Industrials Stocks: Quality Scores and Valuation

1,488 companies in the figures below, measured from their own filings. 220 of them score 70 or above.

Median quality: 41 / 100
Scoring 70+: 220
Median ROIC: 4.7%
Median op. margin: 4.9%
Pay a dividend: 644 · 43%

Quality distribution1,446 of 1,488 have a score

050100

Medians are computed across every industrials company we cover with the relevant figure available, from the most recent filings. See the methodology for how each score is calculated.

US industrials companies by the numbers

Profitable: 59.3%
Positive free cash flow: 67.5%
Median payout ratio: 29.4%
Median revenue growth: 3.8%

US-listed industrials companies that file with the SEC, from the statistics run of October 16, 2026. Each figure counts the value shown on every company's own pages, and a company is counted only when the numbers behind it matched its SEC filing. Compare the sectors: dividends and profitability.

What to look at in industrials

Capital intensity and cyclicality dominate. Free cash flow after capital expenditure is more informative than reported earnings, and returns on invested capital across a full cycle separate genuinely good operators from businesses that simply had a good few years.

Highest quality scores in industrials

Company	Quality	ROIC	Op. margin
International Star ILST	99/100	22.6%	55.1%
Campine NV CAMB.XBRU	98/100	41.0%	8.9%
GRK Infra Oyj GRK.XHEL	97/100	22.9%	6.4%
Ies Holdings IESC	96/100	31.5%	12.4%
TechnipFMC FTI	96/100	29.1%	16.0%
Cre8 Enterprise CRE	94/100	8.5%	4.5%
Argan AGX	94/100	31.3%	15.4%
Pluxee PLX.XPAR	94/100	15.1%	28.0%
Catering International & Services ALCIS.XPAR	94/100	14.6%	5.8%
Expedia Group EXPE	93/100	19.9%	12.7%
Galliford Try Holdings GFRD.XLON	93/100	17.7%	2.1%
Morgan Sindall Group MGNS.XLON	92/100	20.7%	4.5%
Kongsberg Maritime ASA KMAR.XOSL	92/100	31.9%	12.8%
EMCOR Group EME	92/100	33.6%	10.4%
Comfort Systems USA FIX	91/100	46.8%	16.5%
International Seaways INSW	91/100	23.1%	64.2%
Medpace Holdings MEDP	90/100	80.8%	21.0%
Burckhardt Compression Holding BCHN.XSWX	90/100	32.9%	13.9%
Orell Füssli OFN.XSWX	89/100	15.5%	10.7%
easyJet EJTTF	89/100	8.3%	7.0%
Badger Meter BMI	89/100	17.3%	18.9%
Bilfinger GBF.XETR	89/100	11.9%	5.1%
ByggPartner Gruppen AB BYGGP.XSTO	88/100	19.2%	3.6%
Fiera Milano S.p.A. FM.XMIL	88/100	10.3%	22.9%
International Consolidated Airlines Group IAG.XLON	88/100	16.4%	14.3%

Strongest dividends in industrials

Company	Dividend score	ROIC	Op. margin
Eiffage FGR.XPAR	92/100	6.7%	9.8%
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding BAH	92/100	18.1%	9.5%
Moury Construct SA MOUR.XBRU	91/100	20.5%	15.3%
Global Ship Lease GSL	91/100	14.8%	56.8%
Silgan Holdings SLGN	90/100	7.3%	9.6%
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SGO.XPAR	89/100	8.6%	10.7%
Wolters Kluwer WKL.XAMS	88/100	23.6%	27.5%
Vinci SA DG.XPAR	88/100	8.4%	11.9%
A. O. Smith AOS	87/100	22.7%	17.5%
Broadridge Financial Solutions BR	87/100	15.7%	17.4%

Every industrials company

The tables above show the highest scores. All 1,503 industrials companies we cover are listed alphabetically, with their quality scores, across 11 pages, including 15 without enough recent figures for the medians above. Browse the full list.