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Best Building Material Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top building material stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best building material stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best building material stocks to buy right now are:

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) is the #1 top building material stock out of 18 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is -9 points lower than the building material industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CX as a "B".

CX passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Cemex Sab De CV has seen its stock return 73.2% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 68 percentage points.

Cemex Sab De CV has an average 1 year price target of $14.20, an upside of 18.14% from Cemex Sab De CV's current stock price of $12.02.

Cemex Sab De CV stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Cemex Sab De CV, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Loma Negra (NYSE:LOMA) is the #2 top building material stock out of 18 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Loma Negra (NYSE:LOMA) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Loma Negra (NYSE:LOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 9, which is -21 points lower than the building material industry average of 30.

LOMA passed 3 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Loma Negra has seen its stock lose -2.14% over the past year, underperforming other building material stocks by -8 percentage points.

Titan America Sa (NYSE:TTAM) is the #3 top building material stock out of 18 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Titan America Sa (NYSE:TTAM) is: Value: B, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Titan America Sa (NYSE:TTAM) has a Due Diligence Score of 7, which is -23 points lower than the building material industry average of 30.

TTAM passed 3 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Titan America Sa has seen its stock return 42.96% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 37 percentage points.

Titan America Sa has an average 1 year price target of $20.00, an upside of 6.55% from Titan America Sa's current stock price of $18.77.

Titan America Sa stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Titan America Sa, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 10 building material stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 building material stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ) has an annual dividend yield of 1.34%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 0.59%.

Amrize's dividend payout ratio of 26.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Boise Cascade Co (NYSE:BCC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.13%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 0.59%. Boise Cascade Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Boise Cascade Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Boise Cascade Co's dividend payout ratio of 29.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Crh Public Co (NYSE:CRH) has an annual dividend yield of 0.7%, which is the same as the building material industry average of 0.59%. Crh Public Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seven times in the last 10 years. Crh Public Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Crh Public Co's dividend payout ratio of 27.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Building material stocks were up 2.87% in the last day, and up 4.25% over the last week. James Hardie Industries was the among the top gainers in the building materials industry, gaining 6.34% yesterday.

Shares of homebuilding and housing-related companies are trading higher after the House and Senate sent a bipartisan housing bill designed to lower housing costs for President Trump's signature. Sentiment was further boosted by KB Home’s better-than-expected second-quarter sales results.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued building material stocks right now are:

Titan America Sa (NYSE:TTAM) is the most undervalued building material stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Titan America Sa has a valuation score of 0, which is -19 points higher than the building material industry average of 19. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TTAM a Valuation Rating of "B".

Titan America Sa's stock has gained 42.96% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 37 percentage points.

Boise Cascade Co (NYSE:BCC) is the second most undervalued building material stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Boise Cascade Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 24 points higher than the building material industry average of 19. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Boise Cascade Co's stock has dropped -12.66% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the building material industry by -18 percentage points.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) is the third most undervalued building material stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cemex Sab De CV has a valuation score of 14, which is -5 points higher than the building material industry average of 19. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cemex Sab De CV's stock has gained 73.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 68 percentage points.

64.29% of building material stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect building material stocks to rise by 11.74% over the next year.

0% of building material stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 6.67% of building material stocks are rated B (Buy), 80% are rated C (Hold), 13.33% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).