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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 +32.52% per year, and are the best engineering & construction stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Engineering & Constructio...

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Engineering & Construction is Zen Rated A and is the 20th 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	$8.59B	$432.69	3.09%	$451.54M	28.43x	0.80	United States
MYRG	MYR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.79B	$244.19	6.40%	$214.54M	39.32x	1.66	United States
DY	DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$10.59B	$365.65	3.29%	$739.13M	35.57x	1.24	United States
J	JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$16.80B	$141.50	1.80%	$888.26M	59.21x	2.09	United States
PRIM	PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.97B	$147.51	7.06%	$513.21M	28.75x	1.86	United States
TPC	TUTOR PERINI CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$3.96B	$75.17	1.73%	$108.27M	-139.20x	3.28	United States
WLDN	WILLDAN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.98B	$133.99	3.70%	$63.92M	46.36x	0.79	United States
EME	EMCOR GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$30.54B	$682.13	3.24%	$1.74B	27.35x	1.59	United States
STRL	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$10.33B	$336.31	5.34%	$519.68M	32.59x	1.41	United States
APG	API GROUP CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$17.69B	$42.54	1.21%	$936.00M	113.14x	1.66	United States
STN	STANTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$11.33B	$99.30	0.94%	$751.93M	32.71x	1.51	Canada
LMB	LIMBACH HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.01B	$86.67	3.30%	$68.32M	27.08x	1.25	United States
FIX	COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$38.48B	$1,091.04	3.60%	$1.21B	46.09x	1.59	United States
TTEK	TETRA TECH INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$9.77B	$37.17	2.03%	$438.22M	45.78x	1.50	United States
BWMN	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$628.04M	$36.15	-0.44%	$38.00M	36.89x	0.95	United States
GLDD	GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.05B	$15.44	12.70%	$167.60M	12.76x	1.53	United States
GVA	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.28B	$120.98	-0.47%	$439.73M	29.01x	2.54	United States
MTZ	MASTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$18.61B	$235.89	4.38%	$1.02B	55.37x	2.09	United States
ACA	ARCOSA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.68B	$115.77	3.09%	$542.10M	38.21x	0.96	United States
KBR	KBR INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.71B	$44.98	2.18%	$856.00M	15.46x	3.54	United States
BLD	TOPBUILD CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$14.05B	$500.68	3.00%	$995.37M	25.29x	1.88	United States
ESOA	ENERGY SERVICES OF AMERICA CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$147.06M	$8.78	3.54%	$17.10M	439.00x	2.63	United States
PWR	QUANTA SERVICES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$66.75B	$447.64	2.42%	$2.48B	65.25x	1.71	United States
ACM	AECOM	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$13.08B	$99.24	1.05%	$1.13B	23.41x	3.81	United States
AGX	ARGAN INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.57B	$329.66	3.74%	$149.83M	37.68x	1.50	United States
EXPO	EXPONENT INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.71B	$74.35	2.89%	$154.55M	36.27x	0.89	United States
ORN	ORION GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$447.69M	$11.22	4.57%	$51.08M	43.15x	1.68	United States
MTRX	MATRIX SERVICE CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$381.37M	$13.56	1.80%	-$12.86M	-15.95x	3.39	United States
ROAD	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.34B	$112.13	-1.37%	$373.16M	60.61x	2.55	United States
MSGY	MASONGLORY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$44.52M	$3.13	2.29%	$1.51M	31.30x	-0.89	Hong Kong
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$11.88M	$0.88	0.00%	$165.15k	-23.16x	1.21	Singapore
BLNK	BLINK CHARGING CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$99.67M	$0.87	-4.81%	-$108.45M	-0.71x	0.89	United States
CDNL	CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	N/A	$26.57	1.57%	N/A	N/A	4.14	United States
BBCP	CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$329.03M	$6.47	-3.22%	$100.43M	71.89x	2.23	United States
ONEG	ONECONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$32.48M	$2.03	3.31%	N/A	-53.42x	2.95	Hong Kong
SKBL	SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$111.90M	$3.73	2.47%	N/A	N/A	5.15	Hong Kong
RYM	RYTHM INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$40.53M	$20.24	-2.41%	-$40.10M	-0.60x	8.82	United States
LGN	LEGENCE CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.88B	$46.31	3.86%	N/A	N/A	4.57	United States
AMRC	AMERESCO INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.65B	$31.32	2.22%	$239.14M	26.10x	3.16	United States
FLR	FLUOR CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.00B	$43.44	-1.94%	$4.50B	2.17x	1.20	United States
SUPX	SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$307.94M	$13.89	-3.88%	-$20.91M	-9.87x	1.63	Hong Kong
TIC	TIC SOLUTIONS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$2.57B	$11.64	4.11%	$154.36M	17.91x	1.16	United States
RITR	REITAR LOGTECH HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$62.44M	$1.00	0.10%	$2.87M	58.82x	1.08	Hong Kong
SHIM	SHIMMICK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$131.08M	$3.66	0.00%	-$43.99M	-2.04x	-5.15	United States
FGL	FOUNDER GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.68M	$0.15	0.69%	$8.49k	-2.07x	6.05	Malaysia
SLND	SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$177.49M	$3.28	3.47%	$9.99M	-1.89x	13.99	United States
SKK	SKK HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.45M	$0.35	3.56%	$2.94M	5.82x	2.89	Singapore
MIMI	MINT INC LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.55M	$0.30	0.67%	-$1.54M	-4.31x	0.31	Hong Kong
MSW	MING SHING GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$13.10M	$1.01	-9.01%	-$5.15M	-2.10x	12.64	Hong Kong
VATE	INNOVATE CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$74.83M	$5.48	3.40%	$52.30M	-0.97x	-4.81	United States
ZDAI	DIRECTBOOKING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$16.02M	$0.61	26.46%	-$5.10M	-2.17x	0.80	Hong Kong
PHOE	PHOENIX ASIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$307.15M	$14.22	-1.80%	$1.35M	237.00x	0.73	Hong Kong
MGN	MEGAN HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$28.36M	$1.75	-5.16%	N/A	N/A	1.77	Malaysia
OFAL	OFA GROUP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.24M	$0.48	-3.02%	-$589.15k	-6.01x	-2.13	Hong Kong
MAGH	MAGNITUDE INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$236.60M	$6.76	0.00%	$157.29k	6,760.00x	13.19	Singapore

Engineering & Construction Stocks FAQ

What are the best engineering & construction stocks to buy right now in Jan 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC) has a Due Diligence Score of 60, which is 27 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 33.

IESC passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ies Holdings has seen its stock return 69.3% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 16 percentage points.

2. Myr Group (NASDAQ:MYRG)

Myr Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Myr Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Myr Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 11 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 33.

MYRG passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Myr Group has seen its stock return 67.22% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 13 percentage points.

Myr Group has an average 1 year price target of $233.67, a downside of -4.31% from Myr Group's current stock price of $244.19.

Myr Group stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Myr Group, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY)

Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 24 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 33.

DY passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Dycom Industries has seen its stock return 91.8% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 38 percentage points.

Dycom Industries has an average 1 year price target of $374.63, an upside of 2.45% from Dycom Industries's current stock price of $365.65.

Dycom Industries stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Dycom Industries, 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 12 engineering & construction stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 engineering & construction stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO)

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.61%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 0.65%. 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 57.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Kbr (NYSE:KBR)

Kbr (NYSE:KBR) has an annual dividend yield of 1.47%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 0.65%. 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 22.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA)

Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA) has an annual dividend yield of 1.37%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 0.65%. Energy Services Of America's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Energy Services Of America's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Energy Services Of America's dividend payout ratio of 450% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are engineering & construction stocks up?

Engineering & construction stocks were up 3.18% in the last day, and up 9.29% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why engineering & construction stocks are up.

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 57, which is 30 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -24.52% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -78 percentage points.

2. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD)

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (NASDAQ:GLDD) 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.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock's stock has gained 31.18% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -23 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 16 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Aecom's stock has dropped -9.16% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -63 percentage points.

Are engineering & construction stocks a good buy now?

56.25% of engineering & construction stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect engineering & construction stocks to rise by 5.6% over the next year.

9.3% of engineering & construction stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 30.23% of engineering & construction stocks are rated B (Buy), 48.84% are rated C (Hold), 9.3% are rated D (Sell), and 2.33% 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 48.71x.

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