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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 +28.50% 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 +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

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 75.58% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 133 percentage points.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa has an average 1 year price target of $12.96, an upside of 1.25% from Cementos Pacasmayo Saa's current stock price of $12.80.

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst 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.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) 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 +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Cemex Sab De CV (NYSE:CX) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is -12 points lower than the building material industry average of 33. 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 7.15% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 64 percentage points.

Cemex Sab De CV has an average 1 year price target of $14.11, an upside of 27.23% from Cemex Sab De CV's current stock price of $11.09.

Cemex Sab De CV stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Cemex Sab De CV, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

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 +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) is: Value: C, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 23 points higher than the building material industry average of 33.

USLM passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. United States Lime & Minerals has seen its stock return 0.74% over the past year, overperforming other building material stocks by 58 percentage points.

United States Lime & Minerals has an average 1 year price target of $131.00, an upside of 8.96% from United States Lime & Minerals's current stock price of $120.23.

United States Lime & Minerals stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering United States Lime & Minerals, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% 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:

Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ) has an annual dividend yield of 1.96%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the building material industry average of 0.92%.

Amrize's dividend payout ratio of 37.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Boise Cascade Co (NYSE:BCC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.23%, which is the same as the building material industry average of 0.92%. 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 26% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Crh Public Co (NYSE:CRH) has an annual dividend yield of 1.2%, which is the same as the building material industry average of 0.92%. Crh Public Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seven times in the last 10 years. Crh Public Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Crh Public Co's dividend payout ratio of 28.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Building material stocks were up 2.74% in the last day, and down -1.15% over the last week. James Hardie Industries was the among the top gainers in the building materials industry, gaining 7.5% yesterday.

James Hardie Industries shares are trading higher after the company announced it will replace Roku in the S&P MidCap 400 effective before the opening of trading on Wednesday, November 1.

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 14, which is -13 points higher than the building material industry average of 27. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CX a Valuation Rating of "B".

Cemex Sab De CV's stock has gained 7.15% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 64 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 57, which is 30 points higher than the building material industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Titan America Sa's stock has dropped -27.34% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 30 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 dropped -14.26% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the building material industry by 43 percentage points.

46.15% of building material stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect building material stocks to rise by 13.89% over the next year.

5.88% of building material stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.88% of building material stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.82% are rated C (Hold), 17.65% are rated D (Sell), and 11.76% are rated F (Strong Sell).