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Industrials Sector

Industrials includes aerospace and defense, machinery, transport, rail, freight, construction, and logistics. The sector is home to names like Caterpillar, Boeing, Union Pacific, and Honeywell. It is the backbone of the real economy, tied to capital spending, global manufacturing activity, and infrastructure cycles. On this page we rank the best US industrial stocks by the EL7 Score and compare them across value, growth, quality, safety, and capital-return factors.

EL7 Score

67Balanced

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P/E 27.0 vs period average 26.2 Richer than its history

Total stocks684

Total Market Cap$9.0T

Median P/E27.0x

Median Net Margin3.3%

Value

Growth

AI Sector Summary

2026-08-06

The industrials sector holds a mid-tier position in the market, driven by strong price momentum and solid operational quality; however, it faces valuation pressures, which currently remain its most prominent weakness. With the sector's median price-to-earnings ratio reaching 27.01, stocks such as ESEA and GSL stand out as top choices in overall ranking, owing to their superior performance compared to peers.

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Best Stocks in Industrials

Ranked among 286 stocks with a market cap above $2B. Smaller companies are excluded from the ranking.

Rank	Company	Price	Change	P/E	Fwd P/E	Value	Growth	Quality	Safety	Capital Return	EL7 Score
1/286	INSWInternational Seaways	$92.39	-0.9%	8.5	11.5	74	41	97	79	87	99
2/286	BWLPBW LPG	$21.68	+0.5%	9.0	8.2	94	64	70	81	93	99
3/286	CPACopa	$141.21	-0.6%	8.3	7.3	83	40	91	74	64	99
4/286	TNKTeekay Tankers	$76.93	-0.2%	4.5	8.4	92	38	84	73	79	98
5/286	BRCBrady	$98.06	-0.2%	22.3	16.7	54	74	78	95	48	98
6/286	HAYWHayward	$15.96	+1.9%	21.2	17.3	65	43	74	88	94	96
7/286	FASTFastenal	$51.80	+2.0%	43.1	37.8	13	69	88	97	69	96
8/286	ZTOZTO Express (Cayman)	$23.59	-2.0%	14.5	1.5	79	69	61	90	45	96
9/286	CAAPCorporación América	$25.04	-4.2%	15.0	11.9	86	81	86	61	77	95
10/286	WTSWatts Water	$390.39	+3.5%	32.9	30.3	24	70	84	95	72	95

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Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

Industries in Industrials

ETFs with exposure to this sector

Funds that track the sector and each fund's exposure to it.

Fund	Exposure	Assets	Expense	Holdings
ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF	99.8%	$15B	0.37%	49
VISVanguard Industrials ETF	91.0%	$9B	0.09%	387
XLIState Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF	90.8%	$35B	0.08%	83

The percentage is the sector's share of the fund's assets, per the latest available data.

Best Stocks in Industrials

Industries in Industrials

Sector performance via XLI