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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 83rd 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	$137.99	-0.01%	0.09%	-7.54%	21.77%	49.02%	50.14%	-7.78%	49.99%	N/A	$151.95	$84.25	9.18%	63.80%	0.88	451,000	-29.97%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.36	3.03%	3.03%	-29.90%	-9.93%	50.28%	78.95%	-24.86%	-50.55%	-83.85%	$2.00	$0.72	32.00%	88.89%	1.08	6,856,000	24.81%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$32.94	0.83%	3.62%	4.97%	36.17%	68.66%	37.71%	16.77%	35.78%	2.46%	$35.86	$17.45	8.14%	88.77%	1.25	3,876,000	42.45%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$138.58	1.43%	1.75%	-2.14%	7.72%	27.07%	24.47%	23.82%	62.52%	72.17%	$151.87	$101.59	8.75%	36.41%	0.64	2,961,000	-2.05%
APA	APA CORP	$37.81	0.16%	0.83%	-10.02%	19.31%	48.57%	118.18%	12.26%	60.76%	-32.29%	$45.66	$17.74	17.19%	113.19%	1.11	3,532,000	-28.18%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$11.99	-0.91%	-3.54%	-12.55%	-0.17%	28.24%	39.74%	20.99%	N/A	N/A	$14.29	$7.68	16.10%	56.12%	1.09	4,869,000	-12.88%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$36.04	1.18%	0.56%	-1.42%	22.38%	32.60%	38.24%	0.81%	5.16%	336.85%	$41.53	$24.08	13.22%	49.67%	1.22	253,000	-28.53%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$28.06	1.45%	0.83%	3.05%	3.73%	30.21%	2.78%	-5.49%	77.48%	110.98%	$28.95	$20.85	3.07%	34.58%	0.42	130,000	35.42%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$5.47	1.48%	1.48%	-4.70%	36.41%	37.09%	-23.92%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.27	$3.35	33.86%	63.28%	0.47	114,000	-55.47%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$4.02	0.75%	-1.23%	-8.22%	34.00%	145.12%	156.05%	-0.25%	-5.85%	95.15%	$5.08	$1.50	20.87%	168.00%	0.95	3,656,000	-51.21%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$15.23	0.00%	3.32%	-4.15%	-13.42%	6.21%	49.46%	4.17%	150.08%	N/A	$18.45	$9.89	17.45%	53.98%	0.90	205,000	-34.71%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$14.96	0.54%	1.08%	-7.65%	15.97%	32.74%	86.07%	9.04%	-2.54%	N/A	$17.05	$7.67	12.26%	95.05%	1.12	1,305,000	9.94%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$61.71	0.18%	0.77%	-10.79%	0.33%	30.11%	37.16%	56.82%	107.29%	N/A	$71.98	$43.25	14.27%	42.70%	0.96	583,000	-27.49%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$58.54	0.69%	3.67%	-6.98%	12.23%	43.66%	60.03%	64.48%	97.70%	45.26%	$63.46	$35.51	7.75%	64.85%	1.13	1,589,000	-45.07%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$56.00	-0.12%	4.13%	-12.25%	3.47%	30.38%	28.71%	18.32%	72.63%	145.83%	$66.84	$37.14	16.22%	50.78%	1.11	1,683,000	55.40%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$47.21	2.72%	0.81%	-0.78%	6.45%	40.72%	53.18%	68.40%	154.23%	220.94%	$51.34	$29.30	8.04%	61.13%	0.75	9,205,000	78.01%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$59.09	0.29%	2.84%	-1.96%	9.00%	40.76%	42.59%	-1.01%	102.16%	-21.43%	$67.45	$38.80	12.39%	52.29%	0.74	9,562,000	-21.96%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$37.96	1.74%	4.06%	-9.94%	9.02%	20.70%	78.47%	0.24%	55.00%	24.58%	$43.34	$21.39	12.41%	77.47%	1.04	1,738,000	17.75%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$76.72	0.92%	3.24%	4.69%	30.28%	53.47%	55.15%	254.36%	1,852.16%	N/A	$81.44	$31.63	5.79%	142.55%	0.88	381,000	-56.75%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$8.30	-1.07%	1.59%	-12.72%	27.50%	83.63%	71.49%	49.82%	1,057.60%	178.52%	$9.74	$3.09	14.78%	168.61%	2.09	177,000	-53.30%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$22.04	-1.48%	-1.34%	-17.76%	-21.09%	-2.95%	-18.61%	-29.79%	16.61%	-50.80%	$32.62	$20.18	32.43%	9.22%	1.16	2,951,000	55.97%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$27.75	0.14%	-1.42%	-10.83%	-2.80%	21.13%	26.08%	36.30%	92.84%	N/A	$32.76	$21.07	15.29%	31.74%	0.96	1,716,000	-15.72%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$46.22	-0.19%	2.39%	-9.83%	2.83%	24.05%	48.43%	-4.76%	50.06%	25.56%	$52.71	$31.32	12.31%	47.57%	0.96	9,343,000	-27.98%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$14.27	-4.29%	-5.56%	-15.16%	2.59%	-3.52%	1.06%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.33	24.50%	15.73%	0.59	1,500,000	81.38%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$39.66	-0.30%	-0.97%	-7.77%	-5.30%	4.18%	1.90%	41.24%	164.75%	-8.32%	$48.31	$32.60	17.91%	21.66%	0.95	2,965,000	-21.89%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$19.72	0.25%	0.46%	-12.43%	4.95%	38.00%	54.30%	100.20%	230.32%	96.22%	$22.68	$11.92	13.03%	65.44%	1.16	7,270,000	-11.05%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$3.25	-2.40%	8.33%	-12.87%	-10.71%	2.85%	-66.49%	-68.81%	N/A	N/A	$10.64	$2.31	69.45%	40.69%	-0.42	335,000	-53.41%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$116.87	1.12%	0.26%	-6.44%	-1.16%	30.89%	34.77%	14.19%	98.12%	163.34%	$135.87	$85.23	13.98%	37.12%	0.66	3,325,000	-53.06%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.97	2.06%	4.21%	-9.17%	23.75%	177.57%	68.75%	-54.93%	-15.38%	-46.96%	$3.34	$0.84	11.08%	255.26%	1.18	9,493,000	-32.63%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$5.81	-0.34%	-0.51%	-7.78%	9.21%	24.15%	-19.42%	16.20%	39.66%	N/A	$8.50	$4.20	31.65%	38.33%	0.45	125,000	-12.59%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$13.20	-0.45%	-4.14%	-23.92%	-23.08%	-3.93%	-22.58%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.90	$11.13	33.67%	18.60%	0.75	514,000	48.55%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$182.56	0.14%	-26.83%	-20.15%	-11.24%	0.83%	-2.01%	88.24%	315.48%	204.67%	$278.90	$126.40	34.54%	44.43%	0.62	35,600	-38.62%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$167.38	-0.64%	-2.82%	-14.06%	-19.96%	-21.31%	-14.55%	69.70%	163.59%	N/A	$225.78	$160.95	25.87%	4.00%	0.75	239,000	13.27%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$202.40	1.69%	3.73%	-5.28%	13.10%	29.76%	47.10%	54.09%	134.15%	119.00%	$214.51	$134.30	5.65%	50.71%	0.84	1,799,000	-0.33%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$13.39	0.22%	-2.26%	-3.53%	3.40%	10.84%	1.06%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.60	$10.46	14.17%	28.01%	0.49	237,000	-39.39%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$36.26	-1.36%	1.28%	-8.27%	-2.21%	4.44%	-6.18%	70.08%	178.71%	25.51%	$45.75	$29.10	20.74%	24.60%	1.03	4,658,000	-10.22%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$11.73	0.69%	-0.93%	-13.11%	3.26%	31.80%	72.75%	0.09%	37.19%	-64.63%	$14.82	$6.64	20.85%	76.66%	1.03	687,000	-27.76%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.63	0.48%	0.16%	-20.51%	26.10%	42.73%	79.43%	-94.05%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.27	60.25%	135.21%	-0.22	687,000	-54.41%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$22.51	1.44%	3.49%	-4.05%	5.14%	35.11%	55.13%	-3.31%	N/A	16.94%	$25.19	$14.27	10.64%	57.74%	0.71	456,000	-34.67%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$33.32	-0.42%	-4.06%	-13.03%	-20.46%	-14.54%	3.22%	106.44%	134.81%	164.61%	$43.62	$27.72	23.61%	20.20%	0.67	1,674,000	43.32%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$5.00	1.01%	2.04%	-2.34%	29.53%	57.73%	194.12%	43.27%	192.40%	1.01%	$5.36	$1.69	6.72%	195.86%	1.09	16,200,000	-1.88%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$12.33	6.48%	6.66%	-14.73%	54.51%	105.84%	147.09%	99.51%	501.46%	164.88%	$14.59	$5.04	15.49%	144.64%	1.02	531,000	-32.95%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$370.82	0.70%	-7.32%	-14.33%	-30.18%	28.66%	0.21%	143.25%	123.89%	1,878.34%	$547.20	$269.23	32.23%	37.73%	0.98	351,000	-31.45%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$91.54	-0.60%	-3.18%	-9.16%	-15.62%	-22.24%	-23.27%	14.96%	71.36%	N/A	$126.62	$91.02	27.71%	0.58%	0.70	3,175,000	1.73%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$5.01	-0.79%	-3.28%	-17.33%	-2.34%	-2.53%	-12.26%	-15.51%	-48.62%	N/A	$6.72	$4.18	25.45%	19.86%	0.48	972,000	-26.59%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$13.60	-0.44%	-0.87%	-4.49%	-10.70%	-3.06%	0.52%	-15.11%	33.07%	-12.03%	$15.49	$11.78	12.20%	15.45%	0.52	273,000	-17.52%
EQT	EQT CORP	$54.68	-1.05%	-2.72%	-7.45%	-11.29%	-6.69%	-3.49%	49.60%	151.63%	-25.90%	$68.24	$48.47	19.87%	12.81%	0.89	4,802,000	-16.79%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$12.92	-0.62%	-8.11%	-19.30%	-7.48%	28.17%	-0.60%	-25.76%	-57.22%	-76.93%	$18.89	$8.64	31.60%	49.54%	0.53	30,000	500.00%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$15.23	0.07%	3.25%	-2.43%	4.53%	21.74%	14.51%	0.26%	18.06%	N/A	$15.65	$11.31	2.68%	34.66%	0.54	859,000	-17.32%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.08	-2.70%	0.00%	-5.26%	-16.28%	-4.42%	-8.47%	-61.29%	-66.25%	-32.50%	$2.28	$0.92	52.63%	17.26%	0.37	12,600	-81.08%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$2.92	-1.35%	0.34%	-15.61%	-56.68%	3.91%	13.62%	-39.29%	-49.66%	N/A	$8.50	$2.45	65.65%	19.18%	0.01	387,000	-60.31%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$5.89	1.03%	1.38%	-9.24%	-1.34%	24.52%	35.71%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.02	$4.10	16.10%	43.66%	0.66	64,000	-74.19%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$36.11	0.81%	6.30%	5.74%	31.74%	84.99%	170.49%	127.11%	464.22%	724.43%	$36.94	$12.70	2.25%	184.33%	0.90	762,000	7.02%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.63	-4.01%	-3.66%	-5.40%	-25.92%	-13.20%	-46.87%	-74.95%	-69.56%	452.52%	$6.31	$2.41	58.32%	9.13%	0.97	80,000	37.93%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$7.92	6.17%	12.18%	14.45%	37.74%	22.03%	-21.74%	-41.55%	-21.97%	N/A	$12.00	$3.85	34.00%	105.71%	0.99	741,000	-9.08%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$1.49	-9.15%	-10.78%	-59.40%	-87.37%	29.57%	12.45%	-78.44%	-88.22%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	94.98%	49.00%	0.30	3,530,000	-77.53%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$5.41	-0.55%	-1.99%	-18.89%	3.84%	55.46%	66.46%	32.92%	74.52%	383.04%	$6.72	$3.30	19.43%	63.94%	0.94	604,000	-42.20%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$3.06	-2.86%	-6.99%	7.37%	-70.20%	-69.85%	-69.46%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$2.56	86.70%	19.77%	-0.58	975,000	46.40%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$13.50	3.05%	1.50%	8.52%	5.30%	7.06%	-9.21%	-38.85%	N/A	N/A	$16.26	$10.12	16.97%	33.40%	0.31	440,000	42.39%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$18.24	2.88%	4.83%	-4.40%	-6.75%	-14.08%	-15.12%	-24.41%	N/A	N/A	$27.15	$16.91	32.82%	7.87%	0.75	619,000	49.88%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$1.17	0.00%	1.74%	-1.68%	-65.59%	-44.81%	-73.51%	-94.98%	-93.54%	-95.35%	$25.56	$1.01	95.42%	15.84%	-0.51	116,000	-47.03%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$4.76	-0.21%	0.21%	-24.68%	-19.46%	-15.60%	50.63%	-32.96%	22.37%	N/A	$6.79	$3.11	29.90%	53.05%	1.04	505,000	-42.87%
USEG	US ENERGY CORP	$1.08	0.93%	11.11%	-4.42%	-6.09%	11.69%	-18.80%	-27.03%	-73.98%	-95.08%	$2.75	$0.66	60.73%	64.89%	0.46	1,103,000	-51.58%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$4.35	1.40%	1.87%	-11.76%	-4.61%	10.13%	-4.81%	-46.69%	7.41%	-22.87%	$5.70	$3.19	23.68%	36.36%	0.77	255,000	-24.78%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$13.45	0.22%	2.05%	-24.31%	-33.51%	-46.96%	-43.34%	38.52%	119.06%	263.51%	$31.17	$12.85	56.86%	4.67%	1.08	3,285,000	58.01%
BKV	BKV CORP	$26.75	0.72%	-1.22%	-16.67%	-14.45%	0.94%	23.56%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$19.56	18.47%	36.76%	1.00	750,000	1.63%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$5.97	6.42%	39.16%	43.86%	35.68%	36.46%	1,048.08%	-42.46%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	36.79%	1,736.92%	0.77	13,093,000	-30.87%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$8.27	-0.12%	-1.19%	-2.93%	47.42%	42.10%	4.55%	43.83%	246.03%	-16.88%	$12.12	$4.75	31.77%	74.11%	1.09	1,706,000	-29.33%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$32.62	-1.45%	-3.75%	-9.16%	1.30%	35.24%	59.12%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$17.29	37.52%	88.66%	0.40	367,000	29.68%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$9.12	1.56%	1.33%	-10.15%	-28.19%	4.35%	30.66%	-19.29%	7.67%	280.00%	$16.40	$6.75	44.39%	35.11%	-0.01	9,300	-68.79%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.38	-5.00%	4.97%	-28.97%	-66.07%	-55.66%	-66.96%	-98.69%	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.34	84.80%	11.76%	-1.22	1,710,000	-52.97%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$10.26	-0.39%	-2.38%	-8.53%	-7.15%	4.37%	-4.11%	2.70%	-20.35%	-11.55%	$13.25	$8.66	22.57%	18.48%	0.01	300	-88.46%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$11.78	3.88%	18.15%	21.07%	38.59%	44.72%	78.21%	18.99%	-23.70%	409.96%	$11.87	$5.75	0.76%	104.87%	0.78	1,045,000	-31.88%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in Jun 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: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

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 50.14% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 34 percentage points.

Chord Energy has an average 1 year price target of $157.64, an upside of 14.24% from Chord Energy's current stock price of $137.99.

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 78.95% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 63 percentage points.

3. Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM)

Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM) 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 Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 27 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29.

SM passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sm Energy Co has seen its stock return 37.71% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 22 percentage points.

Sm Energy Co has an average 1 year price target of $37.33, an upside of 13.34% from Sm Energy Co's current stock price of $32.94.

Sm Energy Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Sm Energy Co, 41.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 41.67% 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 13.59%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.24%.

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 11.66%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.24%.

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 11.03%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.24%. 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 up?

Oil and gas stocks were up 0.48% in the last day, and down -2.87% 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 57, which is 28 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Apa's stock has gained 118.18% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 102 percentage points.

2. Gulfport Energy (NYSE:GPOR)

Gulfport Energy (NYSE:GPOR) 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.

Gulfport Energy has a valuation score of 71, which is 42 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gulfport Energy's stock has dropped -14.55% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by -30 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 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 -15 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29. 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 78.95% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 63 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 27.71% over the next year.

2.9% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 14.49% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 59.42% are rated C (Hold), 15.94% are rated D (Sell), and 7.25% 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 28.94x.

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1. Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD)

2. Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI)

3. Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM)

1. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

2. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

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