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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 25th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
GRC	GORMAN RUPP CO	$1.11B	26,312,842	47.96%	42.88%
PSIX	POWER SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$1.87B	23,008,218	15.19%	81.36%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GTES	GATES INDUSTRIAL CORP PLC	$6.32B	257,584,131	69.04%	12.43%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CYD	CHINA YUCHAI INTERNATIONAL LTD	$1.07B	37,518,322	11.89%	0.00%
FLS	FLOWSERVE CORP	$6.93B	130,782,241	62.43%	1.51%	Net Selling	Net Selling
WTS	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	$9.16B	33,361,705	65.29%	4.85%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RRX	REGAL REXNORD CORP	$9.84B	66,374,193	71.81%	2.53%	Net Selling	Net Selling
HLIO	HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$1.76B	33,153,838	61.01%	8.24%	Net Buying	Net Buying
MWA	MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS INC	$4.15B	156,293,515	75.97%	21.99%	Net Selling	Net Selling
EPAC	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP	$2.25B	53,937,328	80.05%	7.21%	Net Selling	Net Buying
AMSC	AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP	$2.36B	45,160,926	40.51%	34.47%	Net Selling	Net Selling
FELE	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC	$4.29B	44,484,632	63.71%	4.82%	Net Buying	Net Selling
PNR	PENTAIR PLC	$17.48B	163,931,255	64.32%	18.53%	Net Buying
LXFR	LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC	$336.96M	26,764,077	60.78%	3.13%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NPO	ENPRO INC	$4.73B	21,053,512	70.06%	14.72%	Net Buying	Net Buying
SPXC	SPX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$8.72B	46,758,155	68.32%	14.97%	Net Buying	Net Selling
XYL	XYLEM INC	$34.53B	243,409,688	66.91%	0.94%	Net Buying	Net Selling
ROK	ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC	$39.07B	112,434,397	53.05%	1.41%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GE	GE AEROSPACE	$286.00B	1,060,439,387	48.86%	2.72%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GNRC	GENERAC HOLDINGS INC	$11.67B	58,675,951	48.57%	51.43%	Net Selling	Net Selling
JBTM	JBT MAREL CORP	$7.29B	51,970,395	54.38%	3.68%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AOS	SMITH A O CORP	$10.16B	140,129,580	54.31%	2.59%	Net Selling	Net Selling
AME	AMETEK INC	$42.68B	230,953,960	59.95%	1.07%	Net Selling
PH	PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP	$95.24B	127,778,004	52.59%	2.85%	Net Selling	Net Selling
XMTR	XOMETRY INC	$2.40B	50,796,348	57.72%	17.15%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NDSN	NORDSON CORP	$12.27B	56,508,946	53.62%	28.11%	Net Buying	Net Selling
TNC	TENNANT CO	$1.54B	18,653,506	61.82%	5.82%	Net Selling
SXI	STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP	$2.46B	12,068,262	68.25%	4.77%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ENOV	ENOVIS CORP	$1.65B	57,159,803	32.96%	67.04%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CMI	CUMMINS INC	$55.78B	137,786,038	58.43%	1.80%	Net Selling	Net Buying
MIR	MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.83B	233,966,211	49.45%	21.89%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OFLX	OMEGA FLEX INC	$333.11M	10,094,322	9.81%	90.19%	Net Selling	Net Selling
DOV	DOVER CORP	$24.60B	137,134,453	57.91%	2.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITT	ITT INC	$13.06B	78,000,000	64.14%	3.25%	Net Selling	Net Selling
THR	THERMON GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$837.14M	33,088,725	25.00%	75.00%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TAYD	TAYLOR DEVICES INC	$134.63M	3,136,728	33.18%	26.13%	Net Buying
ATS	ATS CORP	$2.75B	96,885,705	39.23%	0.00%
DCI	DONALDSON CO INC	$8.66B	116,519,946	64.63%	4.13%	Net Selling	Net Buying
ETN	EATON CORP PLC	$138.24B	389,300,000	55.31%	0.70%	Net Selling	Net Buying
TWIN	TWIN DISC INC	$126.48M	14,147,661	46.25%	16.53%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CR	CRANE CO	$10.99B	57,546,840	50.95%	14.51%	Net Selling	Net Buying
EMR	EMERSON ELECTRIC CO	$75.62B	562,800,000	56.14%	1.77%	Net Selling
GTEC	GREENLAND TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP	$23.66M	17,394,226	0.16%	38.25%	Net Buying
MIDD	MIDDLEBY CORP	$6.80B	50,682,386	52.77%	10.89%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CSW	CSW INDUSTRIALS INC	$4.47B	16,802,468	64.58%	2.23%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITW	ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC	$76.52B	291,500,000	64.70%	35.30%	Net Selling	Net Buying
HUHU	HUHUTECH INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC	$140.80M	21,173,413	0.08%	0.00%
IR	INGERSOLL RAND INC	$31.88B	397,452,515	72.87%	23.64%	Net Selling	Net Selling
IEX	IDEX CORP	$12.59B	75,287,284	65.46%	2.62%	Net Buying	Net Buying
HI	HILLENBRAND INC	$1.80B	70,482,047	57.29%	6.50%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GGG	GRACO INC	$14.13B	165,694,194	66.96%	1.50%	Net Buying	Net Buying
HURC	HURCO COMPANIES INC	$119.08M	6,506,868	40.06%	51.83%	Net Selling	Net Buying
GHM	GRAHAM CORP	$550.44M	10,975,874	65.47%	14.92%	Net Selling	Net Selling
PKOH	PARK OHIO HOLDINGS CORP	$284.59M	14,229,522	48.69%	40.60%	Net Buying	Net Selling
BWEN	BROADWIND INC	$53.23M	23,041,464	7.63%	92.37%	Net Selling	Net Selling
OTIS	OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP	$34.36B	392,475,229	62.39%	0.15%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CXT	CRANE NXT CO	$3.47B	57,418,206	52.91%	4.55%	Net Selling	Net Buying
WFF	WF HOLDING LTD	$24.60M	24,950,000	0.00%	0.00%
KAI	KADANT INC	$4.01B	11,777,467	83.34%	3.37%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BLDP	BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC	$548.76M	299,868,076	8.84%	0.00%
SMR	NUSCALE POWER CORP	$10.22B	284,392,884	14.79%	19.63%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KRNT	KORNIT DIGITAL LTD	$705.79M	45,801,003	55.96%	0.00%
SYM	SYMBOTIC INC	$31.14B	590,493,305	5.12%	94.88%	Net Selling	Net Selling
RR	RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC	$338.76M	149,893,979	6.86%	2.76%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BW	BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES INC	$169.84M	101,097,542	6.42%	93.58%	Net Buying	Net Buying
LASE	LASER PHOTONICS CORP	$36.40M	14,301,087	2.33%	97.67%	Net Buying
SERV	SERVE ROBOTICS INC	$581.52M	57,123,356	16.82%	17.29%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NNE	NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC	$1.32B	37,501,273	16.78%	55.90%
NPWR	NET POWER INC	$545.87M	219,223,168	8.63%	49.08%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TOYO	TOYO CO LTD	$232.98M	46,595,743	0.12%	4.08%
MKDW	MKDWELL TECH INC	$29.44M	143,619,342	0.02%	2.00%
TPIC	TPI COMPOSITES INC	$14.42M	48,730,266	22.62%	77.38%	Net Buying	Net Selling
XCH	XCHG LTD	$70.27M	2,378,061,531	0.00%	0.00%
BURU	NUBURU INC	$9.33M	52,443,348	1.20%	25.13%
HCAI	HUACHEN AI PARKING MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LTD	$19.47M	31,500,000	0.00%	0.00%
LBGJ	LI BANG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$21.56M	18,748,000	0.00%	0.00%
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	$6.19M	11,250,000	0.00%	0.00%
JCSE	JE CLEANTECH HOLDINGS LTD	$4.83M	5,306,666	0.00%	0.00%
GTLS	CHART INDUSTRIES INC	$8.93B	44,945,406	69.79%	30.21%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CVV	CVD EQUIPMENT CORP	$20.16M	6,881,838	15.91%	69.23%	Net Selling
CETY	CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC	$14.37M	58,655,138	0.65%	0.00%

Specialty Industrial Machinery Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty industrial machinery stocks to buy right now in Aug 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. 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: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Gorman Rupp Co (NYSE:GRC) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is -6 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 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gorman Rupp Co has seen its stock return 7.12% over the past year, underperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by -13 percentage points.

2. Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX)

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

Power Solutions International (NASDAQ:PSIX) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 10 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36.

PSIX passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Power Solutions International has seen its stock return 489.61% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 470 percentage points.

3. Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES)

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

Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is -2 points lower than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates GTES as a "A".

GTES passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Gates Industrial has seen its stock return 40.44% over the past year, overperforming other specialty industrial machinery stocks by 20 percentage points.

Gates Industrial has an average 1 year price target of $26.33, an upside of 7.39% from Gates Industrial's current stock price of $24.52.

Gates Industrial stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Gates Industrial, 55.56% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 11.11% have issued a Buy, 33.33% 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 40 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 4.13%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.09%. 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.

2. Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI)

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.51%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.09%. 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 -345.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX)

Omega Flex (NASDAQ:OFLX) has an annual dividend yield of 3.09%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 1.09%. 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 down?

Specialty industrial machinery stocks were down -2.17% in the last day, and up 2.23% over the last week. Mirion Technologies was the among the top losers in the specialty industrial machinery industry, dropping -0.44% yesterday.

Mirion Technologies shares are trading lower. The CEO sold $10.74 million of stock.

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. Greenland Technologies Holding (NASDAQ:GTEC)

Greenland Technologies Holding (NASDAQ:GTEC) 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.

Greenland Technologies Holding has a valuation score of 100, which is 76 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 24. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Greenland Technologies Holding's stock has dropped -21.6% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -42 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 33 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Middleby's stock has dropped -4.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -25 percentage points.

3. Flowserve (NYSE:FLS)

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) 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.

Flowserve has a valuation score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the specialty industrial machinery industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Flowserve's stock has gained 11.11% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty industrial machinery industry by -9 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 6.41% over the next year.

8.7% of specialty industrial machinery stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 18.84% of specialty industrial machinery stocks are rated B (Buy), 63.77% are rated C (Hold), 4.35% are rated D (Sell), and 4.35% 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 14.03x.

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