These 3 Industrial Stocks May Outperform the S&P 500 in 2026
2026-03-16 13:25:00 ET
You don't need to be a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon to recognize the stock market's going through some pretty serious turbulence right now. The conflict in the Middle East is of course a big source of this turbulence, although it would be naïve to pretend overvalued stocks of overestimated artificial intelligence (AI) companies aren't playing a role in the matter either.
While this shift isn't a reason to get out of the market altogether, it arguably is a reason to rethink your holdings. This may well be the time to get back to basics by owning stakes in industrial companies that actually make, build, or do stuff of tangible value. Here's a closer look at three such names that just might outperform a suppressed S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) this year.
Based on nothing more than the company's recent performance, it might be a bit difficult to get excited about owning a piece of Fluor (NYSE: FLR) . The engineering and heavy construction outfit's revenue fell 5% to $15.5 billion last year, taking a similar toll on adjusted net earnings. The stock's been upended several times since early last year as well.
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