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Best Textile Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top textile stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best textile stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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 textile stocks to buy right now are:

Albany International (NYSE:AIN) is the #1 top textile stock out of 5 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Albany International (NYSE:AIN) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Albany International (NYSE:AIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is 6 points higher than the textile industry average of 21.

AIN passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Albany International has seen its stock return 37.5% over the past year, overperforming other textile stocks by 7 percentage points.

Albany International has an average 1 year price target of $61.00, a downside of -18.13% from Albany International's current stock price of $74.51.

Albany International stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Albany International, 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.

Unifi (NYSE:UFI) is the #2 top textile stock out of 5 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

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

Unifi (NYSE:UFI) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is 7 points higher than the textile industry average of 21.

UFI passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Unifi has seen its stock return 40.97% over the past year, overperforming other textile stocks by 10 percentage points.

Smj International Holdings (NYSEMKT:SMJF) is the #3 top textile stock out of 5 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Smj International Holdings (NYSEMKT:SMJF) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Smj International Holdings (NYSEMKT:SMJF) has a Due Diligence Score of 10, which is -11 points lower than the textile industry average of 21.

SMJF passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals.

Out of 1 textile stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 1 textile stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Albany International (NYSE:AIN) has an annual dividend yield of 1.49%, which is the same as the textile industry average of 1.49%. Albany International's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Albany International's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Albany International's dividend payout ratio of -52.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Textile stocks were up 0.75% in the last day, and down -0.92% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why textile stocks are up.

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 textile stocks right now are:

Unifi (NYSE:UFI) is the most undervalued textile stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Unifi has a valuation score of 14, which is 6 points higher than the textile industry average of 8. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Unifi's stock has gained 40.97% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the textile industry by 10 percentage points.

Albany International (NYSE:AIN) is the second most undervalued textile stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Albany International has a valuation score of 0, which is -8 points higher than the textile industry average of 8. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Albany International's stock has gained 37.5% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the textile industry by 7 percentage points.

Smj International Holdings (NYSEMKT:SMJF) is the third most undervalued textile stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Smj International Holdings has a valuation score of 0, which is -8 points higher than the textile industry average of 8. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

100% of textile stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect textile stocks to fall by -18.13% over the next year.

0% of textile stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 33.33% of textile stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).