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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:

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

United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 22 points higher than the building material industry average of 35.

USLM passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. United States Lime & Minerals has seen its stock return 36.7% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 33 percentage points.

Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) is the #2 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 Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Tecnoglass (NYSE:TGLS) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 20 points higher than the building material industry average of 35.

TGLS passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Tecnoglass has seen its stock return 56.99% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 54 percentage points.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) 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 Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 10 points higher than the building material industry average of 35.

CX passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cemex Sab De CV has seen its stock return 7.41% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 4 percentage points.

Cemex Sab De CV has an average 1 year price target of $7.02, an upside of 3.04% from Cemex Sab De CV's current stock price of $6.81.

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

Out of 8 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 9.04%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 2.11%. 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 85.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Boise Cascade Co (NYSE:BCC) has an annual dividend yield of 6.6%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 2.11%. 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 72.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) has an annual dividend yield of 0.91%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the building material industry average of 2.11%. Cemex Sab De CV's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Cemex Sab De CV's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cemex Sab De CV's dividend payout ratio of 38.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Building material stocks were up 1.52% in the last day, and up 3.11% over the last week. James Hardie Industries was the among the top gainers in the building materials industry, gaining 7.06% yesterday.

James Hardie Industries shares are trading higher after William Blair initiated coverage with an Outperform rating.

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 A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cemex Sab De CV 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.

Cemex Sab De CV's stock has gained 7.41% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 4 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 43, which is 16 points higher than the building material industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Boise Cascade Co's stock has dropped -25.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the building material industry by -29 percentage points.

Crh Public Co (NYSE:CRH) 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.

Crh Public Co has a valuation score of 29, which is 2 points higher than the building material industry average of 27. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Crh Public Co's stock has gained 22.85% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 20 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 18.58% over the next year.

0% of building material stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.33% of building material stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 20% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).