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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...

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Engineering & Construction is Zen Rated A and is the 22nd ranked industry out of 145 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	$356.03M	$19.08	8.16%	$30.83M	34.69x	1.38	United States
ORN	ORION GROUP HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$599.50M	$14.81	-2.24%	$40.51M	70.52x	1.87	United States
MYRG	MYR GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.09B	$455.27	-0.69%	$265.52M	49.87x	1.38	United States
STN	STANTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$9.50B	$83.31	-3.04%	$796.84M	26.98x	1.46	Canada
STRL	STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$26.12B	$851.35	-1.94%	$565.72M	75.07x	1.34	United States
FIX	COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$70.98B	$2,016.31	-0.82%	$1.72B	58.11x	1.47	United States
VATE	INNOVATE CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$169.20M	$12.40	-0.40%	$61.30M	-2.56x	-4.85	United States
EME	EMCOR GROUP INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$41.10B	$924.90	-0.71%	$2.02B	30.94x	1.46	United States
MTZ	MASTEC INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$33.21B	$420.30	-0.25%	$1.19B	72.72x	2.12	United States
IESC	IES HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$13.66B	$685.48	0.05%	$553.52M	36.06x	0.86	United States
TPC	TUTOR PERINI CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.35B	$82.69	-0.12%	$246.36M	55.50x	3.19	United States
GVA	GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.14B	$140.42	-0.56%	$483.15M	33.27x	2.62	United States
APG	API GROUP CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$18.70B	$43.16	-2.18%	$1.02B	-67.44x	1.57	United States
DY	DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$12.87B	$429.40	-0.36%	$757.67M	44.36x	2.22	United States
AGX	ARGAN INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$9.50B	$681.01	-0.37%	$166.68M	68.10x	1.57	United States
PWR	QUANTA SERVICES INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$114.92B	$765.81	-1.99%	$2.69B	103.49x	1.84	United States
TTEK	TETRA TECH INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.45B	$28.71	-2.97%	$697.14M	17.09x	1.34	United States
BWMN	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$584.06M	$33.36	-2.08%	$38.27M	53.81x	1.35	United States
BBCP	CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$368.22M	$7.29	-6.30%	$102.43M	81.00x	2.27	United States
J	JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$13.48B	$114.15	-2.45%	$900.84M	35.12x	2.63	United States
ROAD	CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.17B	$126.87	-6.33%	$442.47M	55.16x	2.51	United States
LMB	LIMBACH HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$862.13M	$72.32	-4.77%	$67.33M	25.38x	0.92	United States
MTRX	MATRIX SERVICE CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$342.39M	$12.17	-1.14%	-$4.62M	-22.96x	3.42	United States
WLDN	WILLDAN GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.40B	$92.97	0.06%	$66.53M	24.02x	0.65	United States
KBR	KBR INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$4.07B	$32.08	-1.20%	$877.00M	10.22x	3.18	United States
CDNL	CARDINAL INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.45B	$57.09	-5.43%	$56.72M	951.50x	4.36	United States
ACM	AECOM	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$8.99B	$69.95	-12.01%	$1.09B	18.07x	4.20	United States
FLR	FLUOR CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.25B	$44.73	2.38%	$463.00M	20.24x	1.73	United States
EXPO	EXPONENT INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.77B	$57.19	-4.94%	$161.98M	26.60x	1.03	United States
RYM	RYTHM INC	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$59.23M	$27.56	1.44%	-$23.09M	-1.93x	2.49	United States
FGL	FOUNDER GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$1.64M	$1.93	-18.78%	$435.84k	-0.28x	5.27	Malaysia
LGN	LEGENCE CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$10.55B	$97.66	-0.49%	$196.73M	-171.33x	4.82	United States
FBGL	FBS GLOBAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$7.78M	$0.58	-1.54%	-$894.52k	-4.88x	1.15	Singapore
SKBL	SKYLINE BUILDERS GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$45.80M	$3.50	5.74%	$2.34M	159.09x	1.13	Hong Kong
BLNK	BLINK CHARGING CO	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$129.31M	$0.90	-5.86%	-$61.39M	-1.38x	1.47	United States
ONEG	ONECONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$16.80M	$1.05	-5.41%	N/A	-27.63x	2.95	Hong Kong
PRIM	PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.15B	$113.30	-0.95%	$461.41M	24.74x	1.50	United States
SHIM	SHIMMICK CORP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$171.80M	$4.76	1.71%	-$5.93M	-6.43x	-4.86	United States
ACA	ARCOSA INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$6.26B	$127.55	-1.58%	$578.60M	28.09x	0.89	United States
SUPX	SUPERX AI TECHNOLOGY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$192.43M	$8.68	6.77%	-$20.91M	-6.16x	1.63	Hong Kong
AMRC	AMERESCO INC	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$1.55B	$29.23	-4.41%	$199.79M	49.54x	3.32	United States
TIC	TIC SOLUTIONS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$2.08B	$9.40	-3.29%	$197.55M	-11.90x	1.03	United States
ZDAI	DIRECTBOOKING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$3.44M	$1.92	-3.03%	N/A	N/A	1.40	Hong Kong
MAGH	MAGNITUDE INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$236.60M	$6.76	0.00%	-$954.43k	-193.14x	1.19	Singapore
PHOE	PHOENIX ASIA HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$388.80M	$18.00	-11.50%	$815.23k	600.00x	0.16	Hong Kong
RITR	REITAR LOGTECH HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$31.72M	$0.51	2.21%	-$5.30M	-4.13x	0.99	Hong Kong
SLND	SOUTHLAND HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Engineering & Construction	$74.28M	$1.37	8.73%	-$214.35M	-0.22x	-6.44	United States
SKK	SKK HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$8.68M	$4.63	-7.03%	-$750.00k	-2.89x	3.37	Singapore
OFAL	OFA GROUP	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$11.29M	$0.79	8.92%	-$3.85M	-2.41x	0.36	Hong Kong
BLD	TOPBUILD CORP	NYSE	Engineering & Construction	$11.73B	$416.79	-1.85%	$991.02M	23.25x	1.79	United States
MSW	MING SHING GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$19.72M	$1.52	-6.17%	-$10.28M	-1.79x	-3.97	Hong Kong
MSGY	MASONGLORY LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.39M	$0.45	3.94%	$790.54k	8.98x	-0.34	Hong Kong
MIMI	MINT INC LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$6.60M	$2.64	-5.04%	N/A	-0.61x	0.32	Hong Kong
MGN	MEGAN HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Engineering & Construction	$2.60M	$0.16	9.59%	N/A	N/A	1.77	Malaysia

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 92.73% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -26 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 82.39% over the past year, underperforming other engineering & construction stocks by -37 percentage points.

Orion Group Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $16.25, an upside of 9.72% from Orion Group Holdings's current stock price of $14.81.

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. Myr Group (NASDAQ:MYRG)

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

Myr Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 11 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 31.

MYRG passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Myr Group has seen its stock return 184.92% over the past year, overperforming other engineering & construction stocks by 66 percentage points.

Myr Group has an average 1 year price target of $365.20, a downside of -19.78% from Myr Group's current stock price of $455.27.

Myr Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Myr Group, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 20% 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 6.29%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.03%. 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. 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 1.03%. 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 2.06%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 1.03%. 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 -1.22% in the last day, and down -2.74% over the last week. Founder Group was the among the top losers in the engineering & construction industry, dropping -18.78% yesterday.

Shares of companies in the broader industrials sector are trading lower. Hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data and pressure from elevated energy prices may dampen sentiment regarding capital investments.

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 71, which is 50 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kbr's stock has dropped -42.78% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -162 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 36 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 21. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Aecom's stock has dropped -34.21% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -153 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 29, which is 8 points higher than the engineering & construction industry average of 21. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Limbach Holdings's stock has dropped -41.29% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the engineering & construction industry by -160 percentage points.

Are engineering & construction stocks a good buy now?

57.58% of engineering & construction stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect engineering & construction stocks to fall by -2.96% over the next year.

9.52% of engineering & construction stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 30.95% of engineering & construction stocks are rated B (Buy), 47.62% are rated C (Hold), 11.9% 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 56.1x.

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