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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 33rd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
TPC	TUTOR PERINI CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.68B	$89.06	3.04%	$298.39M	37.74x	3.18	United States
IESC	IES HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$13.62B	$341.85	0.66%	$656.86M	30.01x	0.85	United States
VATE	INNOVATE CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$98.09M	$7.19	-3.36%	$113.80M	-3.93x	-5.04	United States
WLDN	WILLDAN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.13B	$73.91	0.45%	$75.80M	16.72x	0.81	United States
KBR	KBR INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.36B	$34.61	0.26%	$890.00M	10.39x	3.07	United States
EME	EMCOR GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$36.37B	$824.52	5.82%	$2.16B	25.57x	1.49	United States
MYRG	MYR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.05B	$324.51	7.22%	$295.72M	30.53x	1.22	United States
STN	STANTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.59B	$67.54	1.02%	$832.21M	21.25x	1.41	Canada
ECG	EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.78B	$132.74	5.21%	$398.02M	26.65x	1.66	United States
FIX	COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$63.98B	$1,817.96	6.12%	$2.00B	44.67x	1.64	United States
FLR	FLUOR CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.95B	$52.00	2.75%	-$2.79B	-4.00x	1.77	United States
BBCP	CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$500.91M	$9.94	1.12%	$106.96M	62.13x	2.30	United States
STRL	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$17.24B	$563.69	7.71%	$679.97M	40.01x	1.33	United States
ESOA	ENERGY SERVICES OF AMERICA CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$211.04M	$11.31	2.82%	$32.76M	18.85x	1.61	United States
TTEK	TETRA TECH INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.55B	$33.38	0.15%	$690.97M	19.99x	1.37	United States
LMB	LIMBACH HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$612.35M	$51.35	2.82%	$63.87M	19.90x	0.99	United States
AGX	ARGAN INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.89B	$419.64	8.23%	$224.55M	32.61x	1.76	United States
ITG	ITG INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.02B	$8.23	17.91%	N/A	N/A	30.09	United States
DY	DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.76B	$290.43	5.84%	$967.66M	26.19x	2.17	United States
PWR	QUANTA SERVICES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$108.18B	$719.56	5.29%	$3.06B	81.12x	1.93	United States
J	JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$16.30B	$139.23	0.40%	$923.14M	48.68x	2.60	United States
APG	API GROUP CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$17.89B	$41.40	1.82%	$1.05B	-69.00x	1.83	United States
SHIM	SHIMMICK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$131.45M	$3.18	2.25%	$3.94M	-6.91x	-5.47	United States
CDNL	CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.36B	$28.72	0.03%	$55.94M	N/A	1.72	United States
EXPO	EXPONENT INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.29B	$69.18	0.63%	$166.09M	31.02x	1.26	United States
GVA	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.29B	$120.92	1.70%	$163.99M	-31.99x	5.28	United States
MTZ	MASTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$18.33B	$228.30	4.06%	$1.27B	35.95x	2.11	United States
LGN	LEGENCE CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.09B	$56.34	4.74%	$207.91M	-80.49x	4.60	United States
RYM	RYTHM INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$43.67M	$20.04	5.47%	-$11.24M	-1.92x	2.46	United States
MTRX	MATRIX SERVICE CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$304.14M	$10.75	3.17%	$6.85M	-119.44x	3.25	United States
KAZR	SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$40.21M	$2.30	-4.17%	$9.03M	-12.50x	0.53	Hong Kong
ROAD	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.33B	$93.89	3.75%	$473.40M	36.53x	2.47	United States
ORN	ORION GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$379.04M	$9.36	1.08%	$36.65M	104.00x	2.02	United States
MIMI	MINT INC LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$11.37M	$0.85	-1.96%	-$10.03M	-0.20x	0.64	Hong Kong
FGL	FOUNDER GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$36.65k	$4.29	3.62%	$435.84k	-0.01x	5.27	Malaysia
PHOE	PHOENIX ASIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$416.02M	$19.26	0.47%	-$1.15M	-321.00x	0.19	Hong Kong
ACM	AECOM	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.74B	$60.16	0.67%	$803.13M	27.22x	4.39	United States
AMRC	AMERESCO INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.20B	$22.68	5.54%	$231.00M	42.79x	2.82	United States
BLNK	BLINK CHARGING CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$74.21M	$0.51	-6.91%	-$35.27M	-1.35x	1.56	United States
PRIM	PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.57B	$84.97	5.46%	$317.19M	33.06x	1.89	United States
TIC	TIC SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.93B	$8.85	7.14%	$224.65M	-10.41x	1.05	United States
SUPX	SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$152.97M	$6.90	6.98%	-$90.95M	-2.05x	0.18	Hong Kong
MGN	MEGAN HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.44M	$3.60	-2.17%	-$273.44k	-1.72x	1.24	Malaysia
ZDAI	DIRECTBOOKING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$11.94M	$1.42	-1.18%	-$11.68M	-0.34x	0.43	Hong Kong
PMA	PMA GRAPHENE TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$15.96M	$1.23	2.50%	-$5.26M	-2.80x	-2.23	Hong Kong
SLND	SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$39.19M	$0.72	9.09%	-$292.45M	-0.10x	-4.07	United States
OFAL	OFA GROUP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$10.95M	$0.46	-0.43%	N/A	N/A	0.91	Hong Kong
MSGY	MASONGLORY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$10.62M	$5.01	2.45%	-$7.59M	-1.12x	0.37	Hong Kong
SKK	SKK HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.53M	$4.55	1.34%	-$750.00k	-2.84x	3.37	Singapore
ACA	ARCOSA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.19B	$146.50	-0.17%	$845.20M	14.65x	0.78	United States
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	$14.88M	$0.93	0.87%	-$12.09M	-1.11x	129.39	Hong Kong
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.81M	$3.56	0.28%	-$892.41k	-3.02x	1.15	Singapore
BWMN	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$741.79M	$42.79	0.07%	$34.47M	101.88x	1.42	United States

Engineering & Construction Stocks FAQ

What are the best engineering & construction stocks to buy right now in Oct 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. Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC)

Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) is the #1 top engineering & construction stock out of 54 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 50, which is 18 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 32.

TPC passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Tutor Perini has seen its stock return 41.73% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 71 percentage points.

Tutor Perini has an average 1 year price target of $105.00, an upside of 17.9% from Tutor Perini's current stock price of $89.06.

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.

2. Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC)

Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC) is the #2 top engineering & construction stock out of 54 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 36 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 32.

IESC passed 23 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ies Holdings has seen its stock return 71.19% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 101 percentage points.

Ies Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $440.00, an upside of 28.71% from Ies Holdings's current stock price of $341.85.

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.

3. Innovate (NYSE:VATE)

Innovate (NYSE:VATE) is the #3 top engineering & construction stock out of 54 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 Innovate (NYSE:VATE) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Innovate (NYSE:VATE) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -9 points lower than the engineering & construction industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates VATE as a "B".

VATE passed 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Innovate has seen its stock return 60.85% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 90 percentage points.

What are the engineering & construction stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 17 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 10.85%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.37%. 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. Kbr (NYSE:KBR)

Kbr (NYSE:KBR) has an annual dividend yield of 1.91%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.37%. 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.

3. Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO)

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.78%, which is the same as the engineering & construction industry average of 1.37%. 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 54.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are engineering & construction stocks up?

Engineering & construction stocks were up 5.02% in the last day, and up 8.13% over the last week. Argan was the among the top gainers in the engineering & construction industry, gaining 8.23% yesterday.

Shares of data center infrastructure-related companies are trading higher after Google and Constellation energy announced a 20-year partnership to bring 890 MW of nuclear power online, which helps underpin strong demand for future compute buildout. Also, Baird initiating coverage of Modine Manufacturing with an Outperform rating and a $300 price target further supports 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 19 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -27.06% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by 2 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 -24 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 24. 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 60.85% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by 90 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 33 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Limbach Holdings's stock has dropped -44.94% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -15 percentage points.

Are engineering & construction stocks a good buy now?

47.06% of engineering & construction stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect engineering & construction stocks to rise by 30.57% over the next year.

4.65% of engineering & construction stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 32.56% of engineering & construction stocks are rated B (Buy), 51.16% 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 38.12x.

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