Best Lumber & Building Materials Stocks by Growth Stability
5 Lumber & Building Materials stocks ranked by Steady Score — the proprietary growth stability rating based on 10 years of financial data.
Data as of 2026-08-01
Top stock: HOME DEPOT, INC. (HD) with Steady Score 82.35.
This industry sells lumber and building materials, spanning the two home-improvement giants (Home Depot, Lowe's), a homebuilder-focused materials supplier (Builders FirstSource), a flooring specialist (Floor & Decor), and a small agricultural and building-materials retailer (Jewett-Cameron).
Demand here splits into two different rhythms: new-construction materials track housing starts and mortgage rates fairly closely, while home-improvement and repair spending is steadier, since a roof or a broken appliance doesn't wait for a good economy to get replaced. The big-box retailers' scale gives them purchasing and logistics advantages that smaller, single-category chains can't easily match, which shows up as more consistent growth over a full housing cycle.
- Stocks
- 5
- Avg Steady Score
- 59.6
- High stability (score ≥ 75)
- 1
- Avg Revenue CAGR
- +8.8%
Of the 5 Lumber & Building Materials stocks, 1 (20%) have high growth stability (Steady Score ≥ 75). The industry average Steady Score is 59.6, with average annualized revenue growth of +8.8% and earnings growth of +18.5%.
| Rank | Name | Steady Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOME DEPOT, INC. | 82.35 |
| 2 | LOWES COMPANIES INC | 73.66 |
| 3 | Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. | 61.9 |
| 4 | Builders FirstSource, Inc. | 44.93 |
| 5 | JEWETT CAMERON TRADING CO LTD | 35.31 |