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Best Oil and Gas Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top oil and 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 oil and gas stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Oil & Gas E&P

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Oil and Gas is Zen Rated D and is the 109th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$17.38	1.88%	-4.77%	1.28%	18.07%	28.74%	-7.31%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.90	$11.13	12.66%	56.15%	0.89	250,000	-34.38%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$14.06	2.78%	-1.06%	8.57%	24.98%	8.32%	-10.10%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.60	$10.46	9.87%	34.42%	0.52	173,000	-38.65%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$36.58	2.61%	-2.32%	24.21%	37.52%	39.51%	21.93%	-14.13%	26.09%	129.20%	$37.70	$21.98	2.97%	66.42%	1.27	309,000	-48.15%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$13.44	5.58%	-1.61%	11.91%	57.93%	54.84%	20.21%	11.81%	N/A	N/A	$14.02	$6.83	4.14%	96.78%	1.14	10,057,000	10.32%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$59.18	3.07%	-3.40%	13.46%	46.16%	49.60%	34.07%	46.56%	147.62%	101.29%	$62.60	$29.80	5.46%	98.59%	1.19	2,755,000	-9.32%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$49.49	1.85%	-3.62%	10.10%	30.68%	44.20%	30.51%	-7.17%	120.35%	89.98%	$52.71	$25.89	6.11%	91.15%	1.01	13,939,000	-25.64%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$15.45	1.91%	-8.47%	-12.17%	4.53%	36.73%	35.76%	1.25%	295.14%	N/A	$18.45	$8.81	16.26%	75.37%	0.93	405,000	-40.79%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$14.76	4.31%	0.89%	1.30%	22.69%	9.50%	3.14%	-6.05%	42.20%	N/A	$15.12	$10.98	2.38%	34.43%	0.56	1,436,000	25.20%
APA	APA CORP	$42.04	1.67%	-1.78%	32.66%	65.77%	76.05%	97.93%	7.24%	139.68%	-10.21%	$45.66	$13.58	7.93%	209.48%	1.17	9,901,000	-32.60%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$43.45	-0.11%	-7.22%	3.75%	23.09%	12.65%	6.99%	62.19%	329.77%	31.51%	$48.31	$30.32	10.06%	43.30%	0.96	2,794,000	-31.25%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$40.45	-1.00%	-8.75%	9.09%	18.24%	20.78%	-3.69%	70.82%	299.31%	63.37%	$45.75	$29.10	11.58%	39.00%	1.06	6,504,000	5.07%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$142.64	1.58%	-3.29%	10.87%	32.97%	29.20%	9.75%	17.49%	98.69%	102.87%	$151.87	$101.59	6.08%	40.40%	0.68	2,879,000	-49.55%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$103.89	-2.02%	-6.45%	-4.24%	-5.36%	-3.68%	-8.76%	35.15%	132.62%	N/A	$126.62	$91.02	17.95%	14.15%	0.72	3,156,000	-3.28%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$207.00	-1.19%	-3.61%	-1.02%	0.41%	10.53%	8.56%	160.38%	N/A	N/A	$225.78	$153.27	8.32%	35.06%	0.77	337,000	-25.93%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$28.29	2.50%	-6.97%	1.29%	28.53%	17.39%	-7.55%	-14.56%	130.37%	-25.55%	$32.62	$19.88	13.27%	42.30%	1.21	2,601,000	-13.82%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$4.43	1.37%	-2.85%	-2.85%	21.70%	-8.47%	-13.98%	-34.27%	33.03%	-4.94%	$5.70	$3.19	22.28%	38.87%	0.82	286,000	-10.06%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$21.18	2.82%	-1.30%	12.72%	47.08%	71.08%	49.37%	83.54%	397.18%	N/A	$21.99	$10.01	3.68%	111.59%	1.20	12,337,000	-28.68%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$71.62	3.62%	-0.95%	21.62%	46.73%	108.80%	51.26%	238.15%	2,675.97%	N/A	$79.20	$31.63	9.57%	126.43%	0.93	1,296,000	-62.90%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$35.06	1.36%	13.87%	27.91%	79.34%	90.13%	166.62%	106.24%	483.36%	215.57%	$36.94	$7.68	5.09%	356.51%	0.91	1,094,000	-53.49%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$62.90	3.69%	-2.02%	16.22%	45.06%	45.10%	20.43%	22.68%	165.51%	234.40%	$66.84	$35.19	5.89%	78.74%	1.16	1,783,000	-22.41%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$27.97	2.04%	0.07%	3.40%	20.30%	10.86%	-7.90%	-8.71%	99.93%	155.20%	$29.95	$20.85	6.61%	34.15%	0.44	238,000	11.21%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$30.62	3.80%	-6.30%	26.58%	60.06%	23.67%	0.33%	-0.87%	77.40%	72.99%	$33.25	$17.45	7.91%	75.47%	1.31	6,401,000	-25.80%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$5.98	1.87%	-9.80%	1.18%	29.16%	23.30%	61.62%	-18.97%	112.81%	N/A	$6.79	$2.27	11.93%	163.44%	1.07	1,003,000	-20.77%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$62.97	1.19%	-2.16%	16.16%	48.58%	42.37%	27.65%	-3.39%	148.79%	-7.66%	$67.45	$34.79	6.64%	81.03%	0.79	22,355,000	-21.08%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$6.30	3.79%	-2.02%	5.53%	30.98%	37.86%	5.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.02	$3.81	10.26%	65.35%	0.74	252,000	66.89%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$47.53	2.08%	-2.34%	7.17%	38.49%	51.18%	51.18%	60.66%	208.44%	271.62%	$51.34	$24.65	7.42%	92.82%	0.79	10,772,000	-53.47%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$41.08	3.87%	-1.60%	17.98%	26.44%	40.59%	40.64%	3.42%	152.02%	72.46%	$42.91	$18.95	4.26%	116.84%	1.10	1,830,000	-5.18%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$5.29	4.13%	-5.87%	31.92%	34.95%	-3.47%	-38.34%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.27	$3.35	36.03%	57.91%	0.58	162,000	-28.95%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$3.15	4.65%	-3.96%	5.00%	95.65%	70.27%	115.75%	-42.52%	-11.76%	59.09%	$4.04	$1.09	22.03%	188.99%	1.00	12,055,000	11.74%
EQT	EQT CORP	$59.70	-2.28%	-10.71%	-3.15%	11.67%	7.07%	9.30%	87.74%	229.83%	-9.72%	$68.24	$44.55	12.51%	34.01%	0.89	8,805,000	-24.70%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$24.23	2.32%	1.72%	13.17%	51.53%	61.97%	66.64%	2.97%	26.40%	21.15%	$25.19	$11.26	3.81%	115.19%	0.73	1,069,000	-13.51%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$31.04	2.88%	-2.57%	8.72%	38.08%	33.51%	20.68%	34.14%	165.75%	N/A	$32.76	$19.09	5.25%	62.60%	1.01	2,179,000	-31.43%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.90	11.82%	-10.10%	80.52%	131.70%	66.48%	86.13%	-91.41%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.27	43.10%	236.70%	-0.15	25,574,000	167.01%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$5.73	0.70%	-2.88%	11.70%	22.44%	6.90%	-6.83%	-7.28%	-41.35%	N/A	$6.72	$4.18	14.73%	37.08%	0.51	877,000	-16.40%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$234.16	1.96%	3.15%	13.85%	30.78%	46.95%	4.05%	168.78%	335.89%	601.20%	$244.62	$126.40	4.28%	85.25%	0.64	88,000	17.96%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$38.71	0.73%	-3.25%	-7.59%	6.17%	17.05%	21.12%	138.51%	165.50%	324.59%	$43.62	$27.68	11.26%	39.85%	0.69	1,797,000	-37.43%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$17.09	2.09%	-3.83%	22.86%	15.47%	23.04%	21.90%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$10.08	9.58%	69.54%	0.66	951,000	-40.82%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.49	6.43%	-6.29%	-1.32%	64.46%	41.90%	27.35%	-29.38%	-36.60%	-69.96%	$1.65	$0.72	9.70%	106.94%	1.14	6,692,000	-18.26%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$9.17	3.15%	1.78%	14.91%	45.79%	40.86%	52.83%	32.51%	536.81%	47.57%	$9.81	$3.88	6.52%	136.34%	1.05	782,000	-12.13%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$12.52	1.13%	-4.43%	-2.34%	13.92%	-10.95%	-32.76%	-47.66%	N/A	N/A	$17.90	$10.12	30.05%	23.72%	0.35	86,000	-53.76%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$444.24	1.15%	-14.94%	-16.35%	49.09%	37.71%	-4.22%	122.73%	151.78%	2,578.89%	$547.20	$269.23	18.82%	65.00%	1.00	390,000	-35.64%
BKV	BKV CORP	$27.63	1.43%	-6.37%	-11.64%	0.69%	17.18%	27.98%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$15.00	15.79%	84.20%	1.11	1,261,000	-28.64%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$130.52	1.67%	-2.05%	10.39%	34.97%	39.77%	23.02%	20.38%	149.99%	233.81%	$135.87	$79.88	3.94%	63.40%	0.71	7,384,000	-42.44%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$142.00	3.68%	-1.35%	25.31%	49.98%	45.61%	25.07%	-0.05%	132.03%	N/A	$148.42	$79.83	4.32%	77.88%	0.92	806,000	-28.10%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$14.65	-0.27%	-4.37%	-3.81%	8.44%	11.41%	-4.62%	-9.18%	64.05%	6.55%	$15.49	$11.78	5.42%	24.36%	0.55	631,000	-0.16%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$4.25	0.24%	0.71%	10.10%	28.79%	87.22%	90.58%	5.46%	304.76%	12.73%	$4.56	$1.36	6.80%	212.50%	1.13	23,327,000	-23.74%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.92	8.55%	1.74%	21.67%	226.99%	74.85%	28.07%	-63.08%	-4.58%	-48.13%	$3.02	$0.84	3.31%	249.28%	1.26	35,093,000	54.15%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$6.36	3.08%	5.30%	19.55%	38.26%	27.20%	-12.03%	17.78%	69.60%	N/A	$8.50	$4.20	25.18%	51.43%	0.47	286,000	-34.10%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$8.53	4.28%	-2.18%	31.03%	101.65%	102.61%	66.28%	783.94%	1,139.83%	269.26%	$9.74	$3.09	12.42%	176.05%	2.14	551,000	-32.97%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$6.26	2.79%	0.00%	20.15%	71.04%	60.51%	64.74%	24.70%	169.83%	636.47%	$6.72	$3.00	6.78%	108.67%	0.99	1,416,000	-26.06%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.74	7.87%	-7.73%	-33.93%	-9.65%	-29.52%	-50.34%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.36	70.40%	108.45%	-1.09	44,211,000	416.97%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$67.72	2.56%	-0.35%	10.10%	45.98%	30.08%	48.41%	70.15%	182.17%	N/A	$71.98	$30.97	5.92%	118.66%	0.98	685,000	-29.60%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$15.65	4.82%	-5.44%	21.32%	39.11%	65.61%	63.70%	-0.51%	28.59%	N/A	$17.01	$6.23	7.97%	151.41%	1.17	3,343,000	-7.14%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$13.38	3.80%	0.68%	17.78%	56.67%	69.15%	63.37%	-1.47%	88.19%	-50.65%	$14.82	$5.14	9.72%	160.31%	1.08	1,954,000	-28.29%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.10	1.85%	-5.17%	-14.73%	-4.35%	-12.00%	-32.10%	-60.99%	-58.80%	-35.06%	$2.28	$0.92	51.75%	19.44%	0.36	26,827,000	9,619.93%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$19.54	1.66%	-12.49%	-3.41%	-17.13%	-7.66%	-9.03%	80.93%	255.92%	410.85%	$31.17	$14.65	37.32%	33.38%	1.11	1,648,000	-43.02%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$3.36	1.20%	-14.50%	-50.15%	7.01%	15.07%	20.43%	-47.99%	-48.15%	N/A	$8.50	$2.10	60.47%	60.00%	0.03	2,467,000	112.67%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$193.88	1.71%	-4.11%	8.34%	27.27%	35.40%	20.06%	34.24%	157.14%	160.21%	$204.91	$114.00	5.38%	70.07%	0.87	2,912,000	-26.58%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$1.22	-9.63%	-23.75%	-64.12%	-39.90%	-81.06%	-83.73%	-95.79%	-94.05%	-95.07%	$25.56	$1.22	95.23%	0.00%	-0.49	602,000	75.00%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$4.21	9.35%	-24.28%	-64.32%	253.78%	262.93%	186.39%	-45.32%	-65.21%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	85.82%	321.00%	0.44	44,335,000	451.43%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$18.09	2.78%	-6.90%	-7.52%	-9.14%	-21.38%	-28.04%	-8.45%	N/A	N/A	$27.15	$17.44	33.37%	3.73%	0.82	1,384,000	149.37%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$4.35	1.16%	0.93%	-1.14%	26.45%	128.95%	306.54%	-57.85%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	53.94%	1,238.46%	0.73	1,982,000	-54.65%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$6.90	9.52%	-0.29%	20.00%	54.36%	-0.72%	-46.80%	-71.87%	3.76%	N/A	$12.00	$3.85	42.50%	79.22%	1.07	1,206,000	49.81%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$7.85	6.95%	-3.68%	39.93%	45.91%	19.85%	-1.26%	63.20%	150.80%	-20.71%	$12.12	$4.75	35.23%	65.26%	1.13	6,801,000	20.44%
USEG	US ENERGY CORP	$0.85	-2.84%	-15.45%	-25.74%	-10.86%	-29.42%	-30.57%	-51.20%	-80.77%	-95.81%	$2.75	$0.82	68.95%	4.15%	0.49	10,623,000	291.41%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$43.73	-2.82%	26.57%	35.81%	56.85%	55.84%	82.21%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$17.29	16.24%	152.92%	0.55	186,000	-50.13%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$9.66	0.84%	-12.74%	-23.94%	-3.01%	7.33%	28.29%	-27.42%	15.00%	321.83%	$16.40	$5.89	41.10%	64.01%	-0.01	39,400	5.91%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.93	2.09%	0.69%	-17.46%	-3.62%	-28.01%	-49.91%	-76.29%	-57.66%	946.43%	$6.34	$2.77	53.79%	5.78%	0.98	97,000	-6.73%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$8.85	1.37%	-3.91%	4.12%	21.40%	38.07%	10.49%	-24.23%	-45.97%	247.06%	$10.34	$5.66	14.37%	56.36%	0.79	813,000	-40.61%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$16.62	2.28%	9.70%	19.02%	48.92%	42.03%	16.24%	-23.06%	-43.08%	-68.04%	$18.89	$8.64	12.02%	92.36%	0.54	77,000	136.20%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$10.59	2.32%	-2.84%	-4.16%	15.74%	-3.73%	-10.71%	6.11%	-20.08%	0.86%	$13.25	$8.66	20.08%	22.29%	-0.00	500	N/A
CTRA	COTERRA ENERGY INC	$34.56	1.89%	-3.44%	9.68%	29.92%	49.29%	19.21%	37.58%	86.31%	52.25%	$36.88	$22.33	6.29%	54.77%	0.66	6,589,000	-25.75%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$7.89	8.68%	10.81%	116.76%	184.84%	96.76%	-5.17%	-23.55%	N/A	N/A	$18.30	$2.31	56.89%	241.56%	-0.32	7,427,000	97.95%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in Apr 2026?

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 oil stocks to buy right now are:

1. Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR)

Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR) is the #1 top oil and gas stock out of 73 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 24 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30.

INR passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Infinity Natural Resources has seen its stock lose -7.31% over the past year, underperforming other oil and gas stocks by -20 percentage points.

Infinity Natural Resources has an average 1 year price target of $22.33, an upside of 28.5% from Infinity Natural Resources's current stock price of $17.38.

Infinity Natural Resources stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Infinity Natural Resources, 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.

2. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) is the #2 top oil and gas stock out of 73 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 3 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30.

MNR passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Mach Natural Resources has seen its stock lose -10.1% over the past year, underperforming other oil and gas stocks by -23 percentage points.

Mach Natural Resources has an average 1 year price target of $16.00, an upside of 13.8% from Mach Natural Resources's current stock price of $14.06.

Mach Natural Resources stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Mach Natural Resources, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) is the #3 top oil and gas stock out of 73 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 Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) is: Value: A, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: A.

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) has a Due Diligence Score of 67, which is 37 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30.

REPX passed 24 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Riley Exploration Permian has seen its stock return 21.93% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 9 percentage points.

Riley Exploration Permian has an average 1 year price target of $45.00, an upside of 23.02% from Riley Exploration Permian's current stock price of $36.58.

Riley Exploration Permian stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Riley Exploration Permian, 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.

What are the oil and gas stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 41 oil and gas stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 oil and gas stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) has an annual dividend yield of 14.01%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.02%.

Mach Natural Resources's dividend payout ratio of 180.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Txo Partners (NYSE:TXO)

Txo Partners (NYSE:TXO) has an annual dividend yield of 13.66%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.02%.

Txo Partners's dividend payout ratio of -397.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) has an annual dividend yield of 11.76%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.02%.

Vitesse Energy's dividend payout ratio of 336% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are oil and gas stocks up?

Oil and gas stocks were up 1.52% in the last day, and down -4.45% over the last week. Eon Resources was the among the top gainers in the oil & gas e&p industry, gaining 11.82% yesterday.

Shares of oil & gas-related companies are trading higher after President Trump's commitment to continuing strikes on Iran amid ongoing concern over transport security through the Strait of Hormuz.

What are the most undervalued oil and gas stocks?

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 oil and gas stocks right now are:

1. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) is the most undervalued oil and gas stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Riley Exploration Permian has a valuation score of 71, which is 39 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 32. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Riley Exploration Permian's stock has gained 21.93% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 9 percentage points.

2. Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM)

Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM) is the second most undervalued oil and gas stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Sm Energy Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sm Energy Co's stock has gained 0.33% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by -12 percentage points.

3. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) is the third most undervalued oil and gas stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Mach Natural Resources has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mach Natural Resources's stock has dropped -10.1% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by -23 percentage points.

Are oil and gas stocks a good buy now?

50% of oil and gas stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect oil and gas stocks to rise by 10.39% over the next year.

3.03% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 3.03% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 75.76% are rated C (Hold), 13.64% are rated D (Sell), and 4.55% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the oil & gas e&p industry?

The average P/E ratio of the oil & gas e&p industry is 22.03x.

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