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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 20th ranked industry out of 146 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
ESOA	ENERGY SERVICES OF AMERICA CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$313.67M	$16.81	0.60%	$30.83M	30.56x	1.38	United States
DY	DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$12.41B	$413.15	-4.14%	$863.13M	38.90x	2.26	United States
ORN	ORION GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$576.83M	$14.25	-4.30%	$40.51M	67.86x	1.87	United States
MYRG	MYR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.53B	$419.08	-5.34%	$265.52M	45.90x	1.38	United States
ECG	EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.81B	$133.43	-7.25%	$352.27M	30.46x	1.69	United States
STRL	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$20.69B	$674.39	-5.96%	$565.72M	59.47x	1.34	United States
FIX	COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$59.26B	$1,683.44	-6.11%	$1.72B	48.51x	1.47	United States
EME	EMCOR GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$34.15B	$768.38	-2.40%	$2.02B	25.71x	1.46	United States
IESC	IES HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$12.14B	$609.47	-9.14%	$553.52M	32.06x	0.86	United States
BBCP	CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$563.40M	$11.18	-0.18%	$105.51M	79.86x	2.32	United States
STN	STANTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.84B	$68.76	-2.73%	$823.01M	21.75x	1.38	Canada
AGX	ARGAN INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$9.30B	$663.18	-8.56%	$191.26M	56.97x	1.72	United States
TPC	TUTOR PERINI CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$3.94B	$74.87	-6.31%	$246.36M	50.25x	3.19	United States
GVA	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.30B	$144.07	-2.92%	$483.15M	34.14x	2.62	United States
VATE	INNOVATE CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$185.94M	$13.63	-8.03%	$68.60M	-3.21x	-4.56	United States
PWR	QUANTA SERVICES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$98.56B	$656.79	-2.56%	$2.69B	88.76x	1.84	United States
MTZ	MASTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$28.36B	$358.85	-5.72%	$1.19B	62.08x	2.12	United States
APG	API GROUP CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$17.89B	$41.30	-3.57%	$1.02B	-64.53x	1.57	United States
BWMN	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$496.69M	$28.37	-3.63%	$38.27M	45.76x	1.35	United States
TTEK	TETRA TECH INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.03B	$30.93	-0.71%	$697.14M	18.41x	1.34	United States
WLDN	WILLDAN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.16B	$76.89	-2.56%	$66.53M	19.87x	0.65	United States
ACM	AECOM	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.69B	$67.64	-2.83%	$1.09B	17.48x	4.20	United States
MTRX	MATRIX SERVICE CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$350.27M	$12.45	-4.23%	-$4.62M	-23.49x	3.42	United States
KBR	KBR INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.65B	$36.67	-2.03%	$877.00M	11.68x	3.18	United States
J	JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$15.38B	$130.29	1.02%	$900.84M	40.09x	2.63	United States
LMB	LIMBACH HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$931.04M	$78.10	-2.27%	$67.33M	27.40x	0.92	United States
ROAD	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.86B	$103.71	-4.05%	$442.47M	45.09x	2.51	United States
EXPO	EXPONENT INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.01B	$62.07	1.45%	$161.98M	28.87x	1.03	United States
FLR	FLUOR CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.79B	$48.61	-5.54%	$463.00M	22.00x	1.73	United States
CDNL	CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.25B	$75.85	-5.29%	N/A	N/A	5.61	United States
RYM	RYTHM INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$51.51M	$23.97	-1.28%	-$23.09M	-1.68x	2.49	United States
LGN	LEGENCE CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.61B	$70.40	-9.49%	N/A	N/A	5.01	United States
KAZR	SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$33.63M	$2.57	-11.68%	$2.34M	116.82x	1.13	Hong Kong
ONEG	ONECONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$18.40M	$1.15	-3.36%	N/A	-30.26x	2.95	Hong Kong
BLNK	BLINK CHARGING CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$84.77M	$0.59	-5.60%	-$61.39M	-0.91x	1.47	United States
SHIM	SHIMMICK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$136.88M	$3.73	-0.80%	-$136.00k	-6.32x	-4.34	United States
AMRC	AMERESCO INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.35B	$25.49	-5.77%	$199.79M	43.20x	3.32	United States
PRIM	PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.72B	$86.97	-3.58%	$461.41M	18.99x	1.50	United States
TIC	TIC SOLUTIONS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$1.75B	$7.91	-3.30%	$197.55M	-10.01x	1.03	United States
SUPX	SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$178.02M	$8.03	2.16%	-$90.95M	-2.38x	0.18	Hong Kong
MSW	MING SHING GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$16.48M	$1.27	0.79%	-$10.28M	-1.49x	-3.97	Hong Kong
MIMI	MINT INC LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.18M	$2.07	-1.90%	N/A	-0.48x	0.32	Hong Kong
MAGH	MAGNITUDE INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$236.60M	$6.76	0.00%	-$954.43k	-193.14x	1.19	Singapore
ZDAI	DIRECTBOOKING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.39M	$1.89	-2.58%	N/A	N/A	1.40	Hong Kong
FGL	FOUNDER GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.20M	$1.41	-1.40%	$435.84k	-0.21x	5.27	Malaysia
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.95M	$0.59	-5.31%	-$894.52k	-4.99x	1.15	Singapore
PHOE	PHOENIX ASIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$530.50M	$24.56	25.88%	$815.23k	818.67x	0.16	Hong Kong
RITR	REITAR LOGTECH HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$22.92M	$0.37	-7.79%	-$5.30M	-2.98x	0.99	Hong Kong
SKK	SKK HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$9.19M	$4.90	2.51%	-$750.00k	-3.06x	3.37	Singapore
SLND	SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$37.74M	$0.70	1.46%	-$214.35M	-0.11x	-6.44	United States
ACA	ARCOSA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.11B	$144.75	-0.43%	$578.60M	31.88x	0.89	United States
OFAL	OFA GROUP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.46M	$0.17	-5.98%	-$3.85M	-0.52x	0.36	Hong Kong
MSGY	MASONGLORY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.57M	$0.46	-1.49%	$790.54k	9.24x	-0.34	Hong Kong
MGN	MEGAN HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.23M	$0.14	0.00%	$1.12M	9.13x	0.96	Malaysia

Engineering & Construction Stocks FAQ

What are the best engineering & construction stocks to buy right now in Jul 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. Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA)

Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA) 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 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 40, which is 10 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 30.

ESOA passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Energy Services Of America has seen its stock return 62.1% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -11 percentage points.

2. Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY)

Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) 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 Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 10 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 30.

DY passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Dycom Industries has seen its stock return 63.86% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -9 percentage points.

Dycom Industries has an average 1 year price target of $585.50, an upside of 41.72% from Dycom Industries's current stock price of $413.15.

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.

3. Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN)

Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN) is the #3 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 Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 9 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 30.

ORN passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Orion Group Holdings has seen its stock return 57.63% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -15 percentage points.

Orion Group Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $18.25, an upside of 28.07% from Orion Group Holdings's current stock price of $14.25.

Orion Group Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Orion Group Holdings, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% 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 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 5.72%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.01%. 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 1.97%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.01%. 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 1.8%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.01%. 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 21% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are engineering & construction stocks down?

Engineering & construction stocks were down -5.1% in the last day, and down -13.17% over the last week. Ies Holdings was the among the top losers in the engineering & construction industry, dropping -9.14% yesterday.

Shares of data center infrastructure-related companies are trading lower. Catalysts including the the sector outlook following Samsung's preliminary Q2 results and reports suggesting DeepSeek will develop its own AI inference chips are weighing on the tech hardware industry.

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 29, which is 11 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -21.91% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -95 percentage points.

2. Aecom (NYSE:ACM)

Aecom (NYSE:ACM) 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.

Aecom has a valuation score of 43, which is 25 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 18. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Aecom's stock has dropped -41.4% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -114 percentage points.

3. Stantec (NYSE:STN)

Stantec (NYSE:STN) 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.

Stantec has a valuation score of 29, which is 11 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Stantec's stock has dropped -37.31% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -110 percentage points.

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 17.31% over the next year.

7.5% of engineering & construction stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 42.5% of engineering & construction stocks are rated B (Buy), 40% are rated C (Hold), 7.5% are rated D (Sell), and 2.5% 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 47.03x.

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