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Best Industrial Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top industrial stocks in 2025 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:

Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) is the #1 top industrial stock out of 783 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 Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 14 points higher than the industrial sector average of 28. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Astec Industries has seen its stock return 13.36% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 16 percentage points.

Astec Industries has an average 1 year price target of $41.00, an upside of 3.67% from Astec Industries's current stock price of $39.55.

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

Enersys (NYSE:ENS) is the #2 top industrial stock out of 783 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 Enersys (NYSE:ENS) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Enersys (NYSE:ENS) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 25 points higher than the industrial sector average of 28. It passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Enersys has seen its stock lose -3.47% over the past year, underperforming other industrial stocks by -1 percentage points.

Enersys has an average 1 year price target of $115.00, an upside of 23.51% from Enersys's current stock price of $93.11.

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

Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) is the #3 top industrial stock out of 783 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 Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 29 points higher than the industrial sector average of 28. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Willdan Group has seen its stock return 23.26% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 26 percentage points.

Out of 234 industrial stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 industrial stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Cnh Industrial Nv (NYSE:CNH) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the industrial sector average of 3.6%. Cnh Industrial Nv's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Cnh Industrial Nv's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cnh Industrial Nv's dividend payout ratio of 57.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Icon Energy (NASDAQ:ICON) has an annual dividend yield of 349.21%, which is 346 percentage points higher than the industrial sector average of 3.6%.

Icon Energy's dividend payout ratio of -10.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) has an annual dividend yield of 38.56%, which is 35 percentage points higher than the industrial sector average of 3.6%.

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

Industrial stocks were down -0.33% in the last day, and up 0.68% over the last week. Eastman Kodak Co was the among the top losers in the industrials sector, dropping -19.55% yesterday.

Eastman Kodak shares are trading lower after the company reported a year-over-year decrease in Q1 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 industrial stocks right now are:

Zim Integrated Shipping Services (NYSE:ZIM) 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.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the industrial sector average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services's stock has dropped -12.13% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by -10 percentage points.

Terex (NYSE:TEX) 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.

Terex has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the industrial sector average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Terex's stock has dropped -32.5% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by -30 percentage points.

Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM) 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.

Navios Maritime Partners has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the industrial sector average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Navios Maritime Partners's stock has dropped -22.6% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by -20 percentage points.

41.63% of industrial stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect industrial stocks to rise by 14.26% over the next year.

5.73% of industrial stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.16% of industrial stocks are rated B (Buy), 61.74% are rated C (Hold), 14.05% are rated D (Sell), and 3.33% are rated F (Strong Sell).