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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 28th 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	$4.71B	$89.52	1.49%	$298.39M	37.93x	3.18	United States
VATE	INNOVATE CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$95.90M	$7.03	-5.51%	$113.80M	-3.84x	-5.04	United States
IESC	IES HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$13.66B	$342.80	6.27%	$656.86M	30.10x	0.85	United States
MYRG	MYR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.49B	$288.16	0.55%	$295.72M	27.11x	1.22	United States
ECG	EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.13B	$119.95	2.31%	$398.02M	24.09x	1.66	United States
STN	STANTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.20B	$72.93	-0.80%	$832.21M	22.95x	1.41	Canada
STRL	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$15.36B	$502.20	3.23%	$679.97M	35.64x	1.33	United States
KBR	KBR INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.67B	$37.04	0.60%	$890.00M	11.12x	3.07	United States
ESOA	ENERGY SERVICES OF AMERICA CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$223.35M	$11.97	1.53%	$32.76M	19.95x	1.61	United States
WLDN	WILLDAN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.33B	$87.25	1.71%	$75.80M	19.74x	0.81	United States
BBCP	CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$523.08M	$10.38	-1.14%	$106.96M	64.88x	2.30	United States
FIX	COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$58.02B	$1,648.47	2.37%	$2.00B	40.50x	1.64	United States
FLR	FLUOR CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.57B	$56.62	0.82%	-$2.79B	-4.36x	1.77	United States
AGX	ARGAN INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.13B	$436.78	4.50%	$224.55M	33.94x	1.76	United States
EME	EMCOR GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$34.10B	$773.16	2.52%	$2.16B	23.98x	1.49	United States
DY	DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$9.14B	$302.91	0.89%	$967.66M	27.31x	2.17	United States
PWR	QUANTA SERVICES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$96.08B	$639.05	2.34%	$3.06B	72.05x	1.93	United States
ITG	ITG INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.66B	$13.39	2.14%	N/A	N/A	30.09	United States
TTEK	TETRA TECH INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$9.13B	$35.64	-0.75%	$690.97M	21.34x	1.37	United States
LMB	LIMBACH HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$590.76M	$49.54	-0.64%	$63.87M	19.20x	0.99	United States
J	JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$16.89B	$144.27	-1.34%	$923.14M	50.44x	2.60	United States
GVA	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.21B	$119.08	-0.18%	$163.99M	-31.50x	5.28	United States
APG	API GROUP CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$17.37B	$40.20	0.40%	$1.05B	-67.00x	1.83	United States
LGN	LEGENCE CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.16B	$57.04	7.68%	$207.91M	-81.49x	4.60	United States
MTZ	MASTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$19.77B	$246.18	3.79%	$1.27B	38.77x	2.11	United States
EXPO	EXPONENT INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.23B	$67.87	-0.71%	$166.09M	30.43x	1.26	United States
SHIM	SHIMMICK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$154.18M	$3.73	-1.06%	$3.94M	-8.11x	-5.47	United States
RYM	RYTHM INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$51.93M	$23.83	-9.22%	-$11.24M	-2.28x	2.46	United States
MTRX	MATRIX SERVICE CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$305.84M	$10.81	1.79%	$6.85M	-120.11x	3.25	United States
ROAD	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.85B	$103.10	-1.51%	$473.40M	40.12x	2.47	United States
KAZR	SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$38.11M	$2.18	3.32%	$9.03M	-11.85x	0.53	Hong Kong
ORN	ORION GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$373.77M	$9.23	-0.54%	$36.65M	102.56x	2.02	United States
CDNL	CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.81B	$38.22	4.91%	$55.94M	N/A	1.72	United States
MIMI	MINT INC LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$12.15M	$0.91	-4.63%	-$10.03M	-0.22x	0.64	Hong Kong
FGL	FOUNDER GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$64.67k	$7.57	-18.60%	$435.84k	-0.01x	5.27	Malaysia
PHOE	PHOENIX ASIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$441.29M	$20.43	-2.80%	-$1.15M	-340.50x	0.19	Hong Kong
ACM	AECOM	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.50B	$66.04	-0.81%	$803.13M	29.88x	4.39	United States
AMRC	AMERESCO INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.27B	$23.93	3.37%	$231.00M	45.15x	2.82	United States
OFAL	OFA GROUP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$17.13M	$0.72	-7.69%	N/A	N/A	0.91	Hong Kong
BLNK	BLINK CHARGING CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$83.19M	$0.57	-2.55%	-$35.27M	-1.51x	1.56	United States
TIC	TIC SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$2.09B	$9.56	2.14%	$224.65M	-11.25x	1.05	United States
PRIM	PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.06B	$75.45	1.37%	$317.19M	29.36x	1.89	United States
SUPX	SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$166.72M	$7.52	-7.39%	-$90.95M	-2.23x	0.18	Hong Kong
MAGH	MAGNITUDE INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$236.60M	$6.76	0.00%	-$954.43k	-193.14x	1.19	Singapore
MGN	MEGAN HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.63M	$0.10	-14.53%	$1.12M	6.67x	0.96	Malaysia
ACA	ARCOSA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.15B	$145.65	0.14%	$845.20M	14.57x	0.78	United States
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.33M	$0.40	4.77%	-$894.52k	-3.35x	1.15	Singapore
RITR	REITAR LOGTECH HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.43M	$0.09	1.16%	-$15.38M	-0.27x	5.50	Hong Kong
PMA	MING SHING GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$16.22M	$1.25	-3.10%	-$5.26M	-2.84x	-2.23	Hong Kong
SKK	SKK HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.21M	$4.38	-2.67%	-$750.00k	-2.74x	3.37	Singapore
SLND	SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$34.13M	$0.63	-3.09%	-$292.45M	-0.08x	-4.07	United States
ONEG	ONECONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$16.32M	$1.02	-0.97%	-$12.09M	-1.21x	129.39	Hong Kong
ZDAI	DIRECTBOOKING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$13.46M	$1.61	-3.31%	-$11.68M	-0.39x	0.43	Hong Kong
MSGY	MASONGLORY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.92M	$1.85	-0.54%	-$7.59M	-0.41x	0.37	Hong Kong
BWMN	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$737.97M	$42.57	0.33%	$34.47M	101.36x	1.42	United States

Engineering & Construction Stocks FAQ

What are the best engineering & construction stocks to buy right now in Sep 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 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 Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 16 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 31.

TPC passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Tutor Perini has seen its stock return 44.78% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 104 percentage points.

Tutor Perini has an average 1 year price target of $105.00, an upside of 17.29% from Tutor Perini's current stock price of $89.52.

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. Innovate (NYSE:VATE)

Innovate (NYSE:VATE) 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 Innovate (NYSE:VATE) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Innovate (NYSE:VATE) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -8 points lower than the engineering & construction industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates VATE as a "A".

VATE passed 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Innovate has seen its stock return 32.64% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 92 percentage points.

3. Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC)

Ies Holdings (NASDAQ:IESC) is the #3 top engineering & construction stock out of 55 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 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 65, which is 34 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 31.

IESC passed 22 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ies Holdings has seen its stock return 89.98% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 150 percentage points.

Ies Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $350.00, an upside of 2.1% from Ies Holdings's current stock price of $342.80.

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.

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 11.1%, which is 10 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. Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO)

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.81%, 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.

3. Aecom (NYSE:ACM)

Aecom (NYSE:ACM) has an annual dividend yield of 1.8%, which is the same as the engineering & construction industry average of 1.37%. 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 up?

Engineering & construction stocks were up 2.14% in the last day, and up 5.07% 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 43, which is 21 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -24.82% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by 35 percentage points.

2. Limbach Holdings (NASDAQ:LMB)

Limbach Holdings (NASDAQ:LMB) 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.

Limbach Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Limbach Holdings's stock has dropped -52.84% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by 7 percentage points.

3. Innovate (NYSE:VATE)

Innovate (NYSE:VATE) 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.

Innovate has a valuation score of 0, which is -22 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 22. 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 32.64% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by 92 percentage points.

Are engineering & construction stocks a good buy now?

51.52% of engineering & construction stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect engineering & construction stocks to rise by 35.39% over the next year.

4.65% of engineering & construction stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 34.88% of engineering & construction stocks are rated B (Buy), 48.84% are rated C (Hold), 11.63% 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 33.71x.

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