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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:

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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).