Steady Stocks

Best Fabricated Metal Products Stocks by Growth Stability

5 Fabricated Metal Products stocks ranked by Steady Score — the proprietary growth stability rating based on 10 years of financial data.

Data as of 2026-08-01

Top stock: WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC (WTS) with Steady Score 82.85.

A catch-all for metal-products manufacturers that don't fit a narrower category: water infrastructure (Mueller Water Products, Watts Water Technologies), motion and control components (Parker Hannifin), payment and technology hardware (Crane NXT), and hydraulic equipment (Helios Technologies).

What holds this group together isn't the end market, which varies a lot, but the business model: engineered metal components sold into other companies' capital equipment and infrastructure projects. Water-infrastructure names tend to be the steadiest of the group, since municipal water and wastewater spending is need-driven and only loosely tied to the broader economic cycle, while general industrial-equipment components move more with capital spending cycles.

Stocks
5
Avg Steady Score
69.4
High stability (score ≥ 75)
3
Avg Revenue CAGR
+5.5%

Of the 5 Fabricated Metal Products stocks, 3 (60%) have high growth stability (Steady Score ≥ 75). The industry average Steady Score is 69.4, with average annualized revenue growth of +5.5% and earnings growth of +9.3%.

Rank Name Ticker Steady Score Revenue CAGR Earnings CAGR Dividend CAGR
1 WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC WTS 82.85 +6.4% +18.6% +11.3%
2 Parker-Hannifin Corp PH 81.42 +6.5% +15.7% +11.7%
3 Mueller Water Products, Inc. MWA 77.2 +6.9% +5.6% +8.7%
4 HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. HLIO 63.64 +15.3% +6.5% +1.5%
5 Crane NXT, Co. CXT 42.05 -7.5% +0.2% n/a

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