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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...

Overview Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment

Specialty Industrial Machinery is Zen Rated A and is the 21st ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.92B	23,008,218	13.92%	86.08%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$6.73B	257,584,131	89.38%	10.62%	Net Buying
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.39B	37,518,322	17.40%	0.00%
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$6.98B	130,782,241	98.53%	1.47%	Net Selling	Net Selling
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.29B	33,361,705	80.08%	4.85%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.23B	26,312,842	58.90%	41.10%
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.86B	33,153,838	92.04%	7.96%	Net Buying	Net Buying
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$2.69B	45,160,926	67.74%	32.26%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$233.41M	14,390,226	58.70%	16.07%	Net Buying	Net Buying
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$363.46M	26,764,077	93.22%	3.13%	Net Selling
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$9.78B	66,374,193	97.69%	2.31%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$9.65B	115,907,357	87.86%	4.19%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$142.74M	3,147,497	33.90%	26.04%	Net Buying
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$17.96B	163,641,880	83.00%	17.00%	Net Buying
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.39B	44,484,632	84.85%	4.80%	Net Buying	Net Selling
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$4.05B	156,293,515	81.53%	18.47%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$97.80B	126,682,154	88.28%	2.87%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XYL	XYLEM INC	$36.09B	243,409,688	89.62%	0.94%	Net Buying	Net Selling
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$9.65B	140,129,580	77.65%	2.59%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.52B	18,653,506	94.29%	5.71%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$40.08B	112,434,397	83.21%	1.40%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GE	GE AEROSPACE	$320.53B	1,054,813,911	79.85%	2.74%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$13.25B	56,186,303	73.33%	26.67%	Net Buying	Net Selling
DOV	DOVER CORP	$24.34B	137,153,223	86.27%	2.00%	Net Buying	Net Selling
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$928.80M	33,088,725	36.74%	63.26%	Net Selling	Net Buying
AME	AMETEK INC	$43.22B	230,953,960	87.72%	1.20%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITT	ITT INC	$13.76B	78,000,000	94.68%	3.25%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$2.96B	12,068,262	94.71%	4.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NPO	ENPRO INC	$4.91B	21,053,512	87.37%	12.63%	Net Buying	Net Buying
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$118.12M	6,402,396	55.90%	44.10%	Net Selling
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$11.26B	58,675,951	59.21%	40.79%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$2.25B	52,981,546	93.39%	6.61%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$293.44M	10,094,322	12.91%	87.09%	Net Selling
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.88B	57,159,803	42.74%	57.26%	Net Selling	Net Buying
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$5.80B	233,966,211	80.25%	19.75%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$146.49B	389,300,000	84.09%	0.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GGG	GRACO INC	$13.66B	165,794,118	89.03%	1.50%	Net Buying	Net Buying
ATS	ATS CORP	$2.62B	96,885,705	88.80%	0.00%
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.53B	50,796,348	85.04%	14.96%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IEX	IDEX CORP	$12.64B	75,287,284	97.50%	2.50%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$58.07B	137,786,038	84.65%	1.80%	Net Selling	Net Selling
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$6.76B	51,970,395	89.02%	3.68%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.07B	46,758,155	86.34%	13.66%	Net Buying	Net Selling
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$71.27B	290,000,000	70.03%	29.97%	Net Selling	Net Buying
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.72B	50,682,386	91.06%	8.94%	Net Buying
CR	CRANE CO	$11.04B	57,546,840	76.14%	14.48%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$140.66M	23,173,413	0.15%	0.00%
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.12B	16,802,468	91.32%	2.30%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$74.67B	562,800,000	81.70%	1.77%	Net Selling
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$291.85M	14,229,522	51.99%	40.67%	Net Selling	Net Buying
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$31.71B	397,452,515	81.10%	18.90%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KAI	KADANT INC	$3.43B	11,777,467	97.21%	2.79%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$684.68M	10,975,874	78.34%	14.93%	Net Selling	Net Buying
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$3.79B	57,418,206	95.34%	4.55%	Net Selling
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$650.83M	45,801,003	95.52%	0.00%
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$36.09B	392,475,229	89.48%	0.15%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$1.03B	299,868,076	24.73%	0.00%
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$38.44B	590,493,305	11.49%	88.51%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$10.73B	284,392,884	30.91%	14.36%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$56.53M	14,276,150	2.73%	97.27%
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$911.36M	149,893,979	10.58%	22.84%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$349.80M	101,097,542	10.92%	89.08%	Net Buying	Net Buying
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$55.07M	23,041,464	8.19%	91.81%	Net Selling
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$790.59M	57,123,356	37.24%	16.72%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.84B	41,580,673	29.09%	50.42%
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$802.36M	219,223,168	13.77%	52.08%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$21.05M	17,394,226	1.98%	38.25%	Net Buying
BURU	NUBURU INC	$31.98M	79,952,919	0.92%	16.48%
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$7.11M	5,306,666	1.69%	0.00%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$30.88M	143,619,342	0.03%	2.00%
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$20.23M	24,950,000	0.12%	0.00%
XCH	XCHG LTD	$104.04M	2,378,061,531	0.01%	0.00%
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$27.73M	6,881,838	17.16%	69.23%
HI	HILLENBRAND INC	$2.21B	70,482,047	91.21%	6.50%	Net Selling	Net Selling
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$12.00M	18,748,000	0.03%	0.00%
ZJK	ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD	$176.91M	63,181,249	0.40%	0.00%
SHMD	SCHMID GROUP NV	$167.60M	42,974,862	3.86%	0.98%
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$11.22M	4,571,767	9.51%	0.00%
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$8.97B	44,945,406	77.92%	22.08%	Net Selling	Net Selling

Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty industrial machinery stocks to buy right now in Oct 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. Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX)

Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX) 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 Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: D.

Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 16 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 35.

PSIX passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Power Solutions International has seen its stock return 290.65% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 277 percentage points.

2. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) 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 Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is -4 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 35. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GTES as a "A".

GTES passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gates Industrial has seen its stock return 41.09% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 27 percentage points.

Gates Industrial has an average 1 year price target of $27.67, an upside of 5.88% from Gates Industrial's current stock price of $26.13.

Gates Industrial stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Gates Industrial, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 11.11% have issued a Buy, 22.22% 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: C, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

China Yuchai International (NYSE:CYD) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 17 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 35.

CYD passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. China Yuchai International has seen its stock return 206.71% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 193 percentage points.

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. Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC)

Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.13%. Enerpac Tool Group's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Enerpac Tool Group's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Enerpac Tool Group's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its 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 3.83%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.13%. 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 57.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX)

Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) has an annual dividend yield of 3.51%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.13%. 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 81% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty industrial machinery stocks up?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were up 0.16% in the last day, and up 1.81% over the last week.

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

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 21 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tennant Co's stock has dropped -9.39% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -23 percentage points.

2. Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD)

Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) 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.

Middleby has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Middleby's stock has dropped -3.95% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -18 percentage points.

3. Flowserve (NYSE:FLS)

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) 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.

Flowserve has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Flowserve's stock has gained 1.68% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -12 percentage points.

Are specialty industrial machinery stocks a good buy now?

38.78% of specialty industrial machinery stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty industrial machinery stocks to rise by 7.17% over the next year.

6.06% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 30.3% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 54.55% are rated C (Hold), 4.55% are rated D (Sell), and 4.55% 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 8.76x.

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