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Best Financial Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top financial stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best financial stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the financial services sector.

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 financial service stocks to buy right now are:

Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE:OPY) is the #1 top financial stock out of 721 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 Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE:OPY) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE:OPY) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 2 points higher than the financial sector average of 35. It passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Oppenheimer Holdings has seen its stock return 40.82% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 37 percentage points.

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) is the #2 top financial stock out of 721 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 Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 2 points higher than the financial sector average of 35. It passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Donnelley Financial Solutions has seen its stock return 13.94% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 10 percentage points.

Donnelley Financial Solutions has an average 1 year price target of $61.50, an upside of 24.17% from Donnelley Financial Solutions's current stock price of $49.53.

Donnelley Financial Solutions stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Donnelley Financial Solutions, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) is the #3 top financial stock out of 721 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 Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is -2 points lower than the financial sector average of 35. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MCY as a "A".It passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Mercury General has seen its stock return 60.35% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 56 percentage points.

Mercury General has an average 1 year price target of $100.00, an upside of 12.41% from Mercury General's current stock price of $88.96.

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

Out of 487 financial stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 financial stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Affinity Bancshares (NASDAQ:AFBI) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the financial sector average of 4.2%.

Affinity Bancshares's dividend payout ratio of 126.1% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Ofs Capital (NASDAQ:OFS) has an annual dividend yield of 36.84%, which is 33 percentage points higher than the financial sector average of 4.2%. Ofs Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Ofs Capital's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ofs Capital's dividend payout ratio of -48.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) has an annual dividend yield of 32.2%, which is 28 percentage points higher than the financial sector average of 4.2%. Horizon Technology Finance's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Horizon Technology Finance's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Horizon Technology Finance's dividend payout ratio of -2,200% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Financial stocks were down -0.25% in the last day, and down -2.99% over the last week. Atlanticus Holdings was the among the top losers in the financial services sector, dropping -9.08% yesterday.

Atlanticus Holdings shares are trading lower. The company reported Q4 financial results.

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 financial stocks right now are:

Newtekone (NASDAQ:NEWT) is the most undervalued financial stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Newtekone has a valuation score of 71, which is 29 points higher than the financial sector average of 42. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Newtekone's stock has dropped -2.2% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the financial sector by -6 percentage points.

Qfin Holdings (NASDAQ:QFIN) is the second most undervalued financial stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Qfin Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 29 points higher than the financial sector average of 42. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Qfin Holdings's stock has dropped -65.37% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the financial sector by -70 percentage points.

Cpi Card Group (NASDAQ:PMTS) is the third most undervalued financial stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cpi Card Group has a valuation score of 86, which is 44 points higher than the financial sector average of 42. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cpi Card Group's stock has dropped -46.65% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the financial sector by -51 percentage points.

36.25% of financial stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect financial stocks to rise by 24.2% over the next year.

2.12% of financial stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 9.79% of financial stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.41% are rated C (Hold), 11.42% are rated D (Sell), and 3.26% are rated F (Strong Sell).