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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 +28.50% 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 97th 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 %
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$9.07	0.22%	-0.55%	-23.01%	2.49%	24.42%	28.47%	-8.01%	-30.28%	166.76%	$11.87	$5.75	23.59%	57.74%	0.76	347,000	-36.91%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.07	-1.83%	2.88%	-21.32%	-28.19%	18.10%	31.94%	-39.20%	-65.37%	-87.94%	$2.00	$0.72	46.50%	48.61%	1.06	5,219,000	-5.38%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$113.32	1.51%	-5.16%	-17.88%	-20.20%	19.69%	9.00%	-26.84%	7.85%	N/A	$151.95	$84.25	25.42%	34.51%	0.86	805,000	14.35%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$32.51	0.59%	-0.88%	-9.79%	-11.13%	22.22%	19.52%	-10.07%	16.11%	234.47%	$41.53	$24.08	21.72%	35.01%	1.21	153,000	-49.84%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$5.91	-0.84%	-1.99%	-28.80%	-30.72%	39.72%	19.64%	17.50%	671.54%	97.00%	$9.74	$3.09	39.32%	91.26%	2.07	299,000	47.29%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$26.85	4.35%	1.24%	-18.49%	-12.31%	40.36%	2.56%	-16.15%	7.14%	3.31%	$35.86	$17.45	25.13%	53.87%	1.21	4,165,000	-17.75%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$25.37	-0.04%	-0.78%	-9.59%	-9.30%	9.12%	-9.10%	-16.46%	47.24%	85.18%	$28.95	$20.85	12.37%	21.68%	0.41	122,000	24.49%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$130.78	1.70%	-2.10%	-5.63%	-8.31%	21.92%	6.43%	14.02%	52.48%	58.02%	$151.87	$101.59	13.89%	28.73%	0.61	2,882,000	27.24%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$13.24	-1.12%	-2.43%	-13.07%	-14.30%	-10.42%	19.39%	-13.07%	111.50%	N/A	$18.45	$9.89	28.24%	33.86%	0.88	304,000	-13.64%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$13.59	0.89%	-0.95%	-9.16%	-13.16%	20.80%	54.61%	-2.72%	-15.54%	N/A	$17.05	$7.67	20.29%	77.18%	1.09	2,336,000	-2.63%
APA	APA CORP	$32.36	1.54%	-3.17%	-14.41%	-23.03%	27.60%	66.03%	-4.99%	50.72%	-40.81%	$45.66	$17.87	29.13%	81.14%	1.08	5,288,000	14.66%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$48.91	2.02%	-4.49%	-17.23%	-22.33%	15.41%	11.34%	-17.40%	50.12%	-34.98%	$67.45	$38.80	27.49%	26.06%	0.72	8,554,000	36.54%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$4.64	0.00%	1.75%	-15.17%	-12.29%	18.37%	-30.17%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.64	$3.35	30.12%	38.51%	0.44	273,000	31.25%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$52.96	1.89%	-1.10%	-9.53%	-10.51%	30.80%	32.20%	41.04%	64.42%	39.19%	$63.46	$35.51	16.55%	49.14%	1.11	2,206,000	10.97%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$25.20	0.88%	-7.35%	-9.19%	-18.81%	12.10%	7.88%	21.10%	57.89%	N/A	$32.76	$21.07	23.08%	19.63%	0.93	2,115,000	-4.43%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$31.88	1.17%	-9.92%	-16.02%	-22.40%	-1.88%	29.54%	-16.50%	31.79%	5.95%	$43.34	$21.86	26.44%	45.84%	1.00	1,670,000	5.76%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$3.09	0.32%	-3.13%	-23.13%	-1.90%	91.93%	71.67%	-20.16%	-36.81%	41.74%	$5.08	$1.50	39.17%	106.00%	0.90	2,201,000	3.58%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$9.34	-1.37%	-7.52%	-22.10%	-30.51%	9.75%	2.41%	-10.71%	N/A	N/A	$14.29	$7.68	34.64%	21.61%	1.07	6,257,000	7.99%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$40.47	0.55%	-5.00%	-12.44%	-18.23%	6.87%	21.13%	-17.12%	38.45%	11.95%	$52.71	$31.45	23.22%	28.68%	0.93	15,458,000	31.17%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.07	1.97%	-5.05%	-30.30%	-29.11%	131.80%	4.55%	-65.73%	-40.52%	-62.90%	$3.34	$0.84	38.02%	147.61%	1.14	14,772,000	-4.05%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$173.30	1.91%	1.46%	-5.07%	-25.99%	-3.21%	14.17%	87.51%	261.49%	185.22%	$278.90	$126.40	37.86%	37.10%	0.60	48,700	13.79%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$14.30	5.38%	14.22%	0.21%	-16.33%	-3.38%	-0.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.33	24.34%	15.98%	0.55	1,192,000	-16.23%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$51.26	-0.95%	-4.69%	-16.93%	-24.31%	10.50%	9.53%	13.28%	70.36%	N/A	$71.98	$43.25	28.79%	18.53%	0.95	688,000	-31.13%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$50.18	2.32%	0.04%	-10.39%	-20.22%	15.73%	-0.93%	-4.07%	39.97%	153.95%	$66.84	$37.14	24.92%	35.11%	1.08	2,218,000	83.76%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$60.36	-3.72%	-7.18%	-21.32%	-15.72%	23.66%	24.84%	149.63%	1,397.77%	N/A	$81.44	$31.63	25.88%	90.83%	0.87	1,180,000	132.74%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$12.50	1.46%	-1.65%	-5.30%	-28.08%	-15.08%	-24.88%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.59	$11.13	36.18%	12.31%	0.64	283,000	8.02%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$18.20	1.51%	-3.50%	-7.71%	-14.07%	26.39%	28.44%	67.43%	164.53%	85.34%	$22.68	$11.92	19.74%	52.68%	1.14	9,456,000	62.25%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$5.40	-0.92%	3.25%	-7.06%	-15.09%	17.39%	-28.19%	0.19%	6.93%	N/A	$7.55	$4.20	28.48%	28.57%	0.43	160,000	33.33%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$39.64	1.85%	0.10%	-16.03%	-16.60%	15.50%	22.31%	40.79%	117.44%	156.74%	$51.34	$29.30	22.79%	35.29%	0.73	9,322,000	201.68%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$17.95	2.22%	-9.07%	-18.56%	-36.55%	-18.45%	-40.07%	-47.74%	-14.65%	-60.29%	$31.28	$17.40	42.62%	3.19%	1.13	3,544,000	-4.65%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$2.71	-4.58%	-2.87%	-16.62%	-65.65%	-2.17%	-53.75%	-73.77%	N/A	N/A	$10.64	$2.31	74.53%	17.32%	-0.44	118,000	110.71%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$168.87	2.09%	5.98%	0.89%	-18.42%	-18.09%	-9.14%	62.31%	161.85%	N/A	$225.78	$158.91	25.21%	6.27%	0.73	689,000	24.14%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$172.04	0.05%	-5.76%	-15.00%	-11.26%	12.93%	21.18%	30.38%	75.44%	92.16%	$214.51	$134.30	19.80%	28.10%	0.82	2,690,000	16.91%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$37.81	2.27%	4.13%	-4.66%	-12.98%	7.11%	-2.58%	28.91%	131.96%	-10.51%	$48.31	$32.60	21.73%	15.98%	0.93	2,790,000	-8.22%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$12.60	-0.94%	-0.24%	-5.90%	-10.38%	12.00%	-14.58%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.58	$10.46	19.13%	20.46%	0.46	353,000	52.81%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$33.84	0.89%	0.68%	1.56%	-12.58%	-7.19%	4.41%	90.01%	150.48%	156.69%	$43.62	$27.72	22.42%	22.08%	0.65	2,091,000	62.22%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$407.20	-1.88%	4.13%	9.81%	-8.34%	36.66%	13.96%	171.60%	130.06%	2,065.96%	$547.20	$269.23	25.58%	51.24%	0.98	487,000	24.23%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$6.70	0.60%	-3.94%	-15.40%	-2.90%	49.89%	-35.08%	-42.59%	-37.09%	N/A	$10.46	$3.85	35.95%	74.03%	0.97	453,000	-14.69%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$8.99	-0.99%	-4.56%	-23.36%	-32.81%	5.27%	17.67%	-28.31%	2.16%	-71.02%	$14.82	$7.00	39.34%	28.43%	1.01	1,732,000	112.52%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$104.73	1.46%	-1.58%	-10.39%	-19.76%	8.30%	10.90%	0.48%	66.90%	151.15%	$135.87	$85.57	22.92%	22.39%	0.63	6,934,000	68.92%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$3.89	-0.51%	-2.51%	-22.20%	-8.47%	17.88%	108.02%	18.60%	96.46%	-30.91%	$5.36	$1.77	27.43%	119.77%	1.08	13,933,000	22.71%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$13.79	0.80%	-1.15%	1.40%	-5.87%	2.07%	5.19%	-12.94%	27.92%	-7.88%	$15.49	$11.78	10.97%	17.06%	0.50	300,000	38.25%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$12.49	-2.88%	4.96%	-3.33%	-24.85%	11.92%	-2.88%	-31.41%	-60.22%	-79.85%	$18.89	$8.64	33.88%	44.56%	0.48	31,000	-33.62%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$35.38	1.35%	2.55%	-2.43%	-12.53%	3.42%	-4.89%	53.03%	141.83%	37.88%	$45.75	$29.10	22.67%	21.58%	1.01	3,327,000	-3.84%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$90.72	1.28%	2.58%	-0.90%	-12.68%	-17.35%	-17.78%	8.27%	66.18%	N/A	$126.62	$86.37	28.35%	5.04%	0.69	3,193,000	-6.23%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$8.01	0.75%	-0.87%	-35.04%	-12.65%	27.34%	34.62%	35.99%	117.07%	-18.84%	$14.59	$5.27	45.10%	51.99%	1.01	635,000	81.43%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$19.54	1.09%	2.52%	-13.19%	-19.36%	22.20%	23.44%	-15.74%	N/A	-1.76%	$25.19	$14.27	22.43%	36.93%	0.70	607,000	-36.31%
EQT	EQT CORP	$52.61	0.25%	1.86%	-3.79%	-11.88%	-1.59%	-6.29%	29.33%	143.45%	-31.91%	$68.24	$48.47	22.90%	8.54%	0.86	4,878,000	-33.50%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$4.42	1.38%	0.23%	-11.78%	-22.86%	-5.56%	-29.62%	-34.90%	-54.67%	N/A	$6.26	$4.18	29.39%	5.74%	0.46	903,000	-5.05%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$2.79	0.72%	5.28%	-4.45%	-16.96%	-11.15%	-14.15%	-36.01%	-52.71%	N/A	$8.50	$2.44	67.18%	14.34%	-0.00	135,000	-32.50%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$5.54	-1.25%	-1.95%	-5.94%	-12.06%	15.18%	19.40%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.02	$4.10	21.08%	35.12%	0.64	70,600	3.82%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$36.42	-0.03%	6.27%	0.86%	3.88%	86.29%	122.89%	130.65%	415.13%	683.23%	$38.73	$12.94	5.96%	181.56%	0.89	745,000	-11.41%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$14.49	-0.14%	-1.76%	-4.86%	-1.83%	20.45%	2.48%	-1.83%	12.06%	N/A	$15.80	$11.31	8.26%	28.12%	0.52	372,000	13.41%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.67	-1.84%	-3.61%	1.52%	-8.87%	-12.17%	-50.46%	-69.49%	-62.29%	456.25%	$6.31	$2.41	57.69%	10.79%	0.96	65,000	43.49%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$12.37	-0.16%	-0.96%	-8.37%	-1.20%	12.56%	-19.36%	-42.06%	N/A	N/A	$15.55	$10.12	20.45%	22.23%	0.30	67,500	-42.80%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$5.06	2.02%	1.00%	-6.47%	-19.17%	38.25%	30.41%	32.11%	52.41%	372.90%	$6.72	$3.37	24.65%	50.37%	0.94	1,366,000	5.40%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$0.95	-2.06%	4.40%	-18.80%	-22.13%	-53.20%	-90.78%	-95.52%	-95.58%	-96.55%	$12.70	$0.85	92.52%	11.90%	-0.50	133,000	126.58%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$15.48	-1.53%	-0.64%	-15.13%	-14.43%	-22.25%	-33.28%	-31.53%	N/A	N/A	$27.15	$15.42	42.98%	0.39%	0.71	487,000	12.73%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$2.03	-2.40%	-20.08%	-33.66%	-75.03%	-80.00%	-79.68%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$2.03	91.17%	0.00%	-0.45	840,000	-8.99%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$1.32	2.33%	4.76%	-11.41%	-68.65%	10.92%	-2.22%	-79.01%	-90.02%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	95.56%	32.00%	0.19	3,735,000	32.45%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$4.00	1.01%	0.50%	-15.97%	-33.11%	-13.61%	21.58%	-41.26%	-1.72%	N/A	$6.79	$3.12	41.09%	28.21%	1.03	423,000	-29.38%
BSIN	BIG SKY INDUSTRIAL INC	$1.10	1.85%	3.77%	1.85%	28.81%	14.82%	-19.71%	-23.61%	-75.45%	-93.85%	$1.52	$0.66	27.63%	67.94%	0.43	1,846,000	15.09%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$4.78	-8.08%	-18.79%	-20.02%	9.77%	38.81%	973.03%	-53.75%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	49.44%	1,369.23%	0.86	13,092,000	-17.10%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$3.65	0.27%	-4.70%	-16.09%	-17.61%	0.27%	-26.56%	-54.43%	-24.74%	-32.41%	$5.70	$3.19	35.96%	14.42%	0.75	365,000	12.31%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$7.58	0.13%	1.88%	-8.34%	-3.44%	40.89%	-15.21%	-6.88%	88.56%	-24.43%	$12.12	$4.75	37.46%	59.58%	1.06	1,914,000	1.92%
BKV	BKV CORP	$27.35	0.55%	5.72%	2.24%	-1.01%	-0.33%	18.81%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$19.56	16.64%	39.83%	0.96	832,000	1.84%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$30.93	-0.55%	-3.37%	-5.18%	-29.27%	10.94%	54.65%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$17.29	40.76%	78.89%	0.37	188,000	5.62%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$14.68	0.00%	5.84%	9.14%	-24.87%	-37.74%	-40.93%	27.76%	121.75%	257.35%	$28.10	$12.44	47.76%	18.01%	1.06	2,659,000	12.05%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$8.14	1.74%	9.10%	-10.76%	-15.75%	-18.28%	-11.63%	-32.51%	-15.61%	207.13%	$16.40	$7.16	50.37%	13.67%	-0.06	2,500	-68.75%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.01	-0.98%	-1.94%	-6.48%	-8.18%	-12.17%	-10.62%	-60.39%	-65.99%	-30.34%	$1.40	$0.92	27.86%	9.66%	0.35	41,300	52.96%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.30	-1.31%	4.86%	-20.53%	-59.19%	-63.13%	-77.46%	-99.01%	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.27	87.92%	11.85%	-1.23	1,128,000	96.17%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.45	-3.83%	-3.83%	-28.03%	-49.72%	16.49%	17.40%	-95.74%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.27	71.39%	69.29%	-0.24	876,000	99.54%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$11.06	-0.81%	-3.83%	7.80%	4.44%	20.87%	2.12%	10.71%	-11.19%	-4.24%	$12.87	$8.66	14.06%	27.71%	0.03	16,100	335.14%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in Jul 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. Geopark (NYSE:GPRK)

Geopark (NYSE:GPRK) 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 +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Geopark (NYSE:GPRK) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

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

GPRK passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Geopark has seen its stock return 28.47% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 22 percentage points.

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 B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, 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 "B".

REI passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ring Energy has seen its stock return 31.94% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 25 percentage points.

3. Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD)

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) 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 +17.17% per year. Learn more.

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

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -2 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 "B".

CHRD passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Chord Energy has seen its stock return 9% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 2 percentage points.

Chord Energy has an average 1 year price target of $157.09, an upside of 38.63% from Chord Energy's current stock price of $113.32.

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.

What are the oil and gas stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 40 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 14.44%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.7%.

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. 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 4.7%. 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.

3. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) has an annual dividend yield of 12.94%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.7%.

Vitesse Energy's dividend payout ratio of -434% 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 0.46% in the last day, and down -0.27% 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. 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 29, which is 4 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Apa's stock has gained 66.03% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 60 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 -11 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 25. 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 31.94% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 25 percentage points.

3. Geopark (NYSE:GPRK)

Geopark (NYSE:GPRK) 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.

Geopark has a valuation score of 57, which is 32 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Geopark's stock has gained 28.47% 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?

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 36.79% over the next year.

1.47% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.76% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.18% are rated C (Hold), 13.24% are rated D (Sell), and 7.35% 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 25.04x.

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