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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:

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

Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIPC) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -22 points lower than the gas industry average of 39. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BIPC as a "B".

BIPC passed 6 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Brookfield Infrastructure has seen its stock return 12.15% over the past year, underperforming other gas stocks by -3 percentage points.

Brookfield Infrastructure has an average 1 year price target of $53.00, an upside of 10.81% from Brookfield Infrastructure's current stock price of $47.83.

Brookfield Infrastructure stock has a consensus Hold 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, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) 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 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 49, which is 10 points higher than the gas industry average of 39.

NWN passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Northwest Natural Holding Co has seen its stock return 22.34% over the past year, overperforming other gas stocks by 7 percentage points.

Northwest Natural Holding Co has an average 1 year price target of $52.00, an upside of 3.77% from Northwest Natural Holding Co's current stock price of $50.11.

Northwest Natural Holding Co stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Northwest Natural Holding Co, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

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

Southwest Gas Holdings (NYSE:SWX) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 10 points higher than the gas industry average of 39.

SWX passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Southwest Gas Holdings has seen its stock return 13.66% over the past year, underperforming other gas stocks by -1 percentage points.

Southwest Gas Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $90.50, an upside of 3.31% from Southwest Gas Holdings's current stock price of $87.60.

Southwest Gas Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Southwest Gas Holdings, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 0% 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 6.42%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.23%. 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.

Rgc Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) has an annual dividend yield of 3.99%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.23%. 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 high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) has an annual dividend yield of 3.92%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the gas industry average of 3.23%. 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 57.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gas stocks were up 0.72% in the last day, and down -0.58% 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:

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 12 points higher than the gas industry average of 31. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ugi's stock has gained 16.92% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gas industry by 2 percentage points.

Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE:BIPC) 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.

Brookfield Infrastructure has a valuation score of 0, which is -31 points higher than the gas industry average of 31. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Brookfield Infrastructure's stock has gained 12.15% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gas industry by -3 percentage points.

Northwest Natural Holding Co (NYSE:NWN) 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.

Northwest Natural Holding Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 12 points higher than the gas industry average of 31. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Northwest Natural Holding Co's stock has gained 22.34% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gas industry by 7 percentage points.

45.45% of gas stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect gas stocks to rise by 2.2% over the next year.

0% of gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 6.67% of gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 60% are rated C (Hold), 26.67% are rated D (Sell), and 6.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).