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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 44th ranked industry out of 146 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.94B	26,410,243	59.05%	40.95%
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$15.52B	58,868,681	57.86%	42.14%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.55B	33,046,358	91.99%	8.01%	Net Buying	Net Buying
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$440.87M	14,398,169	52.69%	39.96%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$251.97M	14,422,827	60.82%	15.60%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$413.85M	26,751,621	87.01%	3.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$96.11B	137,989,067	82.33%	1.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.91B	33,390,890	78.29%	4.88%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$6.19B	253,875,680	88.71%	11.29%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$1.73B	51,543,169	92.75%	7.25%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ATS	ATS CORP	$3.10B	96,948,447	92.01%	0.00%
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.75B	11,808,462	96.93%	3.07%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$13.12B	66,569,573	97.71%	2.29%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$3.99B	156,471,079	80.45%	19.55%	Net Selling	Net Buying
DOV	DOVER CORP	$28.38B	134,661,414	88.54%	2.07%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.40B	57,562,603	41.84%	58.16%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.24B	44,182,232	83.07%	4.95%	Net Selling	Net Buying
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$108.78B	126,086,389	87.07%	2.92%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.38B	17,038,903	93.47%	6.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.49B	45,214,496	89.31%	10.69%	Net Buying	Net Selling
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$165.95M	3,219,112	42.43%	25.41%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.88B	37,518,322	21.36%	0.00%
NPO	ENPRO INC	$6.59B	21,126,664	87.05%	12.95%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$4.53B	52,598,798	84.82%	15.18%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$27.53B	391,336,834	81.03%	18.97%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10.06B	50,064,839	87.05%	12.95%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$9.49B	115,814,243	86.77%	4.20%	Net Selling	Net Buying
IEX	IDEX CORP	$15.37B	74,015,052	97.29%	2.71%	Net Buying	Net Selling
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$15.33B	55,783,598	71.90%	28.10%	Net Buying	Net Selling
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$74.51B	560,000,000	76.80%	1.82%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CR	CRANE CO	$9.93B	57,745,686	73.60%	14.51%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$49.93B	111,273,953	83.99%	1.44%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AME	AMETEK INC	$52.24B	229,203,002	85.86%	1.07%	Net Selling	Net Buying
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$8.32B	127,807,021	95.89%	1.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$6.53B	52,067,812	92.58%	3.66%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$27.25B	383,716,076	88.30%	0.16%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITT	ITT INC	$17.39B	89,400,000	94.10%	2.89%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XYL	XYLEM INC	$25.70B	237,693,493	88.22%	0.99%	Net Buying	Net Buying
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$11.75B	161,605,541	82.89%	17.11%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$155.10B	388,300,000	80.01%	0.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$3.01B	12,114,922	95.74%	4.26%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$71.26B	287,700,000	69.52%	30.48%	Net Buying	Net Buying
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$2.62B	47,612,285	67.82%	32.18%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$2.98B	136,212,501	28.23%	71.77%	Net Selling	Net Buying
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$1.34B	300,784,816	29.53%	0.00%
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$273.56M	10,094,322	12.01%	87.99%	Net Buying	Net Selling
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$696.68M	46,290,822	92.07%	0.27%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$28.52B	602,706,815	17.64%	82.03%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$1.09B	11,072,780	80.64%	14.94%	Net Selling
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$2.20B	57,542,367	94.08%	4.59%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$7.72B	137,828,624	83.87%	2.68%	Net Selling	Net Buying
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.55B	250,420,273	82.47%	17.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$893.20M	23,050,450	22.79%	77.21%	Net Selling
GGG	GRACO INC	$12.57B	165,968,177	87.00%	1.54%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CHRN	CHRONOSCALE CORP	$61.29M	3,563,381	0.06%	99.94%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.22B	16,470,230	97.67%	2.33%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$107.20M	6,446,454	55.91%	44.09%	Net Buying
VHUB	VENHUB GLOBAL INC	$110.58M	85,057,857	11.04%	0.00%
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$105.79M	23,404,116	9.22%	90.78%	Net Selling
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$180.73k	187,480	0.27%	99.73%
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$36.09M	6,940,509	15.07%	68.65%
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$397.09M	57,800,864	5.85%	27.23%
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$9.92B	47,869,076	77.44%	22.56%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$478.74M	224,761,681	15.65%	51.33%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.30B	52,083,294	44.04%	53.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$28.72M	32,604,703	3.89%	56.44%	Net Buying	Net Buying
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$599.24M	223,595,973	31.50%	19.30%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$4.10B	365,481,156	44.75%	11.25%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$637.56M	77,373,296	39.88%	11.93%	Net Selling	Net Selling
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$6.51M	5,252,720	0.01%	66.63%
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$10.84M	20,532,482	1.81%	32.40%
INLF	INLIF LTD	$5.02M	1,181,250	2.27%	97.73%
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$9.32M	5,038,018	0.38%	99.62%
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$3.80M	5,183,021	6.25%	0.00%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$30.65M	4,198,442	0.01%	98.05%
BURU	NUBURU INC	$31.54M	154,588,426	7.62%	12.71%	Net Buying
GCDT	GREEN CIRCLE DECARBONIZE TECHNOLOGY LTD	$10.13M	12,500,000	0.79%	50.88%
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$181.89M	63,822,249	0.26%	0.00%
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$2.14B	32,848,372	37.00%	63.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$235.98M	24,103,749	0.09%	0.00%
XCH	XCHG LTD	$57.31M	2,901,565,362	0.03%	18.33%

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. Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC)

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) 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 Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is -5 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 35. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GRC as a "A".

GRC passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gorman Rupp Co has seen its stock return 89.06% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 67 percentage points.

2. Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC)

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

Generac Holdings (NYSE:GNRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is -2 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 35. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GNRC as a "A".

GNRC passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Generac Holdings has seen its stock return 106.87% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 84 percentage points.

Generac Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $264.08, an upside of 0.15% from Generac Holdings's current stock price of $263.68.

Generac Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Generac Holdings, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 16.67% 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: C.

Helios Technologies (NYSE:HLIO) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 4 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 35.

HLIO passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Helios Technologies has seen its stock return 134.78% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 112 percentage points.

Helios Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $86.20, an upside of 11.9% from Helios Technologies's current stock price of $77.03.

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 5.02%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.21%. 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 3.36%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.21%. 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 2.56%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.21%. 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 -2.44% in the last day, and down -3.07% over the last week. CVD Equipment was the among the top losers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, dropping -24.09% yesterday.

CVD Equipment shares are trading lower after the company reported a year-over-year decrease in Q1 financial results.

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 57, which is 39 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 18. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Crane Nxt Co's stock has dropped -30.5% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -53 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 29, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pentair's stock has dropped -25.69% 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 29, which is 11 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gates Industrial's stock has gained 11.36% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -11 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 15.14% over the next year.

7.25% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 23.19% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.62% are rated C (Hold), 7.25% are rated D (Sell), and 8.7% 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 3.83x.

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