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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.

Sector: Industrials
Ticker
Company
Zen Rating
Sentiment
Market Cap
Shares
Institutional %
Insider %
Net Insider (L12M)
Net Insider (L3M)
SNA
SNAP-ON INC
$18.25B52,007,55790.75%2.86%Net BuyingNet Buying
EME
EMCOR GROUP INC
$28.59B44,765,86491.52%4.55%Net SellingNet Selling
APG
API GROUP CORP
$16.21B415,905,91679.46%20.54%Net SellingNet Selling
MLI
MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC
$12.97B111,013,63173.23%26.77%Net SellingNet Selling
EVI
EVI INDUSTRIES INC
$324.71M12,844,41923.16%76.84%Net SellingNet Selling
LZ
LEGALZOOMCOM INC
$1.70B177,270,25855.14%44.86%Net SellingNet Selling
OSK
OSHKOSH CORP
$8.36B63,254,31995.12%4.88%Net BuyingNet Buying
ESEA
EUROSEAS LTD
$379.90M7,006,6128.87%0.00%
DCI
DONALDSON CO INC
$10.37B115,336,68786.71%4.21%Net SellingNet Buying
FTEK
FUEL TECH INC
$53.14M31,074,43819.01%80.99%Net Buying
CMRE
COSTAMARE INC
$2.06B131,431,90427.10%0.00%
RRX
REGAL REXNORD CORP
$9.70B66,389,67397.77%2.23%Net SellingNet Selling
ACTG
ACACIA RESEARCH CORP
$360.76M96,460,37837.78%62.22%Net Selling
PANL
PANGAEA LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS LTD
$434.02M64,973,68817.28%82.72%Net Buying
AME
AMETEK INC
$48.14B230,203,87386.42%1.18%Net SellingNet Selling
FELE
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO INC
$4.32B44,510,38184.11%4.81%Net BuyingNet Buying
TNC
TENNANT CO
$1.34B18,125,96994.19%5.81%Net SellingNet Selling
PNR
PENTAIR PLC
$17.26B163,641,88083.27%16.73%Net BuyingNet Buying
PBI
PITNEY BOWES INC
$1.66B160,918,16482.29%9.01%Net SellingNet Selling
KEX
KIRBY CORP
$6.06B54,200,00095.02%4.98%Net SellingNet Selling
ACA
ARCOSA INC
$5.24B49,045,02553.70%46.30%Net Selling
CAAP
CORPORACION AMERICA AIRPORTS SA
$4.34B163,222,70714.55%0.00%
LECO
LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
$13.41B55,026,17676.02%2.66%Net SellingNet Selling
GRC
GORMAN RUPP CO
$1.27B26,312,84258.27%41.73%
FERG
FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC
$44.00B195,545,95790.96%0.19%Net SellingNet Selling
NPO
ENPRO INC
$4.62B21,065,72987.37%12.63%Net SellingNet Selling
AP
AMPCO PITTSBURGH CORP
$101.02M20,326,38938.56%61.44%Net BuyingNet Buying
FCN
FTI CONSULTING INC
$5.26B30,876,07095.44%4.56%Net BuyingNet Buying
BZ
KANZHUN LTD
$9.63B921,290,59633.22%0.00%
RAIL
FREIGHTCAR AMERICA INC
$208.53M19,079,10640.11%53.35%Net Buying
IIIN
INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
$629.29M19,416,46281.38%17.02%Net Selling
KBR
KBR INC
$5.14B126,989,62843.99%56.01%Net SellingNet Buying
SWBI
SMITH & WESSON BRANDS INC
$444.05M44,493,74552.03%42.14%Net SellingNet Selling
BKNG
BOOKING HOLDINGS INC
$171.59B32,233,81573.35%26.65%Net SellingNet Selling
WCC
WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC
$12.26B48,646,23089.76%10.24%Net SellingNet Selling
UPWK
UPWORK INC
$2.59B130,654,88358.56%41.44%Net SellingNet Selling
SPCB
SUPERCOM LTD
$43.28M4,683,5064.66%95.34%
AMSC
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP
$1.43B45,186,78967.75%32.25%Net Selling
DLB
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC
$6.07B95,505,89159.76%2.36%Net SellingNet Selling
MEG
MONTROSE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP INC
$879.20M35,337,66790.54%9.46%Net SellingNet Selling
OTIS
OTIS WORLDWIDE CORP
$34.43B389,715,85187.00%0.15%Net SellingNet Selling
PRG
PROG HOLDINGS INC
$1.16B39,545,59356.30%43.70%Net Buying
HWM
HOWMET AEROSPACE INC
$85.12B402,062,26283.60%16.40%Net Selling
AIR
AAR CORP
$3.05B36,112,49190.75%9.25%Net SellingNet Selling
AGCO
AGCO CORP
$7.90B74,623,56673.36%26.64%Net SellingNet Buying
PH
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP
$112.81B126,186,69990.19%2.88%Net SellingNet Selling
GASS
STEALTHGAS INC
$253.48M36,006,13238.86%30.09%
ZTO
ZTO EXPRESS (CAYMAN) INC
$17.16B799,661,6898.34%0.00%
TRIP
TRIPADVISOR INC
$1.71B116,908,33983.45%16.55%Net BuyingNet Buying
LOAR
LOAR HOLDINGS INC
$6.58B93,622,47131.88%68.12%Net Selling
SXI
STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP
$2.72B12,116,99995.41%4.59%Net SellingNet Selling
TWIN
TWIN DISC INC
$233.09M14,388,03159.48%15.89%Net BuyingNet Selling
GVA
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC
$5.18B43,649,80696.61%3.39%Net SellingNet Selling
WOR
WORTHINGTON ENTERPRISES INC
$2.58B49,665,05641.58%58.42%Net SellingNet Selling
GE
GE AEROSPACE
$338.33B1,054,813,91177.60%2.74%Net SellingNet Selling
CRESY
CRESUD INC
$760.84M614,074,2732.10%0.00%
BWEN
BROADWIND INC
$66.82M23,200,9888.16%91.84%Net Selling
ACCO
ACCO BRANDS CORP
$332.60M90,136,13379.87%20.13%Net Selling
HEI
HEICO CORP
$45.89B139,356,56376.99%4.85%Net BuyingNet Buying
OPXS
OPTEX SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC
$90.88M6,937,35828.51%49.11%Net SellingNet Buying
XYL
XYLEM INC
$33.38B243,469,06399.08%0.92%Net SellingNet Selling
POWL
POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
$4.26B12,092,08362.62%37.38%Net BuyingNet Buying
CAR
AVIS BUDGET GROUP INC
$4.51B35,196,99239.15%60.85%Net SellingNet Selling
MRCY
MERCURY SYSTEMS INC
$4.57B60,100,13676.74%23.26%Net SellingNet Selling
CODA
CODA OCTOPUS GROUP INC
$106.98M11,248,8672.31%97.69%Net Selling
TNL
TRAVEL & LEISURE CO
$4.63B64,325,18881.57%18.43%Net SellingNet Selling
MSA
MSA SAFETY INC
$6.35B39,152,06184.30%15.70%Net SellingNet Selling
RYAAY
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC
$38.57B1,063,868,00120.19%0.00%
CVU
CPI AEROSTRUCTURES INC
$52.87M13,185,2497.82%92.18%Net Buying
CCL
CARNIVAL CORP
$41.93B1,356,024,91265.93%28.89%Net Selling
DOV
DOVER CORP
$26.85B137,153,22385.28%2.02%Net BuyingNet Buying
SWK
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC
$11.84B154,884,96491.70%2.04%Net SellingNet Selling
FORR
FORRESTER RESEARCH INC
$154.87M19,003,00048.11%42.36%Net SellingNet Selling
RBA
RB GLOBAL INC
$19.18B185,692,00293.13%0.53%Net SellingNet Buying
CSW
CSW INDUSTRIALS INC
$4.92B16,686,70893.00%2.24%Net SellingNet Selling
ESAB
ESAB CORP
$6.83B60,710,96693.03%6.97%Net SellingNet Selling
ITT
ITT INC
$13.59B78,000,00092.94%3.24%Net SellingNet Selling
CRAI
CRA INTERNATIONAL INC
$1.32B6,562,26285.69%14.31%Net SellingNet Selling
MMM
3M CO
$85.96B531,225,04870.73%0.55%Net BuyingNet Buying
SB
SAFE BULKERS INC
$508.55M105,288,99628.78%0.00%
CAE
CAE INC
$9.92B320,770,89168.01%0.00%
EBF
ENNIS INC
$461.34M25,629,75181.19%6.85%Net SellingNet Buying
JBTM
JBT MAREL CORP
$7.83B51,971,37293.53%3.62%Net SellingNet Selling
SMHI
SEACOR MARINE HOLDINGS INC
$161.32M26,976,25943.00%19.83%Net SellingNet Selling
FLX
BINGEX LTD
$221.78M206,831,2473.27%0.00%
CVLG
COVENANT LOGISTICS GROUP INC
$558.55M25,047,17853.32%19.86%Net Selling
SARO
STANDARDAERO INC
$9.91B334,470,26461.86%38.14%Net SellingNet Selling
NDSN
NORDSON CORP
$13.46B55,823,51672.62%27.38%Net BuyingNet Buying
TCOM
TRIPCOM GROUP LTD
$48.79B655,036,19124.94%0.00%
TRU
TRANSUNION
$16.18B194,200,00072.16%27.84%Net SellingNet Selling
CAT
CATERPILLAR INC
$280.04B467,979,59671.12%1.10%Net SellingNet Selling
FTAI
FTAI AVIATION LTD
$21.58B102,572,92558.34%41.66%Net BuyingNet Buying
BAER
BRIDGER AEROSPACE GROUP HOLDINGS INC
$101.09M55,543,10433.42%37.19%Net BuyingNet Buying
KFY
KORN FERRY
$3.47B52,194,94489.71%10.29%Net SellingNet Selling
KFRC
KFORCE INC
$568.36M18,141,00060.94%39.06%Net SellingNet Selling
ESLT
ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD
$27.44B46,349,00021.04%0.00%
MATX
MATSON INC
$3.86B31,180,03587.02%7.77%Net Selling
WAB
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
$36.97B170,957,18685.66%14.34%Net SellingNet Selling
JBHT
HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC
$18.74B95,218,34649.08%50.92%Net BuyingNet Selling
YTRA
YATRA ONLINE INC
$111.51M62,294,14330.30%3.73%

Industrial Industries

IndustryStocks1d %1w %1m %1y %DD ScoreP/E ratioP/B RatioROEROAROCEUpside/DownsideConsensus
77+2.74%+1.30%+7.87%+30.31%36.43x7.12x+12.65%+3.14%+7.15%+11.94%Strong Buy
18+1.21%-0.30%+7.89%+15.29%19.24x3.61x+41.07%+5.23%+13.39%+14.94%Buy
9+0.10%-2.62%+7.79%+34.15%13.54x6.69x-8.98%-14.73%-7.88%+5.89%Buy
5+0.73%-0.10%+1.63%-18.62%18.53x1.33x+13.50%+6.68%+12.61%+62.60%Buy
19-0.16%+0.87%-4.80%+63.27%22.53x5.97x+47.93%+7.72%+14.26%+14.47%Strong Buy
25-0.83%-2.80%+2.41%-47.71%31.99x6.71x+143.14%+9.65%+19.39%+20.16%Buy
50+5.53%+1.88%+3.71%+12.72%186.64x7.90x-101.29%-7.63%+2.03%+7.98%Strong Buy
55+4.14%+0.96%+1.06%+55.41%47.08x5.59x+21.61%+8.36%+18.87%+12.35%Strong Buy
25+2.47%+0.51%+3.45%+19.90%27.37x5.55x+33.98%+7.92%+13.13%+8.37%Buy
19+0.75%-1.80%+0.31%-5.08%27.18x6.42x+31.73%+15.05%+25.91%+12.53%Buy
3-0.17%-1.23%-0.60%+28.07%17.50x7.23x+62.07%+11.05%+0.79%+25.59%Strong Buy
30+1.62%-0.51%+5.50%-12.75%20.80x3.69x+23.91%+7.76%+15.32%+4.04%Buy
45-0.11%-0.87%-2.11%-16.67%8.60x0.92x+11.70%+2.81%+3.46%+12.07%Strong Buy
19+3.51%-0.17%+7.31%+41.87%29.80x4.85x+20.05%+9.11%+16.30%+12.88%Strong Buy
19+0.73%-2.59%-0.11%+13.46%27.94x6.81x+24.11%+9.39%+18.65%+23.48%Buy
11+0.55%-0.84%+1.73%+6.50%21.95x4.12x+25.23%+7.65%+12.41%+9.88%Buy
19+2.67%+1.52%+7.55%+10.65%17.59x2.93x+60.43%+4.37%+7.07%+12.71%Buy
23+0.44%-1.41%+0.57%+7.14%16.25x3.24x+22.63%+6.64%+11.69%+24.36%Strong Buy
206+0.37%+1.50%+4.93%+17.54%13.23x-61.45x-31.86%+0.01%+61.99%+39.94%Strong Buy
43-1.00%-8.43%-0.50%-96.14%53.73x4.02x+9.86%+8.62%+12.93%+19.05%Buy
79+1.95%-0.58%+2.63%+16.26%20.65x6.53x+25.82%+7.94%+14.61%+11.29%Buy
23-1.07%-2.07%-0.05%-26.68%23.36x7.98x+56.79%+8.04%+36.55%+19.60%Buy
10+2.04%-0.21%+4.88%+21.93%29.54x2.85x+16.83%+8.29%+14.19%+3.85%Buy
18-0.39%-1.99%+4.38%+9.97%28.06x9.81x+33.32%+11.88%+37.35%+14.89%Buy
16+2.43%+0.12%+9.64%-17.82%35.95x3.13x+15.63%+9.47%+15.20%+2.92%Buy
20+0.53%-1.02%+0.23%-15.30%47.96x5.85x+20.78%+5.92%+10.01%+14.90%Buy

Industrial Stocks FAQ

What are the best industrial stocks to buy right now in Jan 2026?

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:

1. Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR)


Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR) is the #1 top industrial stock out of 886 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 Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Thermon Group Holdings (NYSE:THR) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 19 points higher than the industrial sector average of 25. It passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Thermon Group Holdings has seen its stock return 32.04% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 66 percentage points.

2. Moog (NYSE:MOG.A)


Moog (NYSE:MOG.A) is the #2 top industrial stock out of 886 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 Moog (NYSE:MOG.A) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Moog (NYSE:MOG.A) has a Due Diligence Score of 59, which is 34 points higher than the industrial sector average of 25. It passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Moog has seen its stock return 26.25% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 60 percentage points.

Moog has an average 1 year price target of $240.00, a downside of -3.95% from Moog's current stock price of $249.87.

Moog stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Moog, 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.

3. Latam Airlines Group Sa (NYSE:LTM)


Latam Airlines Group Sa (NYSE:LTM) is the #3 top industrial stock out of 886 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 Latam Airlines Group Sa (NYSE:LTM) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Latam Airlines Group Sa (NYSE:LTM) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 13 points higher than the industrial sector average of 25. It passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Latam Airlines Group Sa has seen its stock return 99.56% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 134 percentage points.

Latam Airlines Group Sa has an average 1 year price target of $60.00, an upside of 9.93% from Latam Airlines Group Sa's current stock price of $54.58.

Latam Airlines Group Sa stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Latam Airlines Group Sa, 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.

What are the industrial stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 235 industrial stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 industrial stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Highway Holdings (NASDAQ:HIHO)


Highway Holdings (NASDAQ:HIHO) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the industrial sector average of 1.82%. Highway Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine times in the last 10 years. Highway Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Highway Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 350% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY)


Cresud (NASDAQ:CRESY) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the industrial sector average of 1.82%. Cresud's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Cresud's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cresud's dividend payout ratio of 56.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Toro (NASDAQ:TORO)


Toro (NASDAQ:TORO) has an annual dividend yield of 13.48%, which is 12 percentage points higher than the industrial sector average of 1.82%.

Toro's dividend payout ratio of 2,408.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are industrial stocks up?

Industrial stocks were up 1.6% in the last day, and down -0.31% over the last week. Parazero Technologies was the among the top gainers in the industrials sector, gaining 44.79% yesterday.

ParaZero shares are trading higher after the company announced it received its first purchase order for its DefendAir Counter-Unmanned Aerial systems from an Israeli defense entity.

What are the most undervalued industrial stocks?

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:

1. Kbr (NYSE:KBR)


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 71, which is 49 points higher than the industrial sector average of 22. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -30.01% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by 4 percentage points.

2. Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK)


Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) 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.

Oshkosh has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the industrial sector average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Oshkosh's stock has gained 41.31% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by 75 percentage points.

3. Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA)


Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) 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.

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

Euroseas's stock has gained 45.17% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by 79 percentage points.

Are industrial stocks a good buy now?

50.12% of industrial stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect industrial stocks to rise by 12.27% over the next year.

6.93% of industrial stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 19.54% of industrial stocks are rated B (Buy), 56.13% are rated C (Hold), 12.79% are rated D (Sell), and 4.62% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the industrials sector?

The average P/E ratio of the industrials sector is 33.54x.
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