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Best Industrial Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top industrial stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best industrial stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the industrials 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 industrial stocks to buy right now are:

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) is the #1 top industrial stock out of 943 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 Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Kennametal (NYSE:KMT) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 26 points higher than the industrial sector average of 25. It passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Kennametal has seen its stock return 112.06% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 119 percentage points.

Kennametal has an average 1 year price target of $38.40, a downside of -1.16% from Kennametal's current stock price of $38.85.

Kennametal stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Kennametal, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 20% have issued a Strong Sell.

Sifco Industries (NYSEMKT:SIF) is the #2 top industrial stock out of 943 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 Sifco Industries (NYSEMKT:SIF) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: D.

Sifco Industries (NYSEMKT:SIF) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 9 points higher than the industrial sector average of 25. It passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Sifco Industries has seen its stock return 479.05% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 486 percentage points.

Tredegar (NYSE:TG) is the #3 top industrial stock out of 943 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 Tredegar (NYSE:TG) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Tredegar (NYSE:TG) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is 7 points higher than the industrial sector average of 25. It passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Tredegar has seen its stock return 25.57% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 32 percentage points.

Out of 261 industrial stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 industrial stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Tuniu (NASDAQ:TOUR) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the industrial sector average of 1.93%.

Tuniu's dividend payout ratio of 91.8% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Tripcom Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the industrial sector average of 1.93%. Tripcom Group's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Tripcom Group's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Tripcom Group's dividend payout ratio of 4.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Icon Energy (NASDAQ:ICON) has an annual dividend yield of 32.71%, which is 31 percentage points higher than the industrial sector average of 1.93%.

Icon Energy's dividend payout ratio of -1.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Industrial stocks were down -0.56% in the last day, and up 4.06% over the last week. One & One Green Technologies was the among the top losers in the industrials sector, dropping -62.9% yesterday.

One and One Green Technologies shares are trading lower after the company announced a $13 million follow-on offering of roughly 1.7 million of its units at $7.50 per unit.

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 industrial stocks right now are:

Kbr (NYSE:KBR) is the most undervalued industrial stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Kbr has a valuation score of 57, which is 36 points higher than the industrial sector average of 21. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -25.09% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by -18 percentage points.

Global Ship Lease (NYSE:GSL) is the second most undervalued industrial stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Global Ship Lease has a valuation score of 43, which is 22 points higher than the industrial sector average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Global Ship Lease's stock has gained 102.54% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by 109 percentage points.

Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is the third most undervalued industrial stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Pitney Bowes has a valuation score of 57, which is 36 points higher than the industrial sector average of 21. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pitney Bowes's stock has gained 41.9% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by 49 percentage points.

47.81% of industrial stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect industrial stocks to rise by 238.21% over the next year.

6.28% of industrial stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 17.1% of industrial stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.94% are rated C (Hold), 12.91% are rated D (Sell), and 5.76% are rated F (Strong Sell).