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Best Engineering & Construction Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top engineering & construction stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best engineering & construction stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Engineering & Constructio...

Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast Dividends Due Diligence

Engineering & Construction is Zen Rated B and is the 32nd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
IESC	IES HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.81B	$196.07	-4.80%	$656.86M	17.21x	0.85	United States
STRL	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$10.23B	$335.45	-3.02%	$853.99M	18.54x	1.28	United States
TPC	TUTOR PERINI CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.18B	$79.42	-0.50%	$298.39M	33.65x	3.18	United States
WLDN	WILLDAN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.10B	$72.02	-2.13%	$75.80M	16.29x	0.81	United States
ESOA	ENERGY SERVICES OF AMERICA CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$168.49M	$9.03	-3.94%	$32.76M	15.05x	1.61	United States
VATE	INNOVATE CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$73.39M	$5.38	-2.36%	$113.80M	-2.94x	-5.04	United States
KBR	KBR INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.01B	$39.69	2.56%	$889.00M	11.37x	2.97	United States
FIX	COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$41.99B	$1,200.14	-2.64%	$2.28B	25.88x	1.94	United States
EME	EMCOR GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$29.89B	$682.76	0.47%	$2.31B	19.67x	1.63	United States
MYRG	MYR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.33B	$278.24	-1.55%	$343.09M	22.42x	1.57	United States
ECG	EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.26B	$102.99	0.35%	$398.02M	20.68x	1.66	United States
AGX	ARGAN INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.69B	$334.12	-2.90%	$224.55M	25.96x	1.76	United States
PWR	QUANTA SERVICES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$93.60B	$621.18	0.07%	$3.61B	55.41x	2.10	United States
BBCP	CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$527.12M	$10.46	2.25%	$106.96M	65.38x	2.30	United States
FLR	FLUOR CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.20B	$46.38	-1.02%	-$2.79B	-3.57x	1.77	United States
LMB	LIMBACH HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$559.64M	$46.93	-3.04%	$63.87M	18.19x	0.99	United States
APG	API GROUP CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$19.26B	$45.30	2.17%	$1.12B	-80.89x	1.95	United States
ITG	ITG INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$758.60M	$6.11	2.35%	N/A	N/A	30.09	United States
STN	STANTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.57B	$76.28	5.49%	$832.21M	24.00x	1.41	Canada
DY	DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.67B	$221.05	-2.92%	$967.66M	19.93x	2.17	United States
ORN	ORION GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$345.60M	$8.50	0.95%	$39.76M	56.67x	2.15	United States
EXPO	EXPONENT INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.12B	$86.58	7.87%	$166.09M	38.83x	1.26	United States
TTEK	TETRA TECH INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$10.13B	$39.57	2.38%	$690.97M	23.69x	1.37	United States
LGN	LEGENCE CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.94B	$36.41	-6.23%	$207.91M	-52.01x	4.60	United States
J	JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$18.75B	$160.24	3.63%	$923.14M	56.03x	2.60	United States
SHIM	SHIMMICK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$103.75M	$2.51	0.00%	$3.94M	-5.46x	-5.47	United States
RYM	RYTHM INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$35.30M	$16.20	0.28%	-$11.24M	-1.55x	2.46	United States
GVA	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.69B	$128.91	4.28%	$363.35M	-21.27x	3.67	United States
KAZR	SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$22.20M	$1.27	-22.09%	$9.03M	-6.90x	0.53	Hong Kong
MTRX	MATRIX SERVICE CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$263.40M	$9.31	-0.53%	$6.85M	-103.44x	3.25	United States
CDNL	CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$731.09M	$15.40	0.98%	$55.94M	N/A	1.72	United States
MTZ	MASTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$15.56B	$193.77	4.14%	$1.35B	31.35x	2.45	United States
ROAD	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.48B	$96.61	7.58%	$473.40M	37.59x	2.47	United States
FGL	FOUNDER GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$11.62k	$1.36	0.74%	$435.84k	-0.00x	5.27	Malaysia
AMRC	AMERESCO INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.11B	$20.96	3.20%	$231.00M	39.55x	2.82	United States
ACM	AECOM	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.45B	$65.68	3.69%	$803.13M	29.72x	4.39	United States
FFTT	MASONGLORY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.20M	$3.87	1.18%	-$7.59M	-0.86x	0.37	Hong Kong
AXNX	AXONEX AI GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.36M	$1.00	-5.66%	-$10.03M	-0.10x	0.64	Hong Kong
PRIM	PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$3.97B	$73.79	1.40%	$317.19M	28.71x	1.89	United States
SUPX	SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$255.99M	$5.82	-0.17%	-$104.44M	-2.02x	0.06	Hong Kong
TIC	TIC SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$2.24B	$10.27	2.19%	$224.65M	-12.08x	1.05	United States
MGN	MEGAN HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.63M	$3.75	-8.98%	-$273.44k	-1.79x	1.24	Malaysia
SLND	SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$40.17M	$0.74	-0.27%	-$292.45M	-0.10x	-4.07	United States
BWMN	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$743.52M	$42.89	-0.02%	$34.47M	102.12x	1.42	United States
PMA	PMA GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$17.52M	$1.35	3.85%	-$5.26M	-3.07x	-2.23	Hong Kong
ZDAI	DIRECTBOOKING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$10.11M	$1.21	7.59%	-$11.68M	-0.29x	0.43	Hong Kong
MAGH	MAGNITUDE INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$236.60M	$6.76	0.00%	-$1.47M	-122.91x	1.66	Singapore
BLNK	BLINK CHARGING CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$61.74M	$0.43	6.23%	-$35.27M	-1.12x	1.56	United States
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.89M	$2.14	-3.17%	-$892.41k	-1.82x	1.15	Singapore
PHOE	PHOENIX ASIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$361.37M	$16.73	0.00%	-$1.15M	-278.83x	0.19	Hong Kong
ONEG	ONECONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$25.92M	$1.62	-0.61%	-$12.09M	-1.93x	129.39	Hong Kong
OFAL	OFA GROUP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.88M	$0.25	-9.52%	N/A	N/A	0.91	Hong Kong

Engineering & Construction Stocks FAQ

What are the best engineering & construction stocks to buy right now in Nov 2026?

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 engineering & construction stocks to buy right now are:

1. Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC)

Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC) is the #1 top engineering & construction stock out of 52 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 Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC) has a Due Diligence Score of 68, which is 35 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 33.

IESC passed 23 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ies Holdings has seen its stock lose -0.87% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 43 percentage points.

Ies Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $440.00, an upside of 124.41% from Ies Holdings's current stock price of $196.07.

Ies Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Ies Holdings, 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.

2. Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL)

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) is the #2 top engineering & construction stock out of 52 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 Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) has a Due Diligence Score of 61, which is 28 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 33.

STRL passed 21 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sterling Infrastructure has seen its stock lose -14.59% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 29 percentage points.

Sterling Infrastructure has an average 1 year price target of $738.40, an upside of 120.12% from Sterling Infrastructure's current stock price of $335.45.

Sterling Infrastructure stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Sterling Infrastructure, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC)

Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) is the #3 top engineering & construction stock out of 52 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 Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 16 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 33.

TPC passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Tutor Perini has seen its stock return 16.43% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 60 percentage points.

Tutor Perini has an average 1 year price target of $105.00, an upside of 32.21% from Tutor Perini's current stock price of $79.42.

Tutor Perini stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Tutor Perini, 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.

What are the engineering & construction stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 16 engineering & construction stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 engineering & construction stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Innovate (NYSE:VATE)

Innovate (NYSE:VATE) has an annual dividend yield of 14.5%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.68%. Innovate's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Innovate's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Innovate's dividend payout ratio of -42.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Aecom (NYSE:ACM)

Aecom (NYSE:ACM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.89%, which is the same as the engineering & construction industry average of 1.68%. Aecom's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Aecom's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Aecom's dividend payout ratio of 53.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Kbr (NYSE:KBR)

Kbr (NYSE:KBR) has an annual dividend yield of 1.66%, which is the same as the engineering & construction industry average of 1.68%. Kbr's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Kbr's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Kbr's dividend payout ratio of 18.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are engineering & construction stocks down?

Engineering & construction stocks were down -0.62% in the last day, and up 2.15% over the last week. Skyline Builders Group Holding was the among the top losers in the engineering & construction industry, dropping -22.09% yesterday.

Skyline Builders Group shares are trading lower after the company and Cove Kaz mutually agreed to terminate their planned business combination. Skyline also said it will change its ticker symbol and release ‘KAZR’ within 15 days.

What are the most undervalued engineering & construction stocks?

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 engineering & construction stocks right now are:

1. Kbr (NYSE:KBR)

Kbr (NYSE:KBR) is the most undervalued engineering & construction stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Kbr has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -4.71% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by 39 percentage points.

2. Innovate (NYSE:VATE)

Innovate (NYSE:VATE) is the second most undervalued engineering & construction stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Innovate has a valuation score of 0, which is -23 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 23. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates VATE a Valuation Rating of "B".

Innovate's stock has gained 2.48% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by 46 percentage points.

3. Limbach Holdings (NASDAQ:LMB)

Limbach Holdings (NASDAQ:LMB) is the third most undervalued engineering & construction stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Limbach Holdings has a valuation score of 57, which is 34 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Limbach Holdings's stock has dropped -49.78% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -6 percentage points.

Are engineering & construction stocks a good buy now?

48.48% of engineering & construction stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect engineering & construction stocks to rise by 62.41% over the next year.

7.14% of engineering & construction stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 30.95% of engineering & construction stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.38% are rated C (Hold), 7.14% are rated D (Sell), and 2.38% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the engineering & construction industry?

The average P/E ratio of the engineering & construction industry is 25.99x.

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