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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...

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Engineering & Construction is Zen Rated A and is the 29th 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	$6.79B	$170.28	-2.23%	$656.86M	14.95x	0.85	United States
STRL	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.92B	$292.39	-3.05%	$853.99M	16.16x	1.28	United States
ECG	EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.35B	$85.25	-2.20%	$450.14M	15.06x	2.13	United States
LGN	LEGENCE CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.80B	$35.00	-3.50%	$322.40M	72.92x	4.05	United States
ESOA	ENERGY SERVICES OF AMERICA CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$162.71M	$8.72	-0.68%	$32.76M	14.53x	1.61	United States
KBR	KBR INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.49B	$35.59	0.76%	$889.00M	10.20x	2.97	United States
VATE	INNOVATE CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$63.32M	$4.57	-5.97%	$162.00M	N/A	-5.33	United States
EME	EMCOR GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$28.87B	$659.36	-0.51%	$2.31B	19.00x	1.63	United States
MYRG	MYR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.25B	$273.09	-1.92%	$343.09M	22.01x	1.57	United States
FIX	COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$38.92B	$1,112.50	-1.38%	$2.28B	23.99x	1.94	United States
AGX	ARGAN INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.30B	$306.48	-2.81%	$224.55M	23.81x	1.76	United States
PWR	QUANTA SERVICES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$90.71B	$602.01	-0.68%	$3.61B	53.70x	2.10	United States
TPC	TUTOR PERINI CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.19B	$98.79	-1.53%	$303.28M	36.86x	3.35	United States
STN	STANTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$9.48B	$85.69	14.06%	$845.02M	25.94x	1.54	Canada
LMB	LIMBACH HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$657.24M	$56.03	-1.09%	$67.27M	21.47x	1.77	United States
BBCP	CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$507.46M	$10.07	-1.95%	$106.96M	62.94x	2.30	United States
APG	API GROUP CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$18.49B	$43.47	-0.02%	$1.12B	-77.63x	1.95	United States
MTRX	MATRIX SERVICE CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$257.99M	$9.19	-0.76%	$15.99M	35.35x	2.87	United States
WLDN	WILLDAN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.08B	$70.42	0.77%	$78.94M	16.53x	0.74	United States
DY	DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.68B	$221.54	-1.65%	$967.66M	19.98x	2.17	United States
RYM	RYTHM INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$29.45M	$13.51	-5.66%	$1.15M	-2.61x	2.20	United States
SHIM	SHIMMICK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$138.98M	$3.25	38.89%	$9.98M	-10.16x	-6.87	United States
FLR	FLUOR CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.28B	$48.98	-1.09%	-$1.54B	-7.64x	1.76	United States
ORN	ORION GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$307.79M	$7.57	-1.05%	$39.76M	50.47x	2.15	United States
J	JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$18.52B	$158.23	-0.29%	$923.14M	55.33x	2.60	United States
EXPO	EXPONENT INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.15B	$87.31	1.26%	$170.59M	37.63x	1.26	United States
TTEK	TETRA TECH INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$9.94B	$38.83	-1.52%	$690.97M	23.25x	1.37	United States
AMRC	AMERESCO INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.35B	$25.46	-1.66%	$245.62M	32.64x	2.88	United States
GVA	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.50B	$124.52	-0.96%	$363.35M	-20.55x	3.67	United States
CRMN	SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$13.01M	$0.74	-10.36%	$9.03M	-4.04x	0.53	Hong Kong
ITG	ITG INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$705.33M	$5.68	7.17%	N/A	N/A	6.60	United States
MTZ	MASTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$14.68B	$182.78	-1.25%	$1.35B	29.58x	2.45	United States
FGL	FOUNDER GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$16.62k	$0.96	-12.73%	$1.20M	-0.00x	5.03	Malaysia
CDNL	CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$307.09M	$6.46	14.54%	$44.20M	N/A	1.64	United States
PRIM	PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$3.64B	$69.30	-3.14%	$284.35M	38.93x	1.98	United States
FFTT	MASONGLORY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.46M	$3.05	-15.51%	-$7.59M	-0.68x	0.37	Hong Kong
ROAD	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.58B	$80.75	-0.33%	$473.40M	31.42x	2.47	United States
TIC	TIC SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$2.32B	$10.62	-0.19%	$257.42M	-12.95x	1.09	United States
ACM	AECOM	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$9.07B	$70.50	0.56%	$803.13M	31.90x	4.39	United States
AXNX	AXONEX AI GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.73M	$1.07	10.88%	-$10.03M	-0.10x	0.64	Hong Kong
SUPX	SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$222.12M	$5.05	-0.98%	-$104.44M	-1.75x	0.06	Hong Kong
OFAL	OFA GROUP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.90M	$2.48	-3.13%	N/A	N/A	0.91	Hong Kong
MGN	MEGAN HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.44M	$3.60	5.88%	-$273.44k	-1.72x	1.24	Malaysia
PHOE	PHOENIX ASIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$341.06M	$15.79	-2.53%	-$1.15M	-263.17x	0.19	Hong Kong
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.77M	$2.05	-2.38%	-$892.41k	-1.74x	1.15	Singapore
MAGH	MAGNITUDE INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$236.60M	$6.76	0.00%	-$1.47M	-122.91x	1.66	Singapore
ONEG	ONECONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$17.44M	$1.09	0.93%	-$12.09M	-1.30x	129.39	Hong Kong
PMA	PMA GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$17.65M	$1.36	12.40%	-$5.26M	-3.09x	-2.23	Hong Kong
BLNK	BLINK CHARGING CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$60.98M	$0.42	-7.28%	-$42.07M	-0.98x	1.43	United States
SLND	SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$51.24M	$0.94	49.21%	-$245.81M	-0.17x	-4.51	United States
ZDAI	DIRECTBOOKING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$12.58M	$1.50	3.45%	-$11.68M	-0.36x	0.43	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 51 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: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC) has a Due Diligence Score of 71, which is 37 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 34.

IESC passed 24 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ies Holdings has seen its stock lose -4.97% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 34 percentage points.

Ies Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $440.00, an upside of 158.4% from Ies Holdings's current stock price of $170.28.

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 51 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: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) has a Due Diligence Score of 68, which is 34 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 34.

STRL passed 23 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sterling Infrastructure has seen its stock lose -10.47% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 29 percentage points.

Sterling Infrastructure has an average 1 year price target of $712.83, an upside of 143.8% from Sterling Infrastructure's current stock price of $292.39.

Sterling Infrastructure stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Sterling Infrastructure, 83.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG)

Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) is the #3 top engineering & construction stock out of 51 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 Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 23 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 34.

ECG passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Everus Construction Group has seen its stock lose -6.91% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 32 percentage points.

Everus Construction Group has an average 1 year price target of $156.80, an upside of 83.93% from Everus Construction Group's current stock price of $85.25.

Everus Construction Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Everus Construction Group, 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.

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 17.07%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.85%. 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.

2. Kbr (NYSE:KBR)

Kbr (NYSE:KBR) has an annual dividend yield of 1.85%, which is the same as the engineering & construction industry average of 1.85%. 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.

3. Aecom (NYSE:ACM)

Aecom (NYSE:ACM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.76%, which is the same as the engineering & construction industry average of 1.85%. 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.

Why are engineering & construction stocks down?

Engineering & construction stocks were down -1.05% in the last day, and up 8.07% over the last week. Legence was the among the top losers in the engineering & construction industry, dropping -3.5% yesterday.

Shares of data center infrastructure-related companies are trading lower amid concerns with the overall AI outlook from possible changes to Nvidia capital discipline and fewer deals in vendor financing, private credit dealmaking, and guarantees. Also, rising bond yields and Fed rate expectations represent a funding risk for the sector.

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 18 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 25. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -15.78% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by 24 percentage points.

2. Innovate (NYSE:VATE)

Innovate (NYSE:VATE) is the second 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.

Innovate has a valuation score of 0, which is -25 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 25. 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 "A".

Innovate's stock has dropped -18.39% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by 21 percentage points.

3. Cardinal Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:CDNL)

Cardinal Infrastructure Group (NASDAQ:CDNL) 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.

Cardinal Infrastructure Group has a valuation score of 14, which is -11 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 25. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CDNL a Valuation Rating of "B".

Are engineering & construction stocks a good buy now?

53.13% of engineering & construction stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect engineering & construction stocks to rise by 65.62% over the next year.

6.98% of engineering & construction stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 27.91% of engineering & construction stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.14% are rated C (Hold), 4.65% 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 26.72x.

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