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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 C and is the 79th ranked industry out of 146 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 %
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$133.89	0.14%	-6.27%	-4.52%	18.15%	42.65%	48.72%	-8.41%	51.10%	N/A	$151.95	$84.25	11.88%	58.93%	0.88	632,000	6.76%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.33	3.10%	-2.21%	-20.83%	-11.92%	45.83%	74.08%	-24.86%	-40.89%	-83.56%	$2.00	$0.72	33.50%	84.72%	1.08	4,668,000	15.09%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$134.58	0.21%	-3.86%	-0.88%	4.61%	24.78%	21.85%	23.68%	67.51%	65.41%	$151.87	$101.59	11.38%	32.47%	0.64	3,212,000	48.09%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$31.16	1.73%	-6.29%	6.42%	28.81%	63.57%	31.70%	17.14%	56.58%	-1.14%	$35.86	$17.45	13.11%	78.57%	1.25	2,337,000	-25.79%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$11.82	0.17%	-9.77%	-9.56%	-1.58%	25.34%	36.96%	22.23%	N/A	N/A	$14.29	$7.68	17.28%	53.91%	1.09	3,291,000	-50.13%
APA	APA CORP	$36.53	-0.25%	-4.72%	-5.49%	15.27%	46.30%	112.63%	13.31%	75.63%	-36.07%	$45.66	$16.88	20.00%	116.41%	1.11	3,988,000	-2.47%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$35.30	0.51%	-5.92%	-1.37%	19.86%	28.88%	35.61%	9.97%	2.50%	289.62%	$41.53	$24.08	15.00%	46.59%	1.22	212,000	-26.13%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$5.22	3.57%	-12.12%	-6.79%	30.17%	29.85%	-27.90%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.27	$3.35	36.88%	55.82%	0.47	290,000	-20.33%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$26.87	0.00%	-2.70%	-4.82%	-0.67%	22.44%	-1.32%	-5.45%	76.78%	106.85%	$28.95	$20.85	7.18%	28.87%	0.42	75,000	-29.91%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$3.72	0.27%	-15.26%	-6.77%	24.00%	110.17%	148.00%	-5.10%	-0.53%	76.30%	$5.08	$1.46	26.77%	154.79%	0.94	6,896,000	18.45%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$14.47	2.19%	-5.49%	-6.71%	-17.74%	2.33%	46.46%	5.70%	172.50%	N/A	$18.45	$9.70	21.57%	49.16%	0.90	545,000	118.00%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$14.74	2.50%	-7.18%	-4.96%	14.26%	28.62%	82.65%	16.89%	3.95%	N/A	$17.05	$7.67	13.55%	92.18%	1.12	1,053,000	-5.48%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$55.81	0.31%	-5.20%	-4.53%	7.00%	36.25%	53.20%	67.95%	109.58%	40.23%	$63.46	$35.51	12.05%	57.17%	1.13	3,535,000	11.48%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$60.96	2.03%	-2.09%	-8.48%	-0.89%	27.58%	43.40%	59.58%	110.13%	N/A	$71.98	$42.80	15.31%	42.42%	0.96	792,000	63.30%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$45.81	0.13%	-5.91%	-1.19%	3.29%	35.65%	48.98%	67.22%	164.64%	208.07%	$51.34	$29.30	10.77%	56.35%	0.75	6,692,000	48.05%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$53.83	2.57%	-4.03%	-11.94%	-0.54%	26.96%	22.82%	19.65%	75.69%	136.93%	$66.84	$37.14	19.46%	44.94%	1.11	1,461,000	1.60%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$57.32	0.76%	-2.57%	-2.20%	5.74%	36.48%	39.40%	-2.17%	120.80%	-24.02%	$67.45	$38.80	15.02%	47.73%	0.74	10,865,000	-3.85%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$8.04	1.90%	-5.08%	-9.76%	23.50%	77.48%	68.20%	52.85%	1,160.19%	169.80%	$9.74	$3.09	17.45%	160.19%	2.09	354,000	22.49%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$27.77	0.73%	-5.03%	-5.32%	-2.73%	20.01%	26.98%	42.56%	114.94%	N/A	$32.76	$21.07	15.23%	31.83%	0.96	2,506,000	78.36%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$44.11	-0.36%	-6.37%	-10.85%	-1.87%	19.02%	42.94%	-6.07%	66.08%	22.22%	$52.71	$30.24	16.32%	45.87%	0.96	10,230,000	-19.96%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$73.12	-0.65%	-3.20%	0.00%	24.16%	48.74%	45.63%	244.91%	1,942.46%	N/A	$81.44	$31.63	10.22%	131.17%	0.88	825,000	16.36%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$21.74	1.83%	-7.96%	-21.12%	-22.16%	-2.90%	-20.42%	-28.51%	19.38%	-50.14%	$32.62	$20.18	33.35%	7.73%	1.16	2,554,000	-20.51%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$14.83	1.99%	-5.90%	-7.31%	6.61%	-1.40%	3.42%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.33	21.53%	20.28%	0.59	883,000	-28.39%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$36.19	1.51%	-4.18%	-9.59%	3.93%	12.85%	70.47%	1.86%	66.85%	17.08%	$43.34	$20.87	16.50%	73.41%	1.04	1,091,000	-12.65%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$39.41	0.51%	-4.21%	-8.22%	-5.90%	-0.20%	0.18%	43.05%	190.63%	-7.47%	$48.31	$32.60	18.42%	20.89%	0.95	3,043,000	9.82%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$19.32	-0.05%	-5.43%	-7.60%	2.82%	33.33%	52.37%	106.19%	265.22%	92.24%	$22.68	$11.92	14.80%	62.08%	1.16	7,726,000	-44.29%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$3.19	5.98%	5.63%	-16.27%	-12.36%	0.00%	-64.59%	-69.36%	N/A	N/A	$11.01	$2.31	71.03%	38.10%	-0.42	1,072,000	282.86%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$194.14	0.67%	-3.40%	-2.96%	8.48%	27.23%	42.46%	49.93%	142.46%	113.46%	$214.51	$133.75	9.50%	45.15%	0.84	1,947,000	60.51%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$8.84	-0.11%	0.86%	-2.38%	-30.43%	-1.06%	27.12%	-18.86%	8.67%	274.36%	$16.40	$6.75	46.13%	30.89%	-0.01	3,600	-60.44%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$5.83	1.04%	-6.42%	-6.57%	9.59%	21.21%	-17.66%	20.95%	42.89%	N/A	$8.50	$4.20	31.41%	38.81%	0.45	149,000	7.97%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$176.99	-23.89%	-28.62%	-16.33%	-13.95%	-3.61%	-9.00%	100.62%	321.51%	199.07%	$278.90	$126.40	36.54%	40.02%	0.62	87,000	157.40%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.74	2.62%	-12.18%	-7.43%	14.17%	144.64%	62.13%	-54.86%	-13.84%	-52.26%	$3.34	$0.84	17.96%	227.75%	1.18	7,993,000	-42.41%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$114.99	-0.12%	-4.61%	-7.50%	-2.75%	29.65%	35.95%	13.63%	106.30%	162.59%	$135.87	$84.54	15.37%	36.02%	0.66	5,988,000	3.01%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$13.79	2.00%	-4.10%	-15.14%	-19.64%	4.15%	-19.87%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.90	$11.13	30.70%	23.90%	0.75	456,000	20.00%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$171.19	0.49%	-4.39%	-10.63%	-18.14%	-23.06%	-12.07%	75.31%	173.90%	N/A	$225.78	$160.95	24.18%	6.36%	0.75	270,000	-20.82%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$13.46	0.45%	-4.81%	-0.15%	3.94%	13.87%	-0.88%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.60	$10.46	13.72%	28.68%	0.49	233,000	-48.11%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$35.81	1.99%	-3.32%	-7.11%	-3.43%	-1.70%	-8.11%	73.92%	177.38%	23.36%	$45.75	$29.10	21.73%	23.06%	1.03	6,588,000	105.30%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$11.38	0.26%	-7.48%	-12.80%	0.18%	22.76%	73.74%	2.61%	47.79%	-65.60%	$14.82	$6.42	23.21%	77.26%	1.03	1,059,000	-10.33%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.62	5.46%	-0.32%	-15.46%	24.10%	45.41%	59.69%	-94.16%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.27	60.89%	131.46%	-0.22	1,471,000	-18.91%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$21.78	0.37%	-3.46%	-6.36%	1.73%	33.13%	52.73%	-3.16%	29.26%	10.90%	$25.19	$14.23	13.54%	53.06%	0.69	402,000	-43.78%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$33.93	0.56%	-4.56%	-13.38%	-19.00%	-12.64%	7.82%	122.20%	149.12%	165.08%	$43.62	$27.72	22.21%	22.40%	0.67	1,203,000	32.34%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$11.17	1.18%	-9.33%	-16.39%	39.97%	81.63%	130.31%	94.26%	560.95%	141.77%	$14.59	$4.77	23.44%	134.17%	1.02	467,000	-46.26%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$4.91	3.81%	-3.91%	-1.01%	27.20%	52.48%	195.78%	53.44%	221.34%	0.41%	$5.36	$1.59	8.40%	208.81%	1.09	21,140,000	27.63%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$13.31	0.23%	-4.24%	-5.67%	-12.61%	-5.13%	-1.33%	-14.35%	34.44%	-13.40%	$15.49	$11.78	14.07%	12.99%	0.52	486,000	-21.23%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$93.59	1.03%	-4.10%	-3.48%	-13.73%	-23.24%	-18.89%	23.93%	77.25%	N/A	$126.62	$91.02	26.09%	2.83%	0.70	3,014,000	32.25%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$401.32	-1.17%	1.09%	-6.86%	-24.43%	39.30%	-1.28%	176.41%	148.56%	2,024.62%	$547.20	$269.23	26.66%	49.06%	0.99	365,000	-1.35%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$4.94	-1.20%	-10.18%	-15.56%	-3.70%	-4.08%	-14.38%	-17.11%	-49.18%	N/A	$6.72	$4.18	26.49%	18.18%	0.48	1,236,000	-8.85%
EQT	EQT CORP	$55.35	0.33%	-4.14%	-6.85%	-10.20%	-9.05%	-0.27%	57.83%	165.09%	-24.44%	$68.24	$48.47	18.89%	14.19%	0.89	4,891,000	1.92%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$14.61	0.21%	-4.26%	-2.92%	0.27%	17.35%	10.68%	-3.18%	14.95%	N/A	$15.65	$11.31	6.65%	29.18%	0.54	728,000	-5.70%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$13.36	0.30%	-5.58%	-19.52%	-4.33%	46.81%	6.01%	-20.48%	-51.59%	-77.73%	$18.89	$8.64	29.27%	54.63%	0.53	17,900	-32.71%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.05	-2.78%	-4.55%	-8.70%	-18.60%	-17.32%	-17.32%	-62.23%	-68.18%	-34.38%	$2.28	$0.92	53.95%	14.01%	0.36	61,000	54.04%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$7.00	2.04%	-4.11%	4.63%	21.74%	4.32%	-30.56%	-47.76%	-31.37%	N/A	$12.00	$3.85	41.67%	81.82%	0.99	1,074,000	3.47%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$2.87	1.41%	-10.03%	-12.23%	-57.42%	4.36%	12.11%	-37.34%	-46.46%	N/A	$8.50	$2.43	66.24%	18.11%	0.01	1,242,000	125.82%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$5.79	1.94%	-2.69%	-6.61%	-3.02%	26.70%	34.65%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.02	$4.10	17.52%	41.22%	0.66	156,000	-37.35%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.76	12.65%	3.76%	-1.78%	-22.25%	-8.00%	-37.84%	-68.95%	-67.65%	479.83%	$6.31	$2.41	56.26%	14.52%	0.97	102,000	-33.77%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$35.50	4.17%	8.00%	16.36%	29.51%	83.94%	144.49%	125.11%	485.81%	710.50%	$36.94	$12.70	3.90%	179.53%	0.90	826,000	61.01%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$1.54	5.48%	-22.22%	-58.04%	-86.95%	38.74%	12.82%	-75.59%	-87.58%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	94.81%	54.00%	0.30	5,182,000	75.36%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$5.32	0.19%	-9.37%	-18.90%	2.11%	48.60%	63.69%	37.11%	92.75%	392.59%	$6.72	$3.16	20.77%	68.35%	0.94	827,000	-33.68%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$3.15	2.61%	19.32%	-1.56%	-69.33%	-68.87%	-68.53%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$2.56	86.30%	23.29%	-0.58	895,000	26.06%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$12.96	0.47%	-5.75%	5.54%	1.09%	3.76%	-14.06%	-38.55%	N/A	N/A	$16.26	$10.12	20.30%	28.06%	0.31	119,000	-43.87%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$17.31	1.88%	-4.68%	-7.33%	-11.50%	-18.19%	-18.92%	-26.43%	N/A	N/A	$27.15	$16.91	36.24%	2.37%	0.75	420,000	-25.13%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$1.17	4.46%	1.74%	-4.88%	-65.59%	-46.82%	-83.47%	-94.91%	-92.95%	-95.65%	$25.56	$1.01	95.42%	15.84%	-0.51	188,000	60.68%
USEG	US ENERGY CORP	$1.02	7.37%	15.65%	-0.97%	-11.30%	4.08%	-25.00%	-27.66%	-74.50%	-95.28%	$2.75	$0.66	62.91%	55.73%	0.46	2,897,000	462.52%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$4.68	2.86%	-7.33%	-24.03%	-20.81%	-14.91%	69.57%	-33.14%	26.83%	N/A	$6.79	$2.84	31.08%	64.79%	1.04	615,000	16.04%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$4.26	0.95%	-6.58%	-10.13%	-6.58%	8.40%	-4.91%	-46.75%	15.45%	-23.79%	$5.70	$3.19	25.26%	33.54%	0.77	268,000	-5.30%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$13.65	3.17%	-3.26%	-21.05%	-32.53%	-49.18%	-42.62%	45.52%	142.45%	313.64%	$31.17	$12.85	56.21%	6.23%	1.08	2,584,000	9.86%
BKV	BKV CORP	$26.63	0.45%	-6.73%	-12.00%	-14.84%	-3.55%	21.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$19.56	18.84%	36.15%	1.00	697,000	-15.00%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$8.05	1.00%	-4.73%	8.78%	43.49%	31.75%	4.82%	44.78%	317.10%	-19.50%	$12.12	$4.75	33.58%	69.47%	1.09	2,270,000	-17.57%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$4.65	12.59%	10.45%	21.41%	5.68%	-8.64%	594.03%	-55.23%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	50.77%	1,330.77%	0.77	6,574,000	102.09%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$34.34	0.53%	-2.05%	-2.97%	6.65%	44.35%	74.23%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$17.29	34.23%	98.61%	0.40	219,000	58.70%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$10.25	-1.81%	-6.82%	-10.79%	-7.24%	8.12%	-6.43%	3.64%	-18.00%	-13.14%	$13.25	$8.66	22.64%	18.36%	0.01	3,900	-75.93%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$9.84	1.03%	1.34%	6.38%	15.76%	20.59%	55.70%	-0.20%	-33.92%	310.00%	$10.50	$5.75	6.29%	71.13%	0.77	426,000	14.82%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.37	4.56%	-4.68%	-28.60%	-67.23%	-56.41%	-66.64%	-98.72%	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.34	85.32%	7.94%	-1.23	2,306,000	181.56%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in May 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. Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD)

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) 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 Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -6 points lower than the oil and gas industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CHRD as a "A".

CHRD passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Chord Energy has seen its stock return 48.72% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 35 percentage points.

Chord Energy has an average 1 year price target of $157.64, an upside of 17.74% from Chord Energy's current stock price of $133.89.

Chord Energy stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Chord Energy, 54.55% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 18.18% have issued a Buy, 27.27% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI)

Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) 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 Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -13 points lower than the oil and gas industry average of 29. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates REI as a "A".

REI passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ring Energy has seen its stock return 74.08% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 61 percentage points.

3. Eog Resources (NYSE:EOG)

Eog Resources (NYSE:EOG) 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 Eog Resources (NYSE:EOG) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: A.

Eog Resources (NYSE:EOG) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 13 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29.

EOG passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Eog Resources has seen its stock return 21.85% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 8 percentage points.

Eog Resources has an average 1 year price target of $152.07, an upside of 13% from Eog Resources's current stock price of $134.58.

Eog Resources stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 14 analysts covering Eog Resources, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 7.14% have issued a Buy, 64.29% 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 39 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 13.52%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.31%.

Mach Natural Resources's dividend payout ratio of 255.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) has an annual dividend yield of 12.28%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.31%.

Vitesse Energy's dividend payout ratio of -434% 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 11.27%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.31%. 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 -436.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are oil and gas stocks down?

Oil and gas stocks were down -1.67% in the last day, and down -5.69% over the last week.

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

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. Apa (NASDAQ:APA)

Apa (NASDAQ:APA) is the 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.

Apa has a valuation score of 57, which is 27 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Apa's stock has gained 112.63% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 99 percentage points.

2. Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI)

Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) is the second 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.

Ring Energy has a valuation score of 14, which is -16 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30. 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 "B".

Ring Energy's stock has gained 74.08% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 61 percentage points.

3. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) 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.

Riley Exploration Permian has a valuation score of 71, which is 41 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Riley Exploration Permian's stock has gained 35.61% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 22 percentage points.

Are oil and gas stocks a good buy now?

45.83% 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 28.29% over the next year.

2.86% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 14.29% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 62.86% are rated C (Hold), 12.86% are rated D (Sell), and 7.14% 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 27.9x.

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1. Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD)

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1. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

2. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

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