$11.60M	20,532,482	1.81%	32.40%
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$2.14B	32,939,694	37.13%	62.87%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BURU	NUBURU INC	$33.12M	179,020,628	6.58%	10.97%	Net Buying
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$272.13M	24,103,749	0.09%	0.00%
INLF	INLIF LTD	$4.63M	1,181,250	2.27%	97.73%
XCH	XCHG LTD	$51.87M	2,901,565,362	0.03%	18.33%
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$9.01M	12,500,000	0.79%	50.88%
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$6.46M	5,252,720	0.01%	66.63%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$32.54M	4,198,442	0.01%	98.05%
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$9.20M	5,038,018	0.38%	99.62%
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$3.77M	5,183,021	6.25%	0.00%
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$174.23M	63,822,249	0.26%	0.00%

Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty industrial machinery stocks to buy right now in May 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. Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC)

Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 4 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

GNRC passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Generac Holdings has seen its stock return 118.08% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 94 percentage points.

Generac Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $266.08, an upside of 7.38% from Generac Holdings's current stock price of $247.79.

Generac Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Generac Holdings, 69.23% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 15.38% have issued a Buy, 15.38% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC)

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is -3 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GRC as a "A".

GRC passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gorman Rupp Co has seen its stock return 99.01% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 75 percentage points.

Gorman Rupp Co has an average 1 year price target of $74.00, an upside of 2.14% from Gorman Rupp Co's current stock price of $72.45.

Gorman Rupp Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Gorman Rupp Co, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO)

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) is the #3 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 6 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

HLIO passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Helios Technologies has seen its stock return 157.89% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 134 percentage points.

Helios Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $86.20, an upside of 10.56% from Helios Technologies's current stock price of $77.97.

Helios Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Helios Technologies, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 0% 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 37 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 4.74%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.19%. 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 102.3% 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 3.27%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.19%. 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 236.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW)

Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) has an annual dividend yield of 2.53%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.19%. 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 58.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks down?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were down -0.14% in the last day, and down -3.29% over the last week.

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

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. Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT)

Crane Nxt Co (NYSE:CXT) 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.

Crane Nxt Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 44 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Crane Nxt Co's stock has dropped -21.32% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -45 percentage points.

2. Pentair (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) 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.

Pentair has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pentair's stock has dropped -23.38% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -48 percentage points.

3. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) 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.

Gates Industrial has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gates Industrial's stock has gained 16.46% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -8 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

43.86% 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 16.35% over the next year.

7.25% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 24.64% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.62% are rated C (Hold), 7.25% are rated D (Sell), and 7.25% 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 -1.71x.

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