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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:

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (NYSE:CPAC) is the #1 top building material stock out of 17 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 Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (NYSE:CPAC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (NYSE:CPAC) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 10 points higher than the building material industry average of 34.

CPAC passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cementos Pacasmayo Saa has seen its stock return 93.86% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 95 percentage points.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa has an average 1 year price target of $10.15, a downside of -8.14% from Cementos Pacasmayo Saa's current stock price of $11.05.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa stock has a consensus Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Cementos Pacasmayo Saa, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 50% have issued a Strong Sell.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) is the #2 top building material stock out of 17 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: B, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) has a Due Diligence Score of 19, which is -15 points lower than the building material industry average of 34. 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 125.51% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 127 percentage points.

Cemex Sab De CV has an average 1 year price target of $10.95, a downside of -16.86% from Cemex Sab De CV's current stock price of $13.17.

Cemex Sab De CV stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Cemex Sab De CV, 57.14% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 42.86% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Titan America Sa (NYSE:TTAM) is the #3 top building material stock out of 17 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 Titan America Sa (NYSE:TTAM) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Titan America Sa (NYSE:TTAM) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 19 points higher than the building material industry average of 34.

TTAM passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals.

Titan America Sa has an average 1 year price target of $19.00, an upside of 6.44% from Titan America Sa's current stock price of $17.85.

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

Out of 4 building material stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 building material stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Boise Cascade Co (NYSE:BCC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.06%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 0.43%. 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 16.7% 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 the same as the building material industry average of 0.43%. 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 16.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) has an annual dividend yield of 0.46%, which is the same as the building material industry average of 0.43%. Eagle Materials's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Eagle Materials's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Eagle Materials's dividend payout ratio of 7.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Building material stocks were down -0.38% in the last day, and down -1.1% 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:

Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) 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.

Tecnoglass has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the building material industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tecnoglass's stock has dropped -37.51% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the building material industry by -36 percentage points.

Titan America Sa (NYSE:TTAM) 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.

Titan America Sa has a valuation score of 29, which is 0 points higher than the building material industry average of 29. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

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 -15 points higher than the building material industry average of 29. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cemex Sab De CV's stock has gained 125.51% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 127 percentage points.

50% of building material stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect building material stocks to rise by 10.18% over the next year.

0% of building material stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20% of building material stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.33% are rated C (Hold), 20% are rated D (Sell), and 6.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).