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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.
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P/E 26.5 vs period average 26.2 Near its historical average
Rank | Company | Price | P/E | Value | Growth | Quality | EL7 Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/286 |  | $97.72 | 22.3 | 55 | 74 | 82 | 98 |
| 2/286 |  | $21.45 | 8.8 | 95 | 25 | 68 | 98 |
| 3/286 |  | $26.10 | 14.6 | 87 | 62 | 89 | 96 |
| 4/286 |  | $76.78 | 6.3 | 90 | 14 | 80 | 96 |
| 5/286 |  | $15.82 | 15.3 | 88 | 89 | 93 | 96 |
| 6/286 |  | $269.56 | 66.4 | 8 | 98 | 95 | 95 |
| 7/286 |  | $48.10 | 40.8 | 15 | 56 | 91 | 93 |
| 8/286 |  | $140.41 | 4.9 | 92 | 20 | 70 | 93 |
| 9/286 |  | $183.57 | 22.8 | 68 | 45 | 77 | 93 |
| 10/286 |  | $113.75 | 11.1 | 94 | 31 | 89 | 93 |
Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.
Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.
Upgrades and downgrades on the sector's stocks
Insider purchases in the sector's stocks
Funds that track the sector and each fund's exposure to it.
Fund | Exposure | Assets | Expense |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF | 99.8% | $14B | 0.38% |
| VISVanguard Industrials ETF | 91.0% | $9B | 0.09% |
| XLIState Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF | 90.8% | $33B | 0.08% |
The percentage is the sector's share of the fund's assets, per the latest available data.
The white line marks the average score (64.5) · the number beside the score is the stock count
The industrials sector ranks sixth with a score of 66.58, benefiting from strong momentum and high quality and safety metrics, despite weak valuation attractiveness, which came in at 34.09. The median P/E ratio of 26.55 indicates that the sector is trading at relatively elevated price levels compared to its growth drivers, while stocks such as ESEA and GSL stand out as the top-performing companies within this space.