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Best Building Material Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top building material stocks in 2025 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:

Smith Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) 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 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 45, which is 12 points higher than the building material industry average of 33.

SMID passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Smith Midland has seen its stock return 7.37% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 8 percentage points.

Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) 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 Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 15 points higher than the building material industry average of 33.

TGLS passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Tecnoglass has seen its stock lose -16.62% over the past year, underperforming other building material stocks by -16 percentage points.

United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) 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 United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 18 points higher than the building material industry average of 33.

USLM passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. United States Lime & Minerals has seen its stock return 23.45% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 24 percentage points.

Out of 5 building material stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 building material stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (NYSE:CPAC) has an annual dividend yield of 7.54%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 1.25%. Cementos Pacasmayo Saa's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Cementos Pacasmayo Saa's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa's dividend payout ratio of 104.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Boise Cascade Co (NYSE:BCC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.18%, which is the same as the building material industry average of 1.25%. 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 85.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) has an annual dividend yield of 0.5%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the building material industry average of 1.25%. Martin Marietta Materials's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Martin Marietta Materials's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Martin Marietta Materials's dividend payout ratio of 17.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Building material stocks were up 1.23% in the last day, and down -0.82% over the last week. Loma Negra was the among the top gainers in the building materials industry, gaining 7.66% yesterday.

Shares of Argentina-linked stocks are trading higher due to ongoing US support related to the $20 billion currency swap agreement. The sector may be seeing strength ahead of Argentine President Milei's meeting with President Trump on October 14.

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:

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) 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.

Cemex Sab De CV has a valuation score of 29, which is 1 points higher than the building material industry average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cemex Sab De CV's stock has gained 54.82% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 55 percentage points.

Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) 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.

Tecnoglass has a valuation score of 29, which is 1 points higher than the building material industry average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tecnoglass's stock has dropped -16.62% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the building material industry by -16 percentage points.

Titan America Sa (NYSE:TTAM) 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.

Titan America Sa has a valuation score of 29, which is 1 points higher than the building material industry average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

66.67% of building material stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect building material stocks to rise by 7.42% 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), 84.62% are rated C (Hold), 15.38% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).