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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 C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

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

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is -11 points lower than the building material industry average of 32.

CX passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Cemex Sab De CV has seen its stock return 84.06% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 97 percentage points.

Cemex Sab De CV has an average 1 year price target of $13.46, an upside of 6.01% from Cemex Sab De CV's current stock price of $12.70.

Cemex Sab De CV stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Cemex Sab De CV, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Smith Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) 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 Smith Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Smith Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 15 points higher than the building material industry average of 32.

SMID passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Smith Midland has seen its stock lose -6.88% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 6 percentage points.

James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) 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 James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) has a Due Diligence Score of 13, which is -19 points lower than the building material industry average of 32.

JHX passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. James Hardie Industries has seen its stock lose -21.5% over the past year, underperforming other building material stocks by -9 percentage points.

James Hardie Industries has an average 1 year price target of $27.00, an upside of 36.23% from James Hardie Industries's current stock price of $19.82.

James Hardie Industries stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering James Hardie Industries, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 25% 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 1.47%, 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 1.29%, 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 0.75%, 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 0.02% in the last day, and down -5.22% over the last week.

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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 -27 points higher than the building material industry average of 27. 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 9.26% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 22 percentage points.

Boise Cascade Co (NYSE:BCC) is the second 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.

Boise Cascade Co has a valuation score of 57, which is 30 points higher than the building material industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Boise Cascade Co's stock has dropped -25.87% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the building material industry by -13 percentage points.

Smith Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) 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.

Smith Midland has a valuation score of 57, which is 30 points higher than the building material industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Smith Midland's stock has dropped -6.88% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 6 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 26.43% over the next year.

0% of building material stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of building material stocks are rated B (Buy), 100% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).