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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 18 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (NYSE:CPAC) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (NYSE:CPAC) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 9 points higher than the building material industry average of 33.

CPAC passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cementos Pacasmayo Saa has seen its stock return 93.74% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 87 percentage points.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa has an average 1 year price target of $12.90, an upside of 21.13% from Cementos Pacasmayo Saa's current stock price of $10.65.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa stock has a consensus Hold 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, 100% 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 14 points higher than the building material industry average of 33.

SMID passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Smith Midland has seen its stock return 12.64% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 6 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: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Titan America Sa (NYSE:TTAM) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 9 points higher than the building material industry average of 33.

TTAM passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Titan America Sa has seen its stock return 24.64% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 18 percentage points.

Titan America Sa has an average 1 year price target of $18.67, an upside of 13.2% from Titan America Sa's current stock price of $16.49.

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 10 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 1.1%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 0.46%. 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 18.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ) has an annual dividend yield of 1.02%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 0.46%.

Amrize's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) has an annual dividend yield of 0.53%, which is the same as the building material industry average of 0.46%. 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 7.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Building material stocks were up 0.25% in the last day, and down -0.98% over the last week. Crh Public Co was the among the top gainers in the building materials industry, gaining 4.39% yesterday.

CRH shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial 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:

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (NYSE:CPAC) 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.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa has a valuation score of 71, which is 46 points higher than the building material industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa's stock has gained 93.74% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 87 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 4 points higher than the building material industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Titan America Sa's stock has gained 24.64% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 18 percentage points.

Boise Cascade Co (NYSE:BCC) 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.

Boise Cascade Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 18 points higher than the building material industry average of 25. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Boise Cascade Co's stock has dropped -15.02% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the building material industry by -22 percentage points.

61.54% of building material stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect building material stocks to rise by 13.88% over the next year.

6.67% of building material stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of building material stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 26.67% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).