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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 99th 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	$9.35	3.09%	1.63%	-13.10%	6.13%	33.38%	34.92%	0.97%	-23.98%	175.00%	$11.87	$5.75	21.23%	62.61%	0.76	375,000	8.07%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.04	-2.80%	-5.45%	-18.11%	-33.33%	16.72%	33.50%	-38.10%	-64.86%	-88.37%	$2.00	$0.72	48.00%	44.44%	1.06	5,804,000	11.21%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$31.75	-2.34%	-4.51%	-10.99%	-13.82%	28.18%	18.56%	-7.94%	22.97%	211.24%	$41.53	$24.08	23.55%	31.85%	1.21	165,000	7.84%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$5.97	1.02%	-3.86%	-21.55%	-31.14%	50.00%	22.34%	22.09%	693.88%	100.34%	$9.74	$3.09	38.71%	93.20%	2.07	260,000	-13.04%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$25.37	0.00%	0.24%	-8.28%	-9.26%	13.06%	-7.61%	-16.57%	48.80%	80.70%	$28.95	$20.85	12.37%	21.68%	0.41	126,000	3.28%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$111.59	-1.53%	-3.78%	-19.30%	-21.52%	24.22%	8.20%	-25.80%	10.92%	N/A	$151.95	$84.25	26.56%	32.46%	0.86	640,000	-20.50%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$26.35	-1.86%	0.80%	-18.60%	-13.49%	43.99%	3.99%	-12.69%	9.93%	-0.11%	$35.86	$17.45	26.52%	51.00%	1.21	3,282,000	-21.20%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$129.39	-1.06%	-1.93%	-7.68%	-9.55%	23.23%	8.18%	15.27%	54.55%	56.34%	$151.87	$101.59	14.80%	27.36%	0.61	2,343,000	-18.70%
APA	APA CORP	$32.46	0.31%	-1.52%	-13.81%	-24.55%	35.93%	67.23%	-3.54%	58.03%	-41.30%	$45.66	$17.87	28.91%	81.70%	1.08	3,864,000	-26.93%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$13.12	-0.91%	-4.93%	-13.23%	-15.35%	-3.60%	22.16%	-12.94%	121.62%	N/A	$18.45	$9.89	28.89%	32.65%	0.88	264,000	-13.16%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$13.20	-2.87%	-1.20%	-11.71%	-17.03%	25.12%	55.66%	-0.38%	-10.93%	N/A	$17.05	$7.67	22.58%	72.10%	1.09	986,000	-57.79%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$48.81	-0.20%	-0.57%	-15.08%	-22.47%	16.94%	12.60%	-15.28%	59.98%	-35.31%	$67.45	$38.80	27.64%	25.80%	0.72	6,632,000	-22.47%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$4.69	1.08%	-2.49%	-14.26%	-12.17%	30.64%	-24.96%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.61	$3.35	29.05%	40.00%	0.44	130,000	-52.38%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$53.30	0.64%	0.19%	-7.96%	-10.30%	41.27%	35.69%	42.97%	76.55%	39.16%	$63.46	$35.51	16.01%	50.10%	1.11	1,471,000	-33.32%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$9.14	-2.14%	-8.60%	-22.34%	-32.30%	13.82%	3.51%	-8.96%	N/A	N/A	$14.29	$7.68	36.04%	19.01%	1.07	5,117,000	-18.22%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$25.01	-0.75%	-2.80%	-10.77%	-19.48%	16.38%	11.16%	22.30%	64.65%	N/A	$32.76	$21.07	23.66%	18.73%	0.93	1,064,000	-49.69%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$31.72	-0.50%	-6.43%	-20.72%	-23.90%	3.86%	33.05%	-14.11%	38.09%	3.26%	$43.34	$21.86	26.81%	45.11%	1.00	1,157,000	-30.72%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$13.44	-6.01%	-0.30%	-2.82%	-22.09%	-2.82%	-6.08%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.33	28.89%	9.00%	0.55	1,023,000	-14.18%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$3.09	0.00%	-3.44%	-21.77%	-9.65%	100.65%	79.65%	-17.38%	-34.12%	36.12%	$5.08	$1.50	39.17%	106.00%	0.90	1,772,000	-19.49%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$174.93	0.94%	2.57%	-7.89%	-26.69%	5.62%	19.44%	90.34%	267.18%	187.89%	$278.90	$126.40	37.28%	38.39%	0.60	94,000	93.02%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$40.36	-0.27%	-3.88%	-10.47%	-18.71%	12.45%	23.50%	-15.12%	44.97%	9.14%	$52.71	$31.45	23.43%	28.33%	0.93	18,700,000	20.97%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.09	0.97%	0.48%	-28.18%	-32.58%	109.00%	3.98%	-64.81%	-33.44%	-63.01%	$3.34	$0.84	37.43%	150.00%	1.14	14,987,000	1.46%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$49.86	-0.64%	0.20%	-9.85%	-21.59%	21.02%	1.65%	-0.80%	45.79%	146.34%	$66.84	$37.14	25.40%	34.25%	1.08	1,430,000	-35.53%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$12.24	-2.08%	-3.92%	-9.87%	-28.71%	-15.06%	-18.24%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.59	$11.13	37.50%	9.97%	0.64	169,000	-40.28%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$50.32	-1.83%	-4.33%	-16.13%	-25.68%	8.45%	8.38%	13.54%	76.81%	N/A	$71.98	$43.25	30.09%	16.36%	0.95	571,000	-17.01%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$18.19	-0.05%	-1.52%	-7.15%	-13.91%	33.55%	32.10%	72.25%	172.71%	85.61%	$22.68	$11.92	19.78%	52.60%	1.14	6,904,000	-27.00%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$5.17	-4.26%	-5.83%	-13.55%	-18.58%	18.85%	-28.19%	-2.27%	1.37%	N/A	$7.55	$4.20	31.52%	23.10%	0.43	233,000	45.63%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$61.21	1.41%	-4.70%	-17.24%	-13.84%	33.38%	30.68%	160.80%	1,481.65%	N/A	$81.44	$31.63	24.84%	93.52%	0.87	746,000	-36.78%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$17.37	-3.23%	-2.25%	-19.25%	-38.99%	-17.40%	-40.53%	-48.27%	-13.80%	-60.43%	$31.28	$17.18	44.47%	1.11%	1.13	3,844,000	8.47%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$2.74	1.11%	-4.20%	-10.16%	-64.92%	7.03%	-53.04%	-73.48%	N/A	N/A	$10.64	$2.31	74.25%	18.61%	-0.44	35,000	-70.34%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$39.35	-0.73%	0.10%	-14.99%	-18.45%	24.56%	23.94%	45.55%	119.22%	150.40%	$51.34	$29.30	23.35%	34.30%	0.73	4,113,000	-55.88%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$7.87	-1.75%	-4.37%	-31.86%	-16.19%	32.94%	35.69%	36.40%	103.36%	-22.99%	$14.59	$5.27	46.06%	49.34%	1.01	271,000	-57.32%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$173.73	0.98%	-3.77%	-12.34%	-10.57%	20.25%	25.96%	36.61%	90.56%	91.97%	$214.51	$134.30	19.01%	29.36%	0.82	1,848,000	-31.30%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$37.30	-1.35%	2.61%	-4.63%	-14.59%	9.19%	-3.77%	32.93%	138.95%	-13.30%	$48.31	$32.60	22.79%	14.42%	0.93	2,546,000	-8.75%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$165.22	-2.16%	-0.47%	-0.94%	-19.72%	-10.82%	-9.78%	59.66%	161.88%	N/A	$225.78	$158.91	26.82%	3.97%	0.73	352,000	-48.91%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$12.56	-0.32%	0.16%	-8.12%	-11.24%	14.08%	-12.78%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.58	$10.46	19.38%	20.08%	0.46	152,000	-56.94%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$402.80	-1.08%	-4.09%	1.68%	-10.26%	37.10%	16.88%	178.18%	134.02%	2,032.46%	$547.20	$269.23	26.39%	49.61%	0.98	230,000	-52.77%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$13.54	-1.81%	-3.08%	-2.24%	-6.36%	1.50%	2.58%	-13.21%	26.90%	-9.73%	$15.49	$11.78	12.59%	14.94%	0.50	463,000	54.33%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$8.74	-2.78%	-5.21%	-24.78%	-36.44%	9.11%	18.11%	-27.95%	4.05%	-72.63%	$14.82	$7.00	41.03%	24.86%	1.01	952,000	-45.03%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$6.47	-3.43%	-3.43%	-17.47%	-8.23%	45.72%	-33.64%	-42.49%	-41.76%	N/A	$10.46	$3.85	38.15%	68.05%	0.96	266,000	-41.28%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$3.85	-1.03%	-3.99%	-21.59%	-12.50%	23.79%	112.71%	22.61%	98.45%	-32.81%	$5.36	$1.79	28.17%	115.08%	1.08	18,191,000	30.56%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$103.58	-1.10%	-0.60%	-12.88%	-21.32%	6.66%	11.92%	3.23%	71.83%	147.21%	$135.87	$85.57	23.77%	21.05%	0.63	5,062,000	-27.00%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$33.38	-1.36%	0.27%	-0.30%	-15.90%	-7.97%	3.73%	90.53%	151.36%	141.74%	$43.62	$27.72	23.48%	20.42%	0.65	1,075,000	-48.59%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$34.68	-1.98%	0.70%	-2.36%	-14.07%	7.40%	-6.32%	58.36%	145.44%	33.64%	$45.75	$29.10	24.20%	19.18%	1.01	2,673,000	-19.66%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$88.89	-2.02%	1.54%	-1.69%	-14.16%	-15.69%	-18.37%	9.34%	65.04%	N/A	$126.62	$86.37	29.80%	2.92%	0.69	3,136,000	-1.79%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$12.52	0.24%	-16.48%	-6.71%	-23.19%	11.75%	1.54%	-31.64%	-57.70%	-79.13%	$18.89	$8.64	33.72%	44.91%	0.48	20,200	-34.84%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$19.41	-0.67%	1.68%	-10.47%	-20.48%	24.34%	24.98%	-14.15%	N/A	-2.41%	$25.19	$14.27	22.95%	36.02%	0.70	570,000	-6.10%
EQT	EQT CORP	$51.71	-1.71%	-0.56%	-2.40%	-14.39%	-3.18%	-7.92%	31.64%	150.05%	-33.17%	$68.24	$48.47	24.22%	6.68%	0.86	6,288,000	28.91%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$4.30	-2.71%	-3.15%	-11.34%	-26.75%	-2.05%	-28.93%	-33.44%	-55.94%	N/A	$6.21	$4.18	30.70%	2.87%	0.46	1,056,000	16.94%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$2.79	0.00%	-0.36%	5.28%	-20.29%	-10.00%	-4.12%	-34.81%	-51.39%	N/A	$8.50	$2.44	67.18%	14.34%	-0.00	116,000	-14.07%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$14.47	-0.14%	0.28%	-6.77%	-3.40%	24.10%	3.73%	-0.75%	13.05%	N/A	$15.80	$11.31	8.39%	27.94%	0.52	325,000	-12.63%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$36.87	1.24%	2.90%	3.86%	3.22%	88.21%	121.57%	132.62%	422.98%	708.55%	$38.73	$12.94	4.80%	185.04%	0.89	505,000	-32.21%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$5.46	-1.44%	-4.88%	-5.86%	-13.33%	19.74%	24.66%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.02	$4.10	22.22%	33.17%	0.64	97,000	37.39%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.60	-2.62%	-3.35%	-6.81%	-9.41%	-8.45%	-54.70%	-70.42%	-63.28%	441.67%	$6.31	$2.41	58.80%	7.88%	0.96	73,000	12.31%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$2.17	6.90%	-7.66%	-22.50%	-72.57%	-78.68%	-78.32%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$2.03	90.57%	6.90%	-0.43	694,000	-17.38%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$12.42	0.40%	0.32%	-8.94%	-1.27%	18.97%	-17.42%	-43.18%	N/A	N/A	$15.55	$10.12	20.13%	22.73%	0.30	72,000	6.67%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$0.98	3.05%	1.35%	-17.73%	-20.41%	-53.38%	-89.60%	-95.32%	-95.18%	-96.31%	$12.70	$0.85	92.29%	15.31%	-0.50	69,000	-48.12%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$5.03	-0.59%	1.62%	-9.04%	-19.78%	39.72%	31.33%	35.22%	59.68%	370.09%	$6.72	$3.37	25.09%	49.48%	0.94	753,000	-44.88%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$15.01	-3.04%	-5.60%	-15.82%	-17.48%	-22.35%	-34.20%	-29.79%	N/A	N/A	$27.15	$15.01	44.71%	0.00%	0.70	536,000	10.06%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$1.42	7.58%	0.00%	4.41%	-66.51%	23.48%	4.41%	-75.26%	-89.13%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	95.22%	42.00%	0.20	5,956,000	59.46%
BSIN	BIG SKY INDUSTRIAL INC	$1.12	1.82%	4.67%	12.79%	28.59%	14.64%	-15.79%	-20.00%	-73.65%	-93.67%	$1.52	$0.66	26.32%	70.99%	0.43	1,877,000	1.68%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$3.86	-3.50%	-4.22%	-15.16%	-37.64%	-15.16%	21.38%	-40.16%	-6.54%	N/A	$6.79	$3.14	43.15%	22.93%	1.03	604,000	42.79%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$4.76	-0.31%	-22.48%	-2.96%	13.60%	45.57%	1,017.37%	-53.90%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	49.60%	1,364.62%	0.86	10,501,000	-19.79%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$7.59	0.13%	3.13%	-10.28%	-8.66%	49.41%	-16.78%	-8.22%	106.81%	-23.95%	$12.12	$4.75	37.38%	59.79%	1.06	1,907,000	-0.37%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$3.52	-3.56%	-5.38%	-19.82%	-22.81%	5.39%	-26.67%	-54.87%	-25.27%	-36.23%	$5.70	$3.19	38.25%	10.34%	0.74	314,000	-13.97%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$31.39	1.49%	-1.81%	-8.75%	-26.90%	21.53%	67.95%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$18.04	39.88%	74.01%	0.37	100,000	-46.81%
BKV	BKV CORP	$27.05	-1.10%	4.04%	4.76%	-3.32%	1.50%	20.87%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$19.56	17.56%	38.29%	0.95	642,000	-22.84%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$14.16	-3.54%	-0.21%	10.19%	-26.82%	-38.17%	-40.43%	28.84%	122.99%	240.30%	$28.10	$12.44	49.61%	13.83%	1.06	1,605,000	-39.64%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$11.50	3.98%	4.55%	12.09%	8.64%	26.37%	6.48%	14.77%	-8.00%	-3.28%	$12.87	$8.66	10.64%	32.79%	0.03	11,500	-28.57%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$0.98	-2.97%	-4.85%	-6.67%	-14.78%	-14.78%	-18.33%	-60.32%	-63.16%	-34.62%	$1.40	$0.92	30.00%	6.41%	0.35	27,200	-34.14%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.47	4.42%	1.51%	-17.34%	-46.00%	21.03%	24.87%	-95.56%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.27	70.13%	76.78%	-0.24	360,000	-58.90%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$8.02	-1.46%	9.71%	-9.17%	-14.68%	-25.40%	-5.76%	-30.86%	-18.16%	197.59%	$16.40	$7.16	51.10%	12.01%	-0.06	2,500	0.00%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.31	2.32%	2.66%	-18.04%	-54.76%	-62.50%	-76.59%	-98.97%	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.27	87.64%	14.44%	-1.23	855,000	-24.20%

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: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Geopark (NYSE:GPRK) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 10 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29.

GPRK passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Geopark has seen its stock return 34.92% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 27 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 33.5% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 25 percentage points.

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 +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) has a Due Diligence Score of 60, which is 31 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29.

REPX passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Riley Exploration Permian has seen its stock return 18.56% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 10 percentage points.

Riley Exploration Permian has an average 1 year price target of $49.50, an upside of 55.91% from Riley Exploration Permian's current stock price of $31.75.

Riley Exploration Permian stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 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 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 14.49%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.78%.

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 13.64%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.78%. 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 13.35%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.78%.

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 down?

Oil and gas stocks were down -0.77% in the last day, and down -1.8% 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 14, which is -10 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 24. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates APA a Valuation Rating of "B".

Apa's stock has gained 67.23% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 59 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 -10 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 24. 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 33.5% 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 43, which is 19 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Geopark's stock has gained 34.92% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 27 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 38% 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), 11.76% are rated D (Sell), and 8.82% 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 25.27x.

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