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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: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 2 points higher than the gas industry average of 37.

NWN passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Northwest Natural Holding Co has seen its stock return 2.79% over the past year, overperforming other gas stocks by 16 percentage points.

Northwest Natural Holding Co has an average 1 year price target of $50.00, an upside of 4.25% from Northwest Natural Holding Co's current stock price of $47.96.

Northwest Natural Holding Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst 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.

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) 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 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 equal to the gas industry average of 37.

SPH passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Suburban Propane Partners has seen its stock lose -9.38% over the past year, overperforming other gas stocks by 4 percentage points.

Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIPC) 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 Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIPC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIPC) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -12 points lower than the gas industry average of 37.

BIPC passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Brookfield Infrastructure has seen its stock lose -19.15% over the past year, underperforming other gas stocks by -6 percentage points.

Brookfield Infrastructure has an average 1 year price target of $48.00, an upside of 28.65% from Brookfield Infrastructure's current stock price of $37.31.

Brookfield Infrastructure stock has a consensus Strong Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Brookfield Infrastructure, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 100% 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 7.56%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.84%. 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 4.82%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.84%. 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.

Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) has an annual dividend yield of 4.11%, which is the same as the gas industry average of 3.84%. Northwest Natural Holding Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Northwest Natural Holding Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Northwest Natural Holding Co's dividend payout ratio of 65.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gas stocks were down -1.47% in the last day, and up 0.69% over the last week.

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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:

One Gas (NYSE:OGS) 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.

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 dropped -10.33% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gas industry by 3 percentage points.

New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR) 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.

New Jersey Resources has a valuation score of 29, which is 0 points higher than the gas industry average of 29. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

New Jersey Resources's stock has gained 8.82% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gas industry by 22 percentage points.

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) 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.

Suburban Propane Partners 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.

Suburban Propane Partners's stock has dropped -9.38% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gas industry by 4 percentage points.

36.36% of gas stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gas stocks to rise by 13.9% 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).