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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 31.94% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 60 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: C.

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 28.69% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 57 percentage points.

Moog has an average 1 year price target of $240.00, a downside of -6.87% from Moog's current stock price of $257.71.

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.

Tredegar (NYSE:TG) 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 Tredegar (NYSE:TG) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Tredegar (NYSE:TG) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -9 points lower than the industrial sector average of 25. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TG as a "A".It passed 6 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Tredegar has seen its stock lose -3.2% over the past year, overperforming other industrial stocks by 25 percentage points.

Out of 236 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 1.78%. 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 1.78%. 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 12.7%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the industrial sector average of 1.78%.

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 1.36% in the last day, and up 3.76% over the last week. Ocean Power Technologies was the among the top gainers in the industrials sector, gaining 25% yesterday.

Ocean Power Technologies shares are trading higher after the company announced a multi-buoy contract greater than $5 million to deploy and operate MERROWS-equipped PowerBuoy systems in support of a U.S. Coast Guard mission

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 35 points higher than the industrial sector average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -25.4% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by 3 percentage points.

Euroseas (NASDAQ:ESEA) 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.

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 55.02% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by 84 percentage points.

Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) 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.

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 56.62% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the industrial sector by 85 percentage points.

49.39% of industrial stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect industrial stocks to rise by 8.8% over the next year.

6.73% of industrial stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20.18% of industrial stocks are rated B (Buy), 56.11% are rated C (Hold), 12.39% are rated D (Sell), and 4.6% are rated F (Strong Sell).