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Best Gas Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top gas stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% 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:

Southwest Gas Holdings (NYSE:SWX) is the #1 top gas stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Southwest Gas Holdings (NYSE:SWX) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Southwest Gas Holdings (NYSE:SWX) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 12 points higher than the gas industry average of 37.

SWX passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Southwest Gas Holdings has seen its stock return 7.03% over the past year, underperforming other gas stocks by -8 percentage points.

Southwest Gas Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $84.50, an upside of 6.98% from Southwest Gas Holdings's current stock price of $78.99.

Southwest Gas Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Southwest Gas Holdings, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ugi (NYSE:UGI) is the #2 top gas stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ugi (NYSE:UGI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Ugi (NYSE:UGI) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -12 points lower than the gas industry average of 37. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates UGI as a "B".

UGI passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ugi has seen its stock return 41.07% over the past year, overperforming other gas stocks by 26 percentage points.

Ugi has an average 1 year price target of $39.00, an upside of 15.73% from Ugi's current stock price of $33.70.

Ugi stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Ugi, 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.

Rgc Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) 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 +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Rgc Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Rgc Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 9 points higher than the gas industry average of 37.

RGCO passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rgc Resources has seen its stock lose -10.86% over the past year, underperforming other gas stocks by -26 percentage points.

Out of 11 gas stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 gas stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR) has an annual dividend yield of 4.09%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.05%. New Jersey Resources's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. New Jersey Resources's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

New Jersey Resources's dividend payout ratio of 43.6% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIPC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.66%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.05%. 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 3.59%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.05%. 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 67.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gas stocks were down -0.73% in the last day, and up 0.92% over the last week. Centuri Holdings was the among the top losers in the utilities - regulated gas industry, dropping -2.55% yesterday.

Centuri Holdings shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 sales results and raised its FY25 sales guidance above estimates.

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:

Ugi (NYSE:UGI) 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.

Ugi has a valuation score of 57, which is 24 points higher than the gas industry average of 33. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ugi's stock has gained 41.07% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gas industry by 26 percentage points.

Rgc Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) 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.

Rgc Resources has a valuation score of 43, which is 10 points higher than the gas industry average of 33. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rgc Resources's stock has dropped -10.86% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gas industry by -26 percentage points.

Southwest Gas Holdings (NYSE:SWX) 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.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 10 points higher than the gas industry average of 33. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Southwest Gas Holdings's stock has gained 7.03% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gas industry by -8 percentage points.

46.15% of gas stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gas stocks to rise by 4.48% over the next year.

0% of gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.33% of gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.33% are rated C (Hold), 6.67% are rated D (Sell), and 6.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).