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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 119th 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 %
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$17.84	1.42%	4.33%	11.22%	17.99%	53.26%	62.92%	14.51%	237.24%	N/A	$18.45	$8.81	3.31%	102.50%	0.96	469,000	44.75%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.47	-2.65%	13.08%	23.53%	56.38%	49.69%	22.50%	-36.09%	-31.94%	-70.60%	$1.64	$0.72	10.37%	104.17%	1.21	11,572,000	-27.85%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$29.47	0.07%	6.66%	4.24%	7.16%	3.66%	2.40%	-10.89%	47.79%	72.95%	$30.95	$21.98	4.78%	34.08%	1.36	248,000	3.33%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$210.82	0.81%	7.36%	4.93%	-3.15%	23.02%	26.13%	156.47%	N/A	N/A	$225.78	$153.27	6.63%	37.55%	0.80	759,000	97.66%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$41.52	-0.86%	7.76%	14.82%	4.09%	20.87%	12.83%	48.71%	321.52%	35.11%	$43.49	$30.32	4.53%	36.94%	1.00	3,531,000	-14.59%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$11.24	-6.41%	8.81%	15.64%	15.88%	19.19%	-2.68%	-8.69%	N/A	N/A	$12.40	$6.83	9.35%	64.57%	1.18	19,831,000	107.16%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$5.29	-0.56%	8.18%	12.31%	4.96%	-8.32%	-20.09%	-10.34%	33.92%	N/A	$8.50	$4.20	37.76%	25.95%	0.49	389,000	-8.69%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$17.24	0.47%	7.08%	4.36%	20.31%	21.41%	-0.92%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.90	$11.13	13.36%	54.90%	1.05	205,000	-37.12%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$5.15	0.39%	0.39%	2.79%	-3.01%	-2.65%	-8.53%	-8.85%	-47.71%	N/A	$6.72	$4.18	23.36%	23.21%	0.52	727,000	-15.47%
EQT	EQT CORP	$61.61	-0.05%	5.48%	10.81%	0.72%	19.52%	26.48%	79.36%	234.47%	3.23%	$63.06	$43.57	2.30%	41.40%	0.92	9,201,000	3.90%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$4.46	-2.19%	0.68%	9.31%	7.99%	-10.44%	-8.23%	-34.51%	21.53%	-1.33%	$5.70	$3.19	21.75%	39.81%	0.85	454,000	-33.82%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$26.77	-1.04%	5.10%	8.38%	20.69%	5.94%	-8.23%	-14.47%	83.23%	162.71%	$30.51	$20.85	12.26%	28.39%	0.46	295,000	-8.39%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$3.10	3.33%	19.69%	42.20%	73.18%	75.14%	102.61%	-50.56%	-9.36%	16.54%	$3.48	$1.09	10.92%	184.40%	1.13	15,338,000	49.29%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$51.79	-0.71%	3.39%	17.41%	22.38%	25.40%	30.55%	12.37%	102.07%	110.10%	$53.21	$29.80	2.67%	73.79%	1.22	5,004,000	-18.63%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$107.99	-0.46%	4.66%	-0.47%	-12.12%	11.24%	9.80%	28.30%	128.55%	N/A	$126.62	$91.02	14.71%	18.65%	0.74	2,768,000	-1.14%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$37.59	1.38%	11.11%	10.66%	3.27%	18.24%	3.98%	37.69%	292.79%	57.35%	$44.02	$29.10	14.61%	29.18%	1.11	6,239,000	-29.46%
BKV	BKV CORP	$31.34	0.22%	5.49%	9.54%	12.33%	38.86%	61.55%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$15.00	4.48%	108.93%	1.19	694,000	-48.29%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.64	28.51%	66.67%	62.03%	41.59%	79.78%	22.14%	-93.85%	N/A	N/A	$0.83	$0.27	22.89%	139.70%	0.03	197,826,000	104.69%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$201.45	-2.06%	9.65%	11.11%	7.72%	34.49%	6.21%	121.37%	306.19%	306.48%	$238.20	$126.40	15.43%	59.38%	0.67	25,800	-71.65%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$59.57	1.15%	3.60%	6.38%	11.76%	55.98%	20.71%	208.65%	2,191.15%	N/A	$62.42	$31.63	4.57%	88.33%	0.98	3,118,000	-20.38%
APA	APA CORP	$31.85	0.50%	11.29%	20.37%	18.18%	40.43%	68.61%	-22.60%	59.97%	-29.36%	$32.78	$13.58	2.82%	134.47%	1.22	12,553,000	-0.91%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$14.54	-0.21%	2.90%	7.46%	14.58%	5.82%	0.83%	-10.47%	33.76%	N/A	$15.12	$10.98	3.84%	32.42%	0.58	767,000	-12.74%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$6.16	3.18%	5.48%	12.41%	25.46%	17.78%	10.39%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.26	$3.81	1.60%	61.68%	0.84	429,000	518.16%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$44.00	-2.11%	1.66%	7.03%	16.74%	25.43%	27.87%	-22.36%	93.92%	100.00%	$46.15	$25.89	4.66%	69.95%	1.05	16,513,000	-1.71%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$128.01	-0.50%	3.48%	15.92%	14.80%	6.16%	6.20%	5.12%	91.09%	84.85%	$131.32	$101.59	2.52%	26.00%	0.71	8,148,000	-10.33%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$27.89	1.75%	-4.65%	16.26%	42.08%	66.41%	107.21%	38.55%	581.91%	156.34%	$30.35	$7.68	8.11%	263.15%	0.93	1,760,000	22.82%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$28.42	-0.46%	4.52%	10.89%	20.99%	18.17%	27.67%	22.29%	143.32%	N/A	$29.10	$19.09	2.33%	48.87%	1.06	3,249,000	-12.71%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$44.13	-0.50%	3.62%	17.74%	29.30%	41.31%	65.16%	46.42%	196.67%	260.24%	$45.85	$24.65	3.75%	79.03%	0.82	9,169,000	-48.00%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$12.88	-0.54%	-3.45%	9.52%	4.63%	-8.85%	-10.99%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.91	$10.46	19.04%	23.14%	0.58	494,000	6.01%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$14.95	-1.84%	-1.84%	1.08%	3.96%	23.25%	2.61%	-5.80%	59.89%	15.62%	$15.52	$11.78	3.67%	26.91%	0.56	769,000	34.44%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$53.50	-1.15%	5.88%	20.06%	20.82%	9.34%	12.07%	-7.49%	131.70%	178.65%	$55.26	$35.19	3.18%	52.03%	1.22	1,783,000	-50.68%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$28.09	0.57%	3.35%	14.65%	17.53%	9.51%	-1.16%	-16.77%	110.57%	-36.01%	$32.62	$19.88	13.89%	41.30%	1.26	3,981,000	-9.11%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$24.09	-0.41%	7.26%	26.59%	19.20%	-13.35%	-19.73%	-24.48%	54.32%	83.19%	$32.26	$17.45	25.33%	38.05%	1.40	7,728,000	-23.54%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$21.52	0.51%	9.96%	20.90%	27.49%	28.10%	40.29%	-16.88%	13.41%	8.25%	$21.91	$11.26	1.78%	91.12%	0.76	1,529,000	-0.97%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$4.30	7.23%	7.50%	10.54%	5.13%	-20.37%	-43.20%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.31	$3.35	53.81%	28.36%	0.69	297,000	23.75%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$3.86	0.00%	2.39%	9.66%	18.77%	71.56%	85.58%	-6.99%	282.18%	16.97%	$4.07	$1.36	5.16%	183.82%	1.16	24,415,000	-15.65%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$41.91	0.05%	11.58%	9.34%	3.76%	42.07%	46.64%	156.80%	204.14%	388.29%	$43.12	$27.68	2.81%	51.41%	0.72	1,768,000	-5.25%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$11.43	0.62%	8.55%	14.19%	26.58%	52.60%	47.87%	-19.11%	73.18%	-61.86%	$12.00	$5.14	4.75%	122.37%	1.13	4,994,000	3.57%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$5.29	1.54%	1.93%	2.12%	46.54%	38.85%	41.82%	1.93%	68.47%	348.31%	$5.48	$3.00	3.47%	76.33%	1.04	1,959,000	13.30%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$8.04	0.75%	6.49%	8.65%	29.68%	35.35%	60.80%	5.51%	461.84%	1.64%	$8.33	$3.88	3.48%	107.22%	1.09	851,000	-15.91%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$20.65	2.08%	12.90%	-8.10%	-22.86%	30.61%	14.72%	56.80%	255.42%	498.55%	$31.17	$14.65	33.76%	40.96%	1.15	2,194,000	-24.03%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$14.52	4.39%	10.59%	11.78%	-4.41%	-7.57%	15.61%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.86	$10.08	13.85%	44.05%	0.76	1,356,000	70.78%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$60.47	-1.69%	3.76%	11.49%	26.67%	22.91%	52.20%	37.53%	131.15%	N/A	$62.69	$30.97	3.54%	95.25%	1.00	1,223,000	6.35%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$12.76	-0.47%	0.71%	6.51%	2.08%	-7.54%	-31.58%	-45.98%	N/A	N/A	$20.24	$10.12	36.96%	26.09%	0.39	240,000	-7.69%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$5.25	-22.11%	17.19%	31.58%	82.29%	80.41%	98.11%	-4.37%	-37.20%	N/A	$8.50	$2.10	38.24%	150.00%	0.12	13,039,000	-54.05%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$523.64	-1.40%	-1.56%	55.79%	71.74%	72.73%	15.82%	159.38%	307.25%	3,230.62%	$547.20	$269.23	4.31%	94.49%	1.03	569,000	-24.13%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$27.68	134.58%	578.43%	874.65%	2,286.21%	2,328.07%	1,822.22%	220.00%	114.57%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	6.80%	2,668.00%	0.63	66,589,000	-14.85%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$18.60	-4.91%	-17.99%	-11.30%	-14.80%	-28.27%	-24.27%	-8.33%	N/A	N/A	$27.15	$18.57	31.49%	0.16%	0.88	984,000	13.36%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$118.52	0.24%	7.17%	12.97%	29.09%	25.22%	27.95%	9.09%	120.87%	207.37%	$122.50	$79.88	3.25%	48.37%	0.74	17,350,000	9.33%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$5.83	-1.35%	6.78%	17.30%	0.69%	48.35%	24.84%	-42.45%	78.83%	N/A	$6.55	$2.27	10.99%	156.83%	1.14	1,187,000	-20.92%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$53.68	-0.98%	3.33%	18.60%	26.45%	15.94%	15.57%	-12.36%	87.30%	-23.85%	$56.34	$34.79	4.72%	54.32%	0.84	24,192,000	-25.76%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$34.87	0.14%	10.70%	13.36%	5.79%	39.20%	42.56%	-16.10%	99.71%	64.09%	$36.08	$18.95	3.35%	84.06%	1.16	2,201,000	-27.07%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$112.34	-0.86%	7.07%	15.32%	17.18%	5.05%	5.94%	-21.97%	90.08%	N/A	$116.26	$79.83	3.37%	40.72%	0.95	1,236,000	-28.64%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$1.95	74.11%	383.87%	195.45%	120.34%	69.57%	41.30%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.29	$0.36	14.85%	449.30%	-0.72	300,895,000	-29.59%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$6.58	1.08%	6.47%	20.51%	41.20%	62.07%	54.82%	656.32%	745.76%	137.55%	$6.92	$3.09	4.91%	112.94%	2.20	1,075,000	-7.25%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$5.54	-3.65%	9.06%	14.94%	-4.48%	-26.91%	-53.68%	-80.67%	-56.31%	N/A	$13.12	$3.85	57.76%	43.90%	1.12	1,935,000	14.09%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$13.09	1.47%	-0.30%	9.45%	11.12%	36.35%	56.77%	-21.48%	17.29%	N/A	$13.85	$6.23	5.49%	110.28%	1.24	2,418,000	-22.99%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$177.53	-0.80%	2.90%	8.99%	12.09%	24.77%	19.95%	20.97%	138.49%	144.84%	$183.31	$114.00	3.15%	55.73%	0.91	5,506,000	6.05%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$2.25	-33.82%	-34.59%	-25.74%	-0.88%	-72.46%	-78.16%	-93.08%	-90.34%	-89.71%	$25.56	$1.37	91.20%	64.23%	-0.49	5,435,000	-27.09%
USEG	US ENERGY CORP	$1.43	24.35%	44.01%	37.50%	43.86%	23.28%	-5.30%	-33.18%	-69.38%	-93.17%	$2.75	$0.91	48.00%	57.14%	0.55	47,509,000	-43.79%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$31.00	-3.73%	-0.86%	10.95%	24.40%	45.81%	23.85%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.88	$17.29	5.72%	79.29%	0.63	68,000	19.30%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$4.31	-2.05%	-14.48%	-35.33%	1.89%	1,034.21%	122.16%	-57.91%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	54.37%	1,226.15%	0.67	2,162,000	16.05%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.57	7.08%	15.25%	86.23%	135.78%	52.98%	2.80%	-68.00%	-21.17%	-52.58%	$2.66	$0.84	3.38%	207.42%	1.37	37,586,000	-15.26%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$5.61	0.00%	5.85%	10.87%	-8.33%	-46.32%	-22.73%	-20.54%	180.50%	-43.33%	$12.12	$4.75	53.71%	18.11%	1.22	4,748,000	-28.04%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$3.77	6.20%	25.25%	24.42%	16.72%	-21.46%	-42.18%	-69.25%	135.63%	1,246.43%	$6.90	$2.77	45.36%	36.10%	1.14	230,000	16.16%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$8.27	-2.71%	-1.55%	2.61%	-0.24%	32.53%	7.82%	-39.33%	-52.66%	175.67%	$9.09	$5.66	9.02%	46.11%	0.83	882,000	45.07%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$12.81	0.87%	20.29%	16.45%	46.40%	44.58%	16.24%	-1.46%	56.79%	421.79%	$16.40	$5.89	21.89%	117.49%	0.07	265,000	159.80%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$0.69	-0.86%	14.19%	18.90%	30.81%	10.72%	-4.02%	-32.16%	-55.35%	-67.05%	$0.82	$0.43	15.61%	60.19%	0.65	2,997,000	64.49%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$3.55	-2.47%	32.96%	41.43%	8.56%	-12.78%	-43.29%	-65.45%	N/A	N/A	$18.30	$2.31	80.60%	53.68%	-0.04	741,000	120.54%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$18.39	-2.13%	3.37%	13.94%	24.76%	32.88%	42.12%	55.06%	296.34%	N/A	$19.31	$10.01	4.76%	83.72%	1.25	23,642,000	30.58%
CTRA	COTERRA ENERGY INC	$30.90	-1.94%	1.31%	6.77%	13.77%	28.38%	17.58%	17.31%	65.42%	39.38%	$32.67	$22.33	5.42%	38.38%	0.69	8,015,000	-19.62%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$11.05	0.00%	6.97%	0.36%	5.74%	-10.45%	-6.83%	11.62%	1.82%	18.82%	$13.25	$8.66	16.60%	27.60%	0.01	0	-100.00%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.17	-9.30%	15.84%	11.43%	2.63%	4.46%	-13.33%	-52.44%	-62.26%	-19.31%	$2.28	$0.92	48.68%	27.04%	0.42	1,010,000	-32.80%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in Mar 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. Sandridge Energy (NYSE:SD)

Sandridge Energy (NYSE:SD) is the #1 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 Sandridge Energy (NYSE:SD) is: Value: C, Growth: D, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Sandridge Energy (NYSE:SD) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 19 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30.

SD passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sandridge Energy has seen its stock return 62.92% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 46 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 C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) has a Due Diligence Score of 11, which is -19 points lower than the oil and gas industry average of 30.

REI passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ring Energy has seen its stock return 22.5% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 5 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 C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

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

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 26 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30.

REPX passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Riley Exploration Permian has seen its stock return 2.4% over the past year, underperforming other oil and gas stocks by -15 percentage points.

Riley Exploration Permian has an average 1 year price target of $36.00, an upside of 22.16% from Riley Exploration Permian's current stock price of $29.47.

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.

What are the oil and gas stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 35 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 15.83%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.57%.

Txo Partners's dividend payout ratio of -469.8% 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 15.3%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.57%.

Mach Natural Resources's dividend payout ratio of 234% 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 12.1%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.57%.

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 down?

Oil and gas stocks were down -0.13% in the last day, and up 4.96% 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. 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 -19.73% 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 gained 2.4% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by -15 percentage points.

3. Gulfport Energy (NYSE:GPOR)

Gulfport Energy (NYSE:GPOR) 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.

Gulfport Energy has a valuation score of 57, which is 26 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gulfport Energy's stock has gained 26.13% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 9 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 11.07% over the next year.

0% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 1.56% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.44% are rated C (Hold), 17.19% are rated D (Sell), and 7.81% 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 21.96x.

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