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Best Gas Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top gas stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best gas stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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 gas stocks to buy right now are:

Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) is the #1 top gas stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 1 points higher than the gas industry average of 38.

NWN passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Northwest Natural Holding Co has seen its stock return 17% over the past year, overperforming other gas stocks by 23 percentage points.

Northwest Natural Holding Co has an average 1 year price target of $54.00, an upside of 10.95% from Northwest Natural Holding Co's current stock price of $48.67.

Northwest Natural Holding Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Northwest Natural Holding Co, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Centuri Holdings (NYSE:CTRI) is the #2 top gas stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Centuri Holdings (NYSE:CTRI) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Centuri Holdings (NYSE:CTRI) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is -6 points lower than the gas industry average of 38.

CTRI passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Centuri Holdings has seen its stock lose -15.33% over the past year, underperforming other gas stocks by -9 percentage points.

Centuri Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $31.33, an upside of 63.53% from Centuri Holdings's current stock price of $19.16.

Centuri Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Centuri Holdings, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a hold, while 16.67% have issued a Sell rating, and 16.67% have issued a Strong Sell.

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) is the #3 top gas stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is -1 points lower than the gas industry average of 38.

SPH passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Suburban Propane Partners has seen its stock lose -8% over the past year, underperforming other gas stocks by -2 percentage points.

Out of 12 gas stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 gas stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) has an annual dividend yield of 7.64%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.87%. Suburban Propane Partners's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Suburban Propane Partners's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Suburban Propane Partners's dividend payout ratio of 66.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIPC) has an annual dividend yield of 5.04%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.87%. Brookfield Infrastructure's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Brookfield Infrastructure's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Spire (NYSE:SR) has an annual dividend yield of 4.14%, which is the same as the gas industry average of 3.87%. Spire's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Spire's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Spire's dividend payout ratio of 36.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gas stocks were up 0.27% in the last day, and down -2% over the last week. Opal Fuels was the among the top gainers in the utilities - regulated gas industry, gaining 3.78% yesterday.

Shares of oil and gas refining and marketing companies are trading higher despite a retracement in oil prices amid investor focus on shortages of refined petroleum products stemming from persistent outages in Russian and Middle Eastern refining capacity.

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 gas stocks right now are:

Opal Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL) is the most undervalued gas stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Opal Fuels has a valuation score of 0, which is -29 points higher than the gas industry average of 29. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Opal Fuels's stock has dropped -6.34% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the gas industry.

One Gas (NYSE:OGS) is the second most undervalued gas stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

One Gas has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the gas industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

One Gas's stock has gained 2.36% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gas industry by 9 percentage points.

Rgc Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) is the third most undervalued gas stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Rgc Resources has a valuation score of 71, which is 42 points higher than the gas industry average of 29. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rgc Resources's stock has dropped -3.65% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gas industry by 3 percentage points.

41.67% of gas stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gas stocks to rise by 16.41% over the next year.

0% of gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 60% are rated C (Hold), 40% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).