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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: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Smith Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 8 points higher than the building material industry average of 34.

SMID passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Smith Midland has seen its stock return 49.37% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 35 percentage points.

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

United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 17 points higher than the building material industry average of 34.

USLM passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. United States Lime & Minerals has seen its stock return 63.09% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 49 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: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 6 points higher than the building material industry average of 34.

CX passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cemex Sab De CV has seen its stock return 33.02% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 19 percentage points.

Cemex Sab De CV has an average 1 year price target of $7.76, a downside of -8.67% from Cemex Sab De CV's current stock price of $8.50.

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

Out of 6 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 8.89%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 2.05%. 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 6.74%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 2.05%. 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 high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) has an annual dividend yield of 0.73%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the building material industry average of 2.05%. 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 down -1.62% in the last day, and up 4.44% 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:

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 4 points higher than the building material industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cemex Sab De CV's stock has gained 33.02% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 19 percentage points.

Boise Cascade Co (NYSE:BCC) 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.

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 -31.06% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the building material industry by -45 percentage points.

Loma Negra (NYSE:LOMA) 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.

Loma Negra 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.

Loma Negra's stock has gained 54.96% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 41 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 6.11% 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), 86.67% are rated C (Hold), 13.33% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).