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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 715 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: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE:OPY) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is -2 points lower than the financial sector average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates OPY as a "A".It passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Oppenheimer Holdings has seen its stock return 103.39% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 88 percentage points.

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) is the #2 top financial stock out of 715 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: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 1 points higher than the financial sector average of 36. It passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Donnelley Financial Solutions has seen its stock return 23.23% over the past year, overperforming other financial stocks by 8 percentage points.

Donnelley Financial Solutions has an average 1 year price target of $61.50, an upside of 23.87% from Donnelley Financial Solutions's current stock price of $49.65.

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.

Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI) is the #3 top financial stock out of 715 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 Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 7 points higher than the financial sector average of 36. It passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Oppfi has seen its stock return 1.65% over the past year, underperforming other financial stocks by -14 percentage points.

Out of 494 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 3.89%.

Affinity Bancshares's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the financial sector average of 3.89%. Rocket Companies's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Rocket Companies's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Rocket Companies's dividend payout ratio of -1,600% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Oppfi (NYSE:OPFI) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the financial sector average of 3.89%.

Oppfi's dividend payout ratio of 25.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Financial stocks were up 0.42% in the last day, and up 1.99% over the last week. Robinhood Markets was the among the top gainers in the financial services sector, gaining 10.41% yesterday.

Robinhood Markets shares are trading higher following reports suggesting that the SEC has approved a plan to remove day trading limits on small investors

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 30 points higher than the financial sector average of 41. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Newtekone's stock has gained 25.17% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the financial sector by 10 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 30 points higher than the financial sector average of 41. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Qfin Holdings's stock has dropped -63.22% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the financial sector by -79 percentage points.

Heritage Insurance Holdings (NYSE:HRTG) 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.

Heritage Insurance Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 2 points higher than the financial sector average of 41. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Heritage Insurance Holdings's stock has gained 54.22% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the financial sector by 39 percentage points.

36.82% of financial stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect financial stocks to rise by 14.46% over the next year.

1.97% of financial stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 7.89% of financial stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.85% are rated C (Hold), 12.66% are rated D (Sell), and 3.62% are rated F (Strong Sell).