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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 +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:

Ugi (NYSE:UGI) 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 +7.53% per year. Learn more.

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

Ugi (NYSE:UGI) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 5 points higher than the gas industry average of 40.

UGI passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ugi has seen its stock return 10.13% over the past year, underperforming other gas stocks by -3 percentage points.

Ugi has an average 1 year price target of $44.00, an upside of 20.81% from Ugi's current stock price of $36.42.

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.

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 +7.53% per year. Learn more.

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

Centuri Holdings (NYSE:CTRI) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is -9 points lower than the gas industry average of 40.

CTRI passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Centuri Holdings has seen its stock return 78.22% over the past year, overperforming other gas stocks by 65 percentage points.

Centuri Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $30.28, an upside of 3.66% from Centuri Holdings's current stock price of $29.21.

Centuri Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Centuri Holdings, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 20% have issued a Strong Sell.

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

Spire (NYSE:SR) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is -6 points lower than the gas industry average of 40.

SR passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Spire has seen its stock return 15.71% over the past year, overperforming other gas stocks by 3 percentage points.

Spire has an average 1 year price target of $92.67, an upside of 2.35% from Spire's current stock price of $90.54.

Spire stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Spire, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

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 6.6%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.43%. 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 48% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIPC) has an annual dividend yield of 4.42%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.43%. 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.

Rgc Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) has an annual dividend yield of 3.81%, which is the same as the gas industry average of 3.43%. Rgc Resources's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Rgc Resources's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Rgc Resources's dividend payout ratio of 67.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

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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 B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ugi 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.

Ugi's stock has gained 10.13% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gas industry by -3 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 71, which is 38 points higher than the gas industry average of 33. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rgc Resources's stock has gained 5.65% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gas industry by -7 percentage points.

Spire (NYSE:SR) 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.

Spire 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.

Spire's stock has gained 15.71% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gas industry by 3 percentage points.

38.46% of gas stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gas stocks to rise by 4.81% over the next year.

0% of gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 93.33% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 6.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).