Sectors & Industries IndustrialsEngineering & Construction
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 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	$327.48M	$17.55	0.17%	$30.83M	31.91x	1.38	United States
ORN	ORION GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$587.35M	$14.51	-2.29%	$40.51M	69.10x	1.87	United States
STN	STANTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.77B	$76.89	-0.52%	$823.01M	24.32x	1.38	Canada
MYRG	MYR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.86B	$440.68	-2.07%	$265.52M	48.27x	1.38	United States
STRL	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$22.35B	$728.29	-5.51%	$565.72M	64.22x	1.34	United States
FIX	COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$64.26B	$1,825.50	-1.56%	$1.72B	52.61x	1.47	United States
EME	EMCOR GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$37.97B	$854.36	-2.60%	$2.02B	28.58x	1.46	United States
APG	API GROUP CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$17.82B	$41.14	-2.58%	$1.02B	-64.28x	1.57	United States
IESC	IES HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$12.74B	$639.44	-2.27%	$553.52M	33.64x	0.86	United States
TPC	TUTOR PERINI CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$3.94B	$74.91	-0.69%	$246.36M	50.28x	3.19	United States
ACM	AECOM	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$9.15B	$71.18	-0.43%	$1.09B	18.39x	4.20	United States
MTZ	MASTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$30.42B	$385.00	-0.15%	$1.19B	66.61x	2.12	United States
GVA	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.79B	$132.46	-3.51%	$483.15M	31.39x	2.62	United States
VATE	INNOVATE CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$164.79M	$12.08	10.93%	$68.60M	-2.85x	-4.56	United States
AGX	ARGAN INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.92B	$639.58	-3.79%	$166.68M	63.96x	1.57	United States
PWR	QUANTA SERVICES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$107.16B	$714.13	-1.23%	$2.69B	96.50x	1.84	United States
TTEK	TETRA TECH INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.07B	$27.24	-0.11%	$697.14M	16.21x	1.34	United States
DY	DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$12.39B	$413.35	-1.50%	$757.67M	42.70x	2.22	United States
J	JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$13.33B	$112.89	-0.63%	$900.84M	34.74x	2.63	United States
BWMN	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$536.61M	$30.65	-2.82%	$38.27M	49.44x	1.35	United States
BBCP	CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$366.20M	$7.25	-0.68%	$102.43M	80.56x	2.27	United States
ROAD	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.24B	$110.30	-4.05%	$442.47M	47.96x	2.51	United States
WLDN	WILLDAN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.34B	$88.70	-0.45%	$66.53M	22.92x	0.65	United States
LMB	LIMBACH HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$889.43M	$74.61	-1.85%	$67.33M	26.18x	0.92	United States
MTRX	MATRIX SERVICE CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$342.11M	$12.16	-0.49%	-$4.62M	-22.94x	3.42	United States
CDNL	CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.10B	$49.09	-3.75%	N/A	N/A	5.61	United States
KBR	KBR INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.04B	$31.85	-1.21%	$877.00M	10.14x	3.18	United States
FLR	FLUOR CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.94B	$42.53	-4.10%	$463.00M	19.24x	1.73	United States
RYM	RYTHM INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$52.52M	$24.44	-10.21%	-$23.09M	-1.71x	2.49	United States
LGN	LEGENCE CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.68B	$80.38	-3.52%	N/A	N/A	5.01	United States
EXPO	EXPONENT INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.76B	$56.99	-0.63%	$161.98M	26.51x	1.03	United States
FGL	FOUNDER GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.55M	$1.81	-2.16%	$435.84k	-0.26x	5.27	Malaysia
BLNK	BLINK CHARGING CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$105.75M	$0.74	-6.60%	-$61.39M	-1.13x	1.47	United States
SKBL	SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$40.56M	$3.10	-3.13%	$2.34M	140.91x	1.13	Hong Kong
ONEG	ONECONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$14.40M	$0.90	3.45%	N/A	-23.68x	2.95	Hong Kong
SHIM	SHIMMICK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$157.06M	$4.28	-3.82%	-$136.00k	-7.25x	-4.34	United States
PRIM	PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.68B	$104.70	-3.62%	$461.41M	22.86x	1.50	United States
ACA	ARCOSA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$5.76B	$117.24	-4.00%	$578.60M	25.82x	0.89	United States
SUPX	SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$210.61M	$9.50	-7.41%	-$20.91M	-6.75x	1.63	Hong Kong
AMRC	AMERESCO INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.53B	$28.93	-6.74%	$199.79M	49.03x	3.32	United States
TIC	TIC SOLUTIONS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$1.89B	$8.56	-4.89%	$197.55M	-10.84x	1.03	United States
SKK	SKK HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.42M	$4.49	-1.54%	-$750.00k	-2.81x	3.37	Singapore
OFAL	OFA GROUP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.97M	$0.49	-11.39%	-$3.85M	-1.48x	0.36	Hong Kong
MSW	MING SHING GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$22.45M	$1.73	2.98%	-$10.28M	-2.04x	-3.97	Hong Kong
ZDAI	DIRECTBOOKING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.46M	$1.93	8.43%	N/A	N/A	1.40	Hong Kong
MSGY	MASONGLORY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.43M	$0.45	-4.44%	$790.54k	9.04x	-0.34	Hong Kong
MIMI	MINT INC LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.90M	$3.16	10.10%	N/A	-0.73x	0.32	Hong Kong
MGN	MEGAN HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.93M	$0.18	18.42%	$1.12M	12.00x	0.96	Malaysia
MAGH	MAGNITUDE INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$236.60M	$6.76	0.00%	-$954.43k	-193.14x	1.19	Singapore
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.22M	$0.54	-2.73%	-$894.52k	-4.53x	1.15	Singapore
PHOE	PHOENIX ASIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$340.42M	$15.76	26.08%	$815.23k	525.33x	0.16	Hong Kong
RITR	REITAR LOGTECH HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$29.79M	$0.48	-1.45%	-$5.30M	-3.88x	0.99	Hong Kong
SLND	SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$68.86M	$1.27	-5.22%	-$214.35M	-0.21x	-6.44	United States
BLD	TOPBUILD CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$11.21B	$398.26	-1.98%	$991.02M	22.21x	1.79	United States

Engineering & Construction Stocks FAQ

What are the best engineering & construction stocks to buy right now in May 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 +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 40, which is 9 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 31.

ESOA passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Energy Services Of America has seen its stock return 84.93% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -14 percentage points.

2. Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN)

Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN) 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 Orion Group Holdings (NYSE:ORN) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, 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 66.97% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -31 percentage points.

Orion Group Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $17.00, an upside of 17.16% from Orion Group Holdings's current stock price of $14.51.

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.

3. Stantec (NYSE:STN)

Stantec (NYSE:STN) 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 Stantec (NYSE:STN) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Stantec (NYSE:STN) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 5 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 31.

STN passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Stantec has seen its stock lose -24.23% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -123 percentage points.

Stantec has an average 1 year price target of $175.00, an upside of 127.6% from Stantec's current stock price of $76.89.

Stantec stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Stantec, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% 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 6.46%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.07%. 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 2.12%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.07%. 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 2.07%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.07%. 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 -2.3% in the last day, and down -7.68% over the last week. Sterling Infrastructure was the among the top losers in the engineering & construction industry, dropping -5.51% yesterday.

Shares of data center-related companies are trading lower as bond yield increases dampen the outlook for debt funding needed to construct multibillion-dollar projects for hyperscalers.

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 35 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -42.56% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -141 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 57, which is 35 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Aecom's stock has dropped -34.66% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -133 percentage points.

3. Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC)

Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) 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.

Tutor Perini 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.

Tutor Perini's stock has gained 107.11% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by 9 percentage points.

Are engineering & construction stocks a good buy now?

62.5% of engineering & construction stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect engineering & construction stocks to rise by 5.17% over the next year.

12.2% of engineering & construction stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 31.71% of engineering & construction stocks are rated B (Buy), 46.34% are rated C (Hold), 9.76% 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 50.43x.

WallStreetZen does not provide financial advice and does not issue recommendations or offers to buy stock or sell any security.

Information is provided 'as-is' and solely for informational purposes and is not advice. WallStreetZen does not bear any responsibility for any losses or damage that may occur as a result of reliance on this data.