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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	$15.15B	$760.36	4.88%	$656.86M	33.32x	0.85	United States
STRL	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$16.62B	$541.62	-11.42%	$565.72M	47.76x	1.34	United States
ESOA	ENERGY SERVICES OF AMERICA CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$292.77M	$15.69	2.62%	$30.83M	28.53x	1.38	United States
MYRG	MYR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.30B	$340.33	0.65%	$295.72M	32.02x	1.22	United States
EME	EMCOR GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$36.16B	$819.88	0.30%	$2.16B	25.43x	1.49	United States
FIX	COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$62.50B	$1,775.86	0.28%	$2.00B	43.63x	1.64	United States
DY	DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$12.47B	$415.08	0.02%	$863.13M	39.08x	2.26	United States
ECG	EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.95B	$136.16	2.67%	$352.27M	31.09x	1.69	United States
PWR	QUANTA SERVICES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$104.19B	$693.00	1.88%	$3.06B	78.13x	1.93	United States
BBCP	CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$497.38M	$9.87	-0.20%	$105.51M	70.50x	2.32	United States
AGX	ARGAN INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.66B	$617.68	4.22%	$191.26M	53.07x	1.72	United States
TTEK	TETRA TECH INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.97B	$35.03	3.55%	$690.97M	20.98x	1.37	United States
KBR	KBR INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.77B	$37.83	2.00%	$890.00M	11.36x	3.07	United States
STN	STANTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.28B	$72.55	1.26%	$823.01M	22.94x	1.38	Canada
MTZ	MASTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$21.82B	$271.71	4.02%	$1.27B	42.79x	2.11	United States
VATE	INNOVATE CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$106.41M	$7.80	6.85%	$68.60M	-1.84x	-4.56	United States
TPC	TUTOR PERINI CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.51B	$85.71	-0.02%	$246.36M	57.52x	3.19	United States
APG	API GROUP CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$17.95B	$41.54	4.27%	$1.05B	-69.23x	1.83	United States
WLDN	WILLDAN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.16B	$76.54	4.01%	$66.53M	19.78x	0.65	United States
BWMN	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$485.66M	$27.74	1.20%	$38.27M	44.74x	1.35	United States
MTRX	MATRIX SERVICE CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$342.67M	$12.18	1.84%	-$4.62M	-22.98x	3.42	United States
ACM	AECOM	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$9.74B	$75.75	1.27%	$1.09B	19.57x	4.20	United States
GVA	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.34B	$122.11	-1.58%	$163.99M	-32.30x	5.28	United States
J	JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$16.85B	$142.68	2.85%	$900.84M	43.90x	2.63	United States
LMB	LIMBACH HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$919.23M	$77.11	5.27%	$67.33M	27.06x	0.92	United States
ITG	ITG INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	N/A	$13.14	-2.88%	N/A	N/A	30.80	United States
FLR	FLUOR CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.20B	$51.54	2.73%	$463.00M	23.32x	1.73	United States
EXPO	EXPONENT INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.29B	$67.84	-0.63%	$161.98M	31.55x	1.03	United States
ORN	ORION GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$412.24M	$10.18	1.90%	$36.65M	113.11x	2.02	United States
ROAD	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.03B	$106.71	-1.30%	$442.47M	46.40x	2.51	United States
CDNL	CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.74B	$63.93	1.36%	N/A	N/A	5.61	United States
RYM	RYTHM INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$54.67M	$25.44	23.20%	-$23.09M	-1.78x	2.49	United States
AMRC	AMERESCO INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.48B	$27.94	22.92%	$199.79M	47.36x	3.32	United States
LGN	LEGENCE CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.18B	$66.49	1.84%	N/A	N/A	5.01	United States
KAZR	SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$28.00M	$2.14	1.90%	$2.34M	97.27x	1.13	Hong Kong
PHOE	PHOENIX ASIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$475.20M	$22.00	-6.14%	$815.23k	733.33x	0.16	Hong Kong
SHIM	SHIMMICK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$156.33M	$4.26	4.16%	-$136.00k	-7.22x	-4.34	United States
PRIM	PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.93B	$90.85	3.43%	$461.41M	19.84x	1.50	United States
BLNK	BLINK CHARGING CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$80.61M	$0.56	3.31%	-$61.39M	-0.86x	1.47	United States
MIMI	MINT INC LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.20M	$1.68	1.20%	N/A	-0.39x	0.32	Hong Kong
TIC	TIC SOLUTIONS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$1.84B	$8.31	5.99%	$197.55M	-10.52x	1.03	United States
SUPX	SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$159.62M	$7.20	5.88%	-$90.95M	-2.14x	0.18	Hong Kong
RITR	REITAR LOGTECH HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$9.12M	$0.15	-57.31%	-$5.30M	-1.19x	0.99	Hong Kong
ONEG	ONECONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$16.64M	$1.04	0.97%	-$12.09M	-1.24x	129.39	Hong Kong
PMA	MING SHING GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$16.22M	$1.25	0.00%	-$10.28M	-1.47x	-3.97	Hong Kong
MSGY	MASONGLORY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.54M	$0.27	-5.63%	-$7.59M	-0.48x	0.37	Hong Kong
SKK	SKK HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.86M	$4.73	-4.35%	-$750.00k	-2.95x	3.37	Singapore
SLND	SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$32.48M	$0.60	-0.17%	-$214.35M	-0.10x	-6.44	United States
MAGH	MAGNITUDE INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$236.60M	$6.76	0.00%	-$954.43k	-193.14x	1.19	Singapore
ACA	ARCOSA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.13B	$145.22	-0.07%	$578.60M	31.99x	0.89	United States
MGN	MEGAN HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.50M	$0.15	11.59%	$1.12M	10.27x	0.96	Malaysia
ZDAI	DIRECTBOOKING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.05M	$1.70	1.19%	N/A	N/A	1.40	Hong Kong
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.94M	$0.59	6.91%	-$894.52k	-4.98x	1.15	Singapore
FGL	FOUNDER GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$735.56k	$0.86	-2.16%	$435.84k	-0.13x	5.27	Malaysia
OFAL	OFA GROUP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.38M	$0.95	-11.68%	-$6.40M	-0.15x	0.81	Hong Kong

Engineering & Construction Stocks FAQ

What are the best engineering & construction stocks to buy right now in Aug 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 55 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: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 23 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 30.

IESC passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ies Holdings has seen its stock return 122.57% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 65 percentage points.

Ies Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $700.00, a downside of -7.94% from Ies Holdings's current stock price of $760.36.

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

2. Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL)

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) is the #2 top engineering & construction stock out of 55 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: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 25 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 30.

STRL passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sterling Infrastructure has seen its stock return 99.32% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 41 percentage points.

Sterling Infrastructure has an average 1 year price target of $942.67, an upside of 74.05% from Sterling Infrastructure's current stock price of $541.62.

Sterling Infrastructure stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Sterling Infrastructure, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA)

Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA) is the #3 top engineering & construction stock out of 55 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 Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 12 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 30.

ESOA passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Energy Services Of America has seen its stock return 51.45% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -7 percentage points.

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 10%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.24%. 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 -18.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO)

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.8%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.24%. Exponent's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Exponent's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Exponent's dividend payout ratio of 56.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Kbr (NYSE:KBR)

Kbr (NYSE:KBR) has an annual dividend yield of 1.74%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.24%. 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 19.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are engineering & construction stocks up?

Engineering & construction stocks were up 0.71% in the last day, and up 10.41% over the last week. Rythm was the among the top gainers in the engineering & construction industry, gaining 23.2% yesterday.

Shares of machinery-related companies are trading higher in sympathy with Caterpillar after the company reported strong second-quarter financial results. Declining oil prices have also helped ease inflation concerns, with lower financing costs potentially supporting capital investment and demand for heavy equipment and other large industrial purchases.

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 26 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 17. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -21.32% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -79 percentage points.

2. Stantec (NYSE:STN)

Stantec (NYSE:STN) 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.

Stantec has a valuation score of 29, which is 12 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 17. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Stantec's stock has dropped -34.05% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -92 percentage points.

3. Aecom (NYSE:ACM)

Aecom (NYSE:ACM) 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.

Aecom has a valuation score of 43, which is 26 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 17. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Aecom's stock has dropped -32.33% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -90 percentage points.

Are engineering & construction stocks a good buy now?

52.94% of engineering & construction stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect engineering & construction stocks to rise by 21.66% over the next year.

11.9% of engineering & construction stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.19% of engineering & construction stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.38% are rated C (Hold), 9.52% are rated D (Sell), and 0% 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 40.96x.

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