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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...

Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast Dividends Due Diligence

Engineering & Construction is Zen Rated A and is the 17th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
ORN	ORION GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$486.16M	$12.01	3.89%	$40.51M	57.19x	1.87	United States
MYRG	MYR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$5.26B	$337.76	2.05%	$265.52M	36.99x	1.38	United States
ESOA	ENERGY SERVICES OF AMERICA CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$270.54M	$16.24	-2.58%	$21.20M	124.92x	2.32	United States
TPC	TUTOR PERINI CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.54B	$86.04	-0.96%	$246.65M	56.24x	3.20	United States
WLDN	WILLDAN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.08B	$72.86	0.19%	$64.43M	20.07x	0.79	United States
FIX	COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$60.69B	$1,724.14	0.29%	$1.72B	49.69x	1.47	United States
EME	EMCOR GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$37.04B	$833.37	-3.52%	$2.02B	27.88x	1.46	United States
STN	STANTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$10.20B	$89.46	-0.49%	$796.84M	28.97x	1.46	Canada
BWMN	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$522.27M	$30.50	-1.87%	$38.71M	41.22x	1.22	United States
J	JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$14.75B	$125.57	-0.70%	$1.05B	34.40x	2.37	United States
STRL	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$14.40B	$469.75	-0.45%	$485.81M	49.45x	1.38	United States
IESC	IES HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$11.40B	$572.01	-4.82%	$496.63M	33.57x	0.72	United States
MTZ	MASTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$29.23B	$370.55	-1.21%	$1.09B	72.37x	2.02	United States
AGX	ARGAN INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.79B	$630.07	-0.10%	$166.68M	63.01x	1.57	United States
LMB	LIMBACH HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.07B	$91.37	-2.78%	$73.97M	27.11x	0.95	United States
DY	DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$11.70B	$390.31	-3.26%	$757.67M	40.32x	2.22	United States
GVA	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.33B	$122.55	-1.79%	$471.14M	27.73x	2.38	United States
TTEK	TETRA TECH INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.31B	$31.87	1.56%	$600.26M	23.78x	1.31	United States
BBCP	CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$394.49M	$7.81	-0.64%	$102.43M	86.78x	2.27	United States
APG	API GROUP CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$20.99B	$48.66	-0.08%	$991.00M	-70.52x	1.62	United States
PRIM	PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.98B	$166.07	-1.70%	$504.60M	32.63x	1.62	United States
MTRX	MATRIX SERVICE CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$362.86M	$12.90	-0.31%	-$8.37M	-18.97x	3.73	United States
KBR	KBR INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.56B	$36.02	0.06%	$898.00M	11.22x	3.38	United States
EXPO	EXPONENT INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.26B	$66.18	-1.14%	$157.38M	31.82x	0.99	United States
FLR	FLUOR CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$7.59B	$51.76	2.43%	$20.00M	-166.97x	1.53	United States
PWR	QUANTA SERVICES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$94.05B	$628.60	-0.37%	$2.55B	90.97x	1.78	United States
ACA	ARCOSA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.71B	$116.45	-1.23%	$573.10M	27.40x	0.89	United States
LGN	LEGENCE CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.72B	$80.74	0.20%	$196.73M	-141.65x	4.82	United States
ACM	AECOM	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$10.60B	$81.96	1.11%	$1.06B	23.09x	4.25	United States
CDNL	CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.97B	$45.87	-6.25%	$56.72M	764.50x	4.36	United States
ONEG	ONECONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$136.96M	$8.56	3.01%	N/A	-225.26x	2.95	Hong Kong
ROAD	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.52B	$115.35	-1.48%	$422.93M	51.96x	2.47	United States
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.70M	$0.57	-2.73%	$165.15k	-15.00x	1.21	Singapore
FGL	FOUNDER GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.55M	$1.82	6.43%	$435.84k	-0.27x	5.27	Malaysia
SKBL	SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$52.86M	$4.04	10.38%	$2.34M	183.64x	1.13	Hong Kong
SHIM	SHIMMICK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$194.17M	$5.38	-4.61%	-$5.93M	-7.27x	-4.86	United States
SUPX	SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$176.03M	$7.94	1.93%	-$20.91M	-5.64x	1.63	Hong Kong
RYM	RYTHM INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$70.71M	$32.90	-1.91%	-$23.90M	-1.97x	7.19	United States
TIC	TIC SOLUTIONS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$1.99B	$9.02	1.69%	$184.39M	-15.03x	1.02	United States
BLNK	BLINK CHARGING CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$101.78M	$0.71	-5.70%	-$69.14M	-0.94x	1.29	United States
AMRC	AMERESCO INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.44B	$27.29	-1.62%	$224.79M	32.49x	3.16	United States
ZDAI	DIRECTBOOKING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$4.01M	$2.24	-2.27%	N/A	N/A	1.40	Hong Kong
MGN	MEGAN HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.91M	$0.18	0.00%	N/A	N/A	1.77	Malaysia
MAGH	MAGNITUDE INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$236.60M	$6.76	0.00%	$157.29k	6,760.00x	13.19	Singapore
PHOE	PHOENIX ASIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$335.88M	$15.55	0.00%	$815.23k	518.33x	0.16	Hong Kong
RITR	REITAR LOGTECH HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$30.53M	$0.49	-0.20%	-$5.30M	-3.98x	0.99	Hong Kong
SLND	SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$59.52M	$1.10	12.70%	-$189.81M	-0.19x	-7.96	United States
VATE	INNOVATE CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$157.19M	$11.52	-6.57%	$61.30M	-2.38x	-4.85	United States
SKK	SKK HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.32M	$1.77	1.14%	-$750.00k	-1.11x	3.37	Singapore
BLD	TOPBUILD CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$12.32B	$437.87	0.63%	$976.72M	23.78x	1.85	United States
OFAL	OFA GROUP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$11.99M	$0.84	9.62%	-$3.85M	-2.55x	0.36	Hong Kong
MSW	MING SHING GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$19.07M	$1.47	-14.04%	-$10.28M	-1.73x	-3.97	Hong Kong
MSGY	MASONGLORY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.76M	$0.48	-1.45%	$790.54k	9.50x	-0.34	Hong Kong
MIMI	MINT INC LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.63M	$0.31	-4.98%	N/A	-0.71x	0.32	Hong Kong

Engineering & Construction Stocks FAQ

What are the best engineering & construction stocks to buy right now in Apr 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. Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN)

Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 6 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 31.

ORN passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Orion Group Holdings has seen its stock return 89.73% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -29 percentage points.

Orion Group Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $16.25, an upside of 35.3% from Orion Group Holdings's current stock price of $12.01.

Orion Group Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Orion Group 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. Myr Group (NASDAQ:MYRG)

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

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

Myr Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 17 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 31.

MYRG passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Myr Group has seen its stock return 168.85% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 50 percentage points.

Myr Group has an average 1 year price target of $315.50, a downside of -6.59% from Myr Group's current stock price of $337.76.

Myr Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Myr Group, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA)

Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Energy Services Of America (NASDAQ:ESOA) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -4 points lower than the engineering & construction industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ESOA as a "A".

ESOA passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Energy Services Of America has seen its stock return 84.97% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -34 percentage points.

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 6.77%, which is 6 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 0% 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 1.83%, 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 20.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO)

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.83%, 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 57.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are engineering & construction stocks down?

Engineering & construction stocks were down -1.03% in the last day, and down -1.4% over the last week. Emcor Group was the among the top losers in the engineering & construction industry, dropping -3.52% yesterday.

Shares of companies in the broader industrial sector are trading higher as FY26 capex guidance from hyperscalers underpins future demand. Also, Caterpillar Q1 financial results may also provide support given its strong backlog and confident outlook across diverse business units.

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 37 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 20. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -31.88% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -151 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 23 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 20. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Aecom's stock has dropped -16.51% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -136 percentage points.

3. Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J)

Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) 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.

Jacobs Solutions has a valuation score of 43, which is 23 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 20. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Jacobs Solutions's stock has gained 1.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -118 percentage points.

Are engineering & construction stocks a good buy now?

60.61% of engineering & construction stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect engineering & construction stocks to rise by 2.77% over the next year.

14.63% of engineering & construction stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 29.27% of engineering & construction stocks are rated B (Buy), 43.9% are rated C (Hold), 12.2% 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 46.54x.

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