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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 F and is the 131st 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 %
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$27.16	-1.24%	-2.23%	5.56%	-1.84%	2.88%	-25.73%	-20.91%	26.44%	77.52%	$37.02	$21.98	26.62%	23.57%	1.53	229,000	-13.91%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$12.26	0.82%	-1.21%	6.42%	-6.63%	-12.62%	-23.09%	-25.47%	34.73%	N/A	$16.21	$10.98	24.37%	11.66%	0.58	634,000	-12.31%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$14.81	1.23%	1.93%	3.42%	30.03%	46.06%	19.73%	-14.69%	191.54%	N/A	$15.56	$8.81	4.82%	68.10%	0.98	169,000	-36.23%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$0.94	-2.89%	-0.11%	10.82%	0.75%	22.34%	-36.35%	-61.86%	-13.58%	-81.12%	$1.48	$0.72	36.35%	30.83%	1.25	2,321,000	84.50%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$187.09	4.55%	5.45%	-7.27%	1.09%	11.09%	-4.59%	135.21%	N/A	N/A	$225.78	$153.27	17.14%	22.07%	0.81	338,000	89.89%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO PLC	$12.55	0.64%	-2.94%	-10.36%	-2.26%	-12.67%	-23.19%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.24	$10.08	27.22%	24.50%	0.77	761,000	-4.16%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$4.47	1.36%	0.68%	-1.97%	-6.49%	-29.27%	-32.07%	-25.13%	14.32%	N/A	$8.50	$4.20	47.41%	6.43%	0.50	121,000	5.22%
BKV	BKV CORP	$27.10	3.24%	4.03%	0.04%	27.17%	36.52%	9.01%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$29.65	$15.00	8.60%	80.67%	1.19	816,000	20.35%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$20.58	1.23%	3.47%	3.16%	9.58%	24.43%	28.30%	22.28%	491.38%	26.72%	$22.10	$7.68	6.88%	167.97%	0.97	1,976,000	8.57%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$104.75	4.88%	1.72%	-2.87%	-2.01%	5.37%	-1.92%	15.27%	N/A	N/A	$126.62	$91.02	17.27%	15.09%	0.73	5,645,000	78.47%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$14.24	1.06%	0.35%	5.48%	12.84%	18.67%	-8.13%	-12.96%	77.11%	6.67%	$15.52	$11.78	8.25%	20.88%	0.58	461,000	105.80%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$8.20	-2.15%	-1.20%	-0.49%	1.23%	-2.96%	-49.57%	-36.68%	N/A	N/A	$16.55	$6.83	50.44%	20.06%	1.17	5,110,000	29.73%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$4.44	0.23%	-1.55%	-6.53%	-15.91%	-14.45%	-34.22%	-43.37%	-56.74%	N/A	$6.73	$4.18	34.03%	6.22%	0.51	493,000	9.56%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$49.45	0.84%	-1.00%	6.16%	40.64%	14.23%	-13.96%	204.68%	1,647.35%	N/A	$61.67	$31.63	19.82%	56.34%	0.97	771,000	88.51%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$13.95	2.88%	-0.57%	-4.52%	16.25%	0.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$11.13	39.35%	25.34%	1.01	234,000	32.20%
APA	APA CORP	$25.35	-1.67%	-1.44%	3.85%	12.72%	36.29%	6.96%	-43.78%	45.11%	-26.76%	$27.72	$13.58	8.55%	86.62%	1.23	4,785,000	33.10%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$39.56	-0.33%	0.10%	4.41%	9.07%	1.67%	-12.88%	-21.15%	125.41%	126.06%	$46.35	$29.80	14.65%	32.75%	1.22	2,564,000	2.72%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$171.79	1.47%	-4.22%	-3.33%	8.11%	9.79%	-19.27%	86.75%	339.70%	309.02%	$239.87	$126.40	28.38%	35.91%	0.69	70,000	131.02%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$106.21	0.85%	-1.69%	2.70%	-0.18%	-8.82%	-21.93%	-19.99%	76.43%	76.31%	$136.20	$101.59	22.02%	4.54%	0.71	4,915,000	-12.96%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$36.29	0.25%	-1.49%	-0.38%	13.65%	12.18%	-1.20%	-43.95%	81.72%	68.09%	$38.88	$25.89	6.66%	40.17%	1.05	9,112,000	-1.06%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$4.89	-1.41%	-1.01%	9.40%	2.52%	12.16%	-29.44%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.92	$3.81	29.34%	28.35%	0.83	103,000	71.67%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$6.40	-0.78%	0.31%	10.73%	11.89%	17.00%	13.68%	-3.47%	594.14%	71.90%	$7.07	$3.88	9.48%	64.95%	1.09	255,000	2.00%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$1.78	-1.66%	-4.81%	5.95%	-17.59%	7.88%	-2.20%	-70.87%	-25.21%	28.06%	$2.59	$1.09	31.27%	63.30%	1.06	1,086,000	-7.50%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$23.36	0.69%	0.04%	4.94%	-3.43%	-14.09%	-29.45%	-25.53%	78.73%	156.70%	$33.29	$20.85	29.83%	12.04%	0.48	176,000	141.10%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$22.28	5.19%	-0.36%	2.15%	23.30%	5.99%	6.25%	75.85%	376.07%	225.26%	$31.17	$14.65	28.53%	52.08%	1.16	2,196,000	-31.18%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$36.63	1.55%	1.02%	-1.56%	13.41%	13.13%	22.06%	121.46%	194.22%	766.98%	$42.13	$27.00	13.05%	35.67%	0.73	2,356,000	107.58%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$34.91	1.45%	3.47%	0.23%	-5.95%	-1.10%	-14.79%	31.59%	294.46%	58.75%	$43.49	$30.32	19.73%	15.14%	0.99	4,069,000	46.21%
CTRA	COTERRA ENERGY INC	$26.22	1.98%	4.05%	2.74%	11.96%	13.56%	-10.05%	2.34%	43.12%	52.89%	$29.82	$22.33	12.07%	17.42%	0.68	11,913,000	-37.67%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$42.96	0.30%	0.70%	2.46%	-0.99%	-13.84%	-31.51%	-30.34%	156.02%	222.76%	$63.68	$35.19	32.54%	22.08%	1.21	1,491,000	11.43%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$22.14	-0.45%	-1.38%	0.68%	3.94%	-16.70%	-45.29%	-31.79%	91.36%	-14.85%	$40.72	$19.88	45.63%	11.37%	1.25	1,783,000	19.18%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$18.23	0.11%	0.33%	-4.00%	-14.25%	-29.12%	-56.47%	-45.17%	110.51%	86.40%	$42.54	$17.45	57.15%	4.47%	1.38	3,765,000	34.22%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$327.87	-2.85%	1.88%	8.28%	5.26%	1.41%	-30.62%	40.89%	249.48%	2,449.34%	$487.59	$269.23	32.76%	21.78%	1.02	389,000	5.99%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$15.82	-0.63%	0.00%	3.87%	9.03%	-1.56%	-3.06%	-39.11%	-20.38%	-7.86%	$17.70	$11.26	10.62%	40.50%	0.73	566,000	-16.64%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$11.06	0.64%	0.18%	-0.54%	-8.14%	-23.30%	-37.80%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.00	$10.46	41.78%	5.74%	0.57	266,000	-6.99%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$22.65	0.22%	0.67%	3.90%	-1.26%	0.04%	-13.78%	-4.91%	147.00%	N/A	$26.36	$19.09	14.07%	18.65%	1.07	2,927,000	20.55%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$14.28	-0.83%	0.42%	1.42%	15.82%	8.02%	-9.39%	35.48%	518.18%	N/A	$15.91	$10.01	10.22%	42.66%	1.22	8,634,000	4.99%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$95.52	-2.72%	-0.97%	2.37%	9.72%	4.97%	-8.40%	-21.58%	110.58%	174.88%	$106.20	$79.88	10.06%	19.58%	0.75	9,289,000	3.99%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$3.66	1.10%	3.10%	-1.08%	-18.85%	-36.46%	-47.86%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.89	$3.35	62.99%	9.25%	0.69	94,000	17.50%
EQT	EQT CORP	$51.48	1.86%	-0.21%	-3.78%	-8.80%	-3.85%	-3.65%	51.63%	218.17%	-7.16%	$62.23	$43.57	17.27%	18.15%	0.92	25,606,000	153.10%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$4.56	1.33%	16.92%	31.03%	20.95%	29.18%	0.44%	-7.13%	96.55%	283.19%	$4.69	$3.00	2.77%	52.00%	1.05	1,452,000	-8.33%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$47.40	-1.13%	2.86%	8.84%	0.87%	-1.99%	-12.90%	0.17%	90.98%	N/A	$58.41	$30.97	18.85%	53.05%	0.99	1,249,000	14.27%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$32.87	1.61%	1.17%	-2.23%	3.20%	1.11%	-17.68%	11.80%	386.96%	42.98%	$44.02	$29.10	25.33%	12.96%	1.12	5,684,000	4.70%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$19.40	1.04%	-1.62%	0.57%	-11.74%	-17.62%	-28.12%	25.16%	N/A	N/A	$27.17	$18.85	28.60%	2.95%	0.85	502,000	29.05%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$3.86	1.58%	-7.88%	17.33%	41.39%	41.39%	15.57%	-39.50%	-38.44%	N/A	$7.95	$2.10	51.45%	83.81%	0.14	1,323,000	20.49%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$3.35	1.52%	0.30%	7.37%	47.58%	72.68%	27.38%	-26.05%	371.83%	150.00%	$3.47	$1.36	3.46%	146.32%	1.18	12,485,000	-8.74%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$8.83	1.38%	3.03%	7.42%	19.97%	13.79%	-12.40%	-43.83%	50.17%	-59.97%	$10.31	$5.14	14.35%	71.79%	1.12	1,454,000	30.40%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$34.43	0.23%	3.86%	6.50%	14.39%	12.66%	8.07%	14.10%	176.32%	336.38%	$35.12	$24.65	1.96%	39.68%	0.83	6,754,000	1.20%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$148.70	-1.71%	-1.66%	0.16%	5.32%	6.34%	-15.96%	0.78%	145.30%	144.13%	$180.29	$114.00	17.52%	30.44%	0.94	2,056,000	-8.58%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$30.40	-10.38%	-8.63%	-4.10%	10.26%	24.95%	-3.46%	-27.83%	100.93%	91.56%	$35.19	$18.95	13.61%	60.46%	1.12	4,284,000	77.69%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$42.24	-1.08%	-2.47%	4.89%	2.95%	-1.77%	-16.44%	-36.87%	83.49%	-29.15%	$52.58	$34.79	19.67%	21.43%	0.85	9,322,000	-15.74%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$2.87	-11.42%	-10.87%	40.00%	-47.15%	-71.13%	-87.89%	-92.56%	-85.43%	-87.31%	$25.56	$1.37	88.77%	109.49%	-0.40	941,000	22.53%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.84	-1.06%	-4.54%	5.39%	-24.23%	-29.92%	-68.38%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.71	66.36%	19.29%	-0.65	446,000	79.84%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$11.11	-2.37%	-3.05%	-0.54%	21.95%	33.37%	4.32%	-44.95%	3.06%	N/A	$12.32	$6.23	9.82%	78.47%	1.23	1,844,000	34.80%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$4.65	-2.72%	-3.73%	-2.92%	9.93%	39.64%	-19.83%	-47.75%	114.29%	N/A	$6.55	$2.27	29.01%	104.85%	1.16	636,000	19.77%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$5.05	2.64%	6.99%	25.94%	34.31%	13.23%	-24.96%	420.62%	882.49%	151.24%	$6.88	$3.09	26.60%	63.43%	2.21	510,000	88.89%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$4.18	-9.33%	-10.68%	-5.86%	-38.26%	-48.14%	-71.25%	-83.91%	-77.99%	N/A	$14.99	$4.00	72.11%	4.50%	1.12	1,164,000	144.54%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$91.92	-0.41%	-1.36%	1.21%	2.47%	-12.88%	-25.98%	-35.41%	120.22%	N/A	$124.08	$79.83	25.92%	15.14%	0.95	892,000	10.53%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$3.65	0.27%	2.82%	2.82%	-19.07%	-23.00%	-34.82%	-45.03%	15.87%	-6.41%	$5.70	$3.19	35.96%	14.42%	0.84	289,000	-5.56%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$10.88	0.46%	0.18%	1.97%	-16.44%	-26.54%	-43.80%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$20.70	$10.12	47.44%	7.51%	0.40	185,000	76.19%
USEG	US ENERGY CORP	$1.01	-2.88%	2.33%	2.02%	-15.83%	-17.21%	-73.35%	-59.60%	-77.70%	-89.17%	$3.89	$0.91	74.04%	10.99%	0.67	266,000	-26.72%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$5.49	26.79%	24.49%	28.27%	-2.66%	1,009.09%	100.36%	-46.07%	N/A	N/A	$7.59	$0.33	27.67%	1,589.23%	0.64	22,085,000	646.11%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$4.86	-8.13%	-7.43%	-11.31%	-20.85%	-57.44%	-46.30%	-16.21%	86.92%	-50.76%	$12.12	$4.76	59.90%	2.10%	1.24	3,915,000	65.54%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$27.36	2.09%	0.33%	8.92%	9.22%	40.89%	27.08%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$34.50	$17.29	20.70%	58.24%	0.60	34,000	71.72%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$1.21	-4.72%	-2.42%	25.65%	-17.12%	-38.27%	-65.92%	-84.74%	-56.47%	-65.43%	$3.64	$0.84	66.71%	44.74%	1.33	14,029,000	10.63%
CIVI	CIVITAS RESOURCES INC	$26.48	0.38%	0.42%	-3.71%	-2.86%	-8.44%	-49.80%	-58.57%	13.79%	-89.31%	$53.44	$22.79	50.45%	16.19%	1.22	1,042,000	15.52%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$9.20	-1.92%	-0.33%	-2.85%	-14.02%	-21.37%	-22.43%	-9.29%	-7.07%	-2.13%	$13.25	$8.66	30.57%	6.24%	-0.01	2,900	-35.56%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.06	-9.40%	-7.02%	-7.83%	-11.30%	-7.02%	-45.08%	-60.30%	-43.47%	-26.90%	$2.28	$1.05	53.51%	0.95%	0.61	64,000	24.51%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$2.75	7.00%	9.13%	-1.79%	-34.24%	-38.89%	-76.09%	-73.01%	N/A	N/A	$18.30	$2.31	84.97%	19.05%	-0.05	108,000	855.75%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$10.27	1.68%	-5.69%	-1.34%	11.63%	25.12%	-21.54%	-23.47%	41.66%	384.43%	$16.00	$5.89	35.81%	74.36%	0.15	3,100	-6.06%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$0.55	0.73%	-1.79%	-1.79%	-4.18%	-14.06%	-42.11%	-49.07%	-61.27%	-67.65%	$0.98	$0.43	43.88%	27.31%	0.75	44,000	-67.65%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$1.23	-0.81%	1.65%	-1.60%	8.85%	-8.21%	-45.33%	-89.61%	-84.63%	N/A	$3.67	$1.00	66.49%	23.00%	0.65	88,000	31.34%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.39	3.73%	-8.47%	-5.12%	-16.52%	12.43%	-70.97%	-96.22%	N/A	N/A	$1.48	$0.27	73.72%	45.69%	0.01	1,173,000	-7.05%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.99	-8.00%	-3.24%	4.18%	-19.62%	-37.84%	-55.37%	-77.00%	86.88%	967.86%	$6.90	$2.78	56.67%	7.55%	1.11	25,000	-37.97%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$7.45	-2.23%	-0.53%	3.76%	24.17%	12.20%	-24.90%	-51.78%	-41.66%	170.91%	$10.13	$5.66	26.46%	31.63%	0.80	706,000	81.49%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in Jan 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. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) is the #1 top oil and gas stock out of 74 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: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 27 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29.

REPX passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Riley Exploration Permian has seen its stock lose -25.73% over the past year, underperforming other oil and gas stocks by -6 percentage points.

Riley Exploration Permian has an average 1 year price target of $36.00, an upside of 32.55% from Riley Exploration Permian's current stock price of $27.16.

Riley Exploration Permian stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst 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.

2. Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP)

Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) is the #2 top oil and gas stock out of 74 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 Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) is: Value: D, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE:KRP) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -9 points lower than the oil and gas industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates KRP as a "B".

KRP passed 6 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Kimbell Royalty Partners has seen its stock lose -23.09% over the past year, underperforming other oil and gas stocks by -4 percentage points.

Kimbell Royalty Partners has an average 1 year price target of $16.33, an upside of 33.22% from Kimbell Royalty Partners's current stock price of $12.26.

Kimbell Royalty Partners stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Kimbell Royalty Partners, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Sandridge Energy (NYSE:SD)

Sandridge Energy (NYSE:SD) is the #3 top oil and gas stock out of 74 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 Sandridge Energy (NYSE:SD) is: Value: B, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Sandridge Energy (NYSE:SD) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 22 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29.

SD passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sandridge Energy has seen its stock return 19.73% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 39 percentage points.

What are the oil and gas stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 36 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. Txo Partners (NYSE:TXO)

Txo Partners (NYSE:TXO) has an annual dividend yield of 18.57%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 5.38%.

Txo Partners's dividend payout ratio of 548.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) has an annual dividend yield of 17.54%, which is 12 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 5.38%.

Mach Natural Resources's dividend payout ratio of 234% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Evolution Petroleum (NYSEMKT:EPM)

Evolution Petroleum (NYSEMKT:EPM) has an annual dividend yield of 13.15%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 5.38%. Evolution Petroleum's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Evolution Petroleum's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Evolution Petroleum's dividend payout ratio of -4,800% 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 0.12% in the last day, and up 0.17% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why oil and gas stocks are up.

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. Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM)

Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM) 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.

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

Sm Energy Co's stock has dropped -56.47% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by -37 percentage points.

2. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) 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.

Riley Exploration Permian has a valuation score of 71, which is 40 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Riley Exploration Permian's stock has dropped -25.73% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by -6 percentage points.

3. Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI)

Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) is the third 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.

Ring Energy has a valuation score of 14, which is -17 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates REI a Valuation Rating of "A".

Ring Energy's stock has dropped -36.35% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by -17 percentage points.

Are oil and gas stocks a good buy now?

47.92% 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 24.59% over the next year.

0% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 4.69% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 62.5% are rated C (Hold), 23.44% are rated D (Sell), and 9.38% 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 15.86x.

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