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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 D and is the 103rd 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 %
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$13.04	0.00%	2.27%	-6.19%	15.09%	7.06%	-6.52%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.60	$10.46	16.41%	24.67%	0.51	424,000	-46.26%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$15.99	0.50%	1.33%	-7.79%	3.76%	36.43%	4.85%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.90	$11.13	19.64%	43.67%	0.83	220,000	26.44%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$12.73	0.24%	7.79%	-2.68%	44.00%	51.91%	49.76%	9.18%	N/A	N/A	$14.02	$7.68	9.20%	65.76%	1.11	4,980,000	13.52%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$55.73	-1.50%	5.53%	-5.49%	34.74%	47.90%	61.40%	47.28%	145.72%	56.54%	$62.60	$32.91	10.97%	69.34%	1.16	1,947,000	-16.58%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$35.30	-2.46%	5.47%	-2.24%	28.55%	32.31%	36.19%	-22.13%	19.82%	104.28%	$41.26	$24.08	14.44%	46.59%	1.23	341,000	7.23%
APA	APA CORP	$37.73	-2.41%	5.57%	-7.52%	48.54%	58.33%	132.04%	-0.32%	102.31%	-30.66%	$45.66	$15.20	17.37%	148.22%	1.13	4,500,000	-3.00%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$14.70	0.75%	4.40%	0.20%	13.95%	10.03%	19.61%	-9.76%	34.86%	N/A	$15.12	$11.31	2.78%	29.97%	0.55	582,000	3.74%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$4.75	-1.04%	15.01%	5.32%	27.35%	4.40%	12.03%	-29.42%	47.52%	-10.71%	$5.70	$3.19	16.67%	48.90%	0.80	452,000	-35.06%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$47.94	-0.44%	8.39%	-4.63%	24.10%	45.40%	52.34%	-11.99%	119.20%	41.21%	$52.71	$29.70	9.05%	61.41%	0.99	10,568,000	-5.51%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$42.36	-0.66%	1.56%	-7.79%	15.45%	12.60%	25.10%	64.89%	353.05%	8.62%	$48.31	$32.60	12.32%	29.94%	0.95	3,889,000	-1.09%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$133.13	-0.55%	3.66%	-6.60%	23.73%	25.15%	17.34%	11.70%	90.65%	66.91%	$151.87	$101.59	12.34%	31.04%	0.66	2,949,000	-36.06%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$15.10	-0.85%	5.01%	-10.07%	-1.37%	28.18%	61.32%	5.96%	291.19%	N/A	$18.45	$9.07	18.16%	66.48%	0.91	236,000	0.43%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.52	-0.65%	21.60%	-1.30%	38.18%	47.57%	69.27%	-16.94%	-23.62%	-75.99%	$1.65	$0.72	7.88%	111.11%	1.10	2,026,000	-42.25%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$44.24	-2.62%	2.88%	-9.75%	22.72%	41.48%	50.94%	46.44%	196.91%	194.15%	$51.34	$27.93	13.83%	58.40%	0.76	31,985,000	297.77%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$28.11	-2.06%	1.59%	1.48%	14.55%	11.06%	-3.93%	-9.82%	90.58%	104.88%	$29.95	$20.85	6.14%	34.82%	0.44	285,000	44.67%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$60.46	-1.00%	8.74%	-0.76%	42.09%	53.80%	48.37%	18.97%	144.68%	182.26%	$66.84	$37.14	9.54%	62.79%	1.13	898,000	-48.89%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$3.82	0.53%	33.10%	26.49%	85.44%	69.03%	229.31%	-16.41%	20.50%	63.25%	$4.04	$1.14	5.45%	235.09%	0.98	4,652,000	-53.08%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$20.50	-1.73%	5.56%	-0.87%	38.89%	64.26%	68.03%	93.21%	402.45%	105.00%	$21.99	$11.58	6.78%	77.03%	1.19	9,287,000	-12.93%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$187.60	-0.56%	-3.04%	-10.36%	-4.51%	0.50%	9.48%	121.38%	N/A	N/A	$225.78	$160.95	16.91%	16.56%	0.76	267,000	-14.42%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$230.00	-1.78%	14.83%	2.39%	33.71%	46.97%	28.20%	172.42%	399.13%	666.67%	$249.50	$126.40	7.82%	81.96%	0.62	89,000	45.90%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$37.84	-0.94%	3.16%	-12.75%	6.80%	15.75%	9.55%	64.95%	298.32%	34.04%	$45.75	$29.10	17.29%	30.03%	1.05	2,735,000	-31.38%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$5.47	-1.80%	11.41%	-1.80%	37.09%	18.66%	-21.75%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.27	$3.35	33.86%	63.28%	0.53	1,141,000	151.88%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$9.22	-0.75%	1.60%	-15.65%	-6.01%	0.33%	37.30%	-25.04%	27.52%	276.33%	$16.40	$5.98	43.78%	54.18%	-0.02	2,900	-79.43%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$16.05	-0.37%	10.46%	-0.74%	35.33%	29.44%	48.97%	-12.14%	-39.66%	-55.42%	$18.89	$8.64	15.03%	85.76%	0.51	15,000	102.70%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$135.31	-1.35%	9.49%	-1.23%	41.08%	46.31%	42.81%	-6.10%	84.57%	N/A	$148.42	$84.25	8.83%	60.61%	0.88	414,000	-32.46%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$39.00	-1.42%	5.78%	0.98%	26.54%	34.81%	87.23%	3.92%	137.08%	16.38%	$43.34	$20.16	10.01%	93.45%	1.07	776,000	-57.87%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$30.59	-6.68%	-5.03%	4.58%	42.48%	52.19%	194.70%	80.37%	422.01%	548.09%	$36.94	$10.14	17.19%	201.68%	0.89	1,361,000	139.61%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$28.78	-1.74%	10.82%	-5.17%	50.05%	38.43%	24.21%	1.37%	69.39%	2.60%	$33.25	$17.45	13.44%	64.93%	1.29	2,392,000	-40.94%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$23.04	0.04%	2.86%	-5.34%	36.90%	45.00%	78.74%	0.44%	20.19%	9.19%	$25.19	$12.74	8.54%	80.85%	0.71	718,000	-23.13%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$121.76	-2.10%	4.93%	-5.87%	23.68%	38.32%	32.64%	17.47%	142.31%	163.15%	$135.87	$84.28	10.38%	44.47%	0.68	10,888,000	63.14%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$29.24	-1.28%	5.87%	-6.55%	19.93%	25.49%	36.89%	33.76%	166.06%	N/A	$32.76	$20.25	10.74%	44.40%	0.99	1,257,000	-5.49%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$96.44	0.15%	0.65%	-12.08%	-14.17%	-7.06%	-7.62%	16.94%	105.72%	N/A	$126.62	$91.02	23.84%	5.96%	0.71	1,991,000	-22.53%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$6.10	2.01%	7.21%	-8.55%	15.97%	23.23%	24.24%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.02	$3.81	13.11%	60.10%	0.70	85,000	6.25%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.71	-6.18%	15.00%	-30.10%	71.39%	41.47%	42.60%	-93.22%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.27	54.87%	167.04%	-0.19	2,780,000	2.36%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$26.71	-0.71%	8.80%	-8.28%	14.64%	23.94%	12.46%	-20.84%	112.83%	-50.99%	$32.62	$20.18	18.12%	32.36%	1.18	1,114,000	-17.85%
EQT	EQT CORP	$58.91	-0.03%	0.74%	-9.83%	4.43%	9.70%	20.67%	79.93%	221.56%	-13.94%	$68.24	$48.47	13.67%	21.54%	0.89	7,830,000	-18.60%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$70.89	0.84%	9.10%	-1.21%	31.04%	77.09%	44.97%	232.04%	2,515.87%	N/A	$79.20	$31.63	10.49%	124.12%	0.90	1,550,000	34.55%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$15.48	-0.77%	1.78%	-6.86%	17.54%	18.17%	25.45%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.26	18.10%	26.26%	0.62	410,000	-26.79%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$5.84	-0.85%	10.40%	-11.38%	25.32%	22.69%	129.92%	-16.81%	132.67%	N/A	$6.79	$2.53	13.99%	130.83%	1.05	447,000	-22.53%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$38.45	-0.18%	-0.57%	-4.97%	2.73%	17.62%	32.31%	145.22%	182.31%	252.20%	$43.62	$27.72	11.85%	38.71%	0.69	933,000	-36.31%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$57.12	-1.23%	6.19%	-6.74%	30.05%	34.18%	41.49%	-8.99%	129.40%	-23.94%	$67.45	$38.72	15.32%	47.54%	0.77	7,421,000	-20.39%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$14.19	-1.18%	3.80%	-6.77%	-2.74%	9.58%	-1.53%	-15.28%	38.44%	-11.31%	$15.49	$11.78	8.39%	20.46%	0.53	174,000	-24.02%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$3.95	-9.20%	8.52%	-48.57%	34.35%	11.36%	-65.95%	-61.84%	N/A	N/A	$12.30	$2.31	67.89%	71.00%	-0.40	990,000	-46.60%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$438.91	-0.05%	3.86%	-18.00%	28.43%	41.79%	-1.43%	151.12%	150.64%	2,481.82%	$547.20	$269.23	19.79%	63.02%	0.99	216,000	-25.00%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$13.54	6.03%	34.06%	50.11%	100.30%	123.43%	202.91%	96.52%	955.34%	80.77%	$13.54	$3.88	0.00%	248.97%	1.04	1,728,000	-31.83%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$64.74	-0.80%	3.19%	-0.90%	30.45%	36.09%	83.09%	60.92%	190.18%	N/A	$71.98	$34.09	10.06%	89.91%	0.96	322,000	-51.21%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$5.63	0.00%	13.74%	2.36%	21.60%	6.63%	15.37%	-5.85%	-42.32%	N/A	$6.72	$4.18	16.22%	34.69%	0.49	1,085,000	26.46%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$6.10	-1.93%	14.66%	0.49%	28.96%	56.01%	77.33%	42.86%	150.00%	412.61%	$6.72	$3.14	9.16%	94.27%	0.96	707,000	-36.99%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$12.29	0.49%	6.87%	-5.61%	7.34%	-7.94%	-26.93%	-44.01%	N/A	N/A	$17.90	$10.12	31.34%	21.44%	0.33	333,000	33.20%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$4.58	-0.65%	12.81%	11.44%	37.13%	91.63%	179.27%	16.84%	353.47%	-6.72%	$4.61	$1.44	0.65%	218.06%	1.11	23,748,000	-19.71%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$6.06	1.00%	4.12%	-2.26%	29.49%	22.67%	-14.53%	17.90%	56.59%	N/A	$8.50	$4.20	28.71%	44.29%	0.46	168,000	2.44%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.50	-4.76%	9.17%	-41.18%	-37.97%	-53.70%	-61.24%	-98.86%	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.36	80.00%	40.85%	-1.19	2,755,000	-48.94%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$16.94	-1.51%	0.47%	-20.54%	-31.33%	-5.20%	-7.73%	50.58%	228.93%	339.32%	$31.17	$14.65	45.66%	15.63%	1.10	1,133,000	-49.51%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$194.79	-0.41%	8.05%	-1.15%	26.88%	33.55%	43.06%	35.75%	151.47%	130.58%	$204.91	$127.75	4.94%	52.48%	0.85	1,665,000	-20.18%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$14.90	-2.17%	10.37%	-4.79%	29.23%	52.66%	106.09%	8.36%	37.71%	N/A	$17.01	$6.76	12.38%	120.41%	1.14	653,000	-45.49%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$3.26	-5.51%	2.84%	-18.91%	-22.20%	14.79%	44.25%	-32.92%	-38.61%	N/A	$8.50	$2.23	61.65%	46.19%	0.01	981,000	47.52%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$8.64	-3.46%	14.89%	0.35%	58.24%	115.46%	89.06%	879.59%	1,325.74%	195.89%	$9.74	$3.09	11.29%	179.61%	2.10	306,000	-18.83%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$12.35	-0.88%	7.58%	-7.56%	30.83%	62.93%	94.79%	-6.86%	83.51%	-61.60%	$14.82	$5.90	16.67%	109.50%	1.05	988,000	-31.25%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.14	-0.87%	3.64%	-1.72%	3.64%	-0.87%	-20.83%	-57.78%	-48.88%	-26.92%	$2.28	$0.92	50.00%	23.78%	0.36	39,500	-70.74%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.81	-2.09%	13.31%	3.31%	121.26%	68.26%	63.37%	-58.92%	2.93%	-56.16%	$3.17	$0.84	11.36%	236.12%	1.23	12,614,000	-13.47%
BKV	BKV CORP	$29.08	1.36%	4.79%	-1.16%	1.18%	42.20%	58.47%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$17.80	11.37%	63.42%	1.06	822,000	40.99%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$1.15	-8.00%	10.58%	-21.77%	-63.61%	-79.68%	-81.15%	-95.17%	-93.11%	-95.40%	$25.56	$1.01	95.50%	13.86%	-0.51	196,000	-33.33%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$3.74	-7.43%	22.22%	-59.08%	-6.27%	189.92%	187.69%	-47.69%	-67.16%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	87.41%	274.00%	0.37	6,851,000	-52.55%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$18.04	-2.85%	1.63%	-5.05%	-8.98%	-17.74%	-15.07%	-5.60%	N/A	N/A	$27.15	$17.22	33.55%	4.76%	0.78	205,000	-17.00%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$6.23	-0.16%	16.56%	-9.71%	57.72%	-10.74%	-34.07%	-70.70%	-23.18%	N/A	$12.00	$3.85	48.08%	61.82%	1.03	514,000	-48.91%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$4.27	-0.93%	-7.38%	-10.11%	-32.65%	-27.13%	362.62%	-58.70%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	54.79%	1,213.85%	0.72	4,480,000	25.95%
USEG	US ENERGY CORP	$0.93	2.77%	30.20%	-7.30%	-5.12%	-25.24%	-19.39%	-31.84%	-77.61%	-95.59%	$2.75	$0.66	66.29%	41.53%	0.46	1,482,000	-22.08%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.88	-1.37%	-3.36%	-2.70%	-6.19%	-24.80%	-41.82%	-74.38%	-62.89%	700.00%	$6.31	$2.71	54.36%	6.27%	0.98	36,300	-49.58%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$35.62	-1.03%	-0.39%	12.69%	28.18%	33.86%	61.98%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$17.29	31.78%	106.02%	0.42	104,000	11.83%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$7.09	-4.58%	3.65%	-1.94%	35.05%	21.61%	-6.22%	22.88%	199.16%	-27.95%	$12.12	$4.75	41.50%	49.26%	1.09	3,150,000	12.74%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$10.57	4.60%	-0.33%	1.10%	-4.95%	-1.72%	0.14%	10.11%	-9.08%	-6.43%	$13.25	$8.66	20.26%	22.00%	-0.00	450	-62.50%
CTRA	COTERRA ENERGY INC	$33.53	-0.36%	8.55%	-4.25%	22.42%	42.38%	31.70%	30.47%	103.95%	50.43%	$36.88	$22.33	9.08%	50.16%	0.65	5,430,000	-12.33%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$9.05	-0.66%	2.61%	-6.70%	12.56%	33.09%	32.50%	-22.18%	-44.20%	196.72%	$10.34	$5.75	12.43%	57.39%	0.78	413,000	15.04%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$6.21	-15.05%	1.80%	-33.44%	-43.13%	-38.58%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$4.65	73.00%	33.55%	-0.85	697,000	-23.74%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in Apr 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. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) is the #1 top oil and gas stock out of 74 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 Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 3 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30.

MNR passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Mach Natural Resources has seen its stock lose -6.52% over the past year, underperforming other oil and gas stocks by -31 percentage points.

Mach Natural Resources has an average 1 year price target of $16.00, an upside of 22.7% from Mach Natural Resources's current stock price of $13.04.

Mach Natural Resources stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Mach Natural Resources, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR)

Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR) is the #2 top oil and gas stock out of 74 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 Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 24 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30.

INR passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Infinity Natural Resources has seen its stock return 4.85% over the past year, underperforming other oil and gas stocks by -19 percentage points.

Infinity Natural Resources has an average 1 year price target of $22.33, an upside of 39.67% from Infinity Natural Resources's current stock price of $15.99.

Infinity Natural Resources stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Infinity Natural Resources, 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.

3. Crescent Energy Co (NYSE:CRGY)

Crescent Energy Co (NYSE:CRGY) is the #3 top oil and gas stock out of 74 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 Crescent Energy Co (NYSE:CRGY) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Crescent Energy Co (NYSE:CRGY) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 8 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30.

CRGY passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Crescent Energy Co has seen its stock return 49.76% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 26 percentage points.

Crescent Energy Co has an average 1 year price target of $15.00, an upside of 17.83% from Crescent Energy Co's current stock price of $12.73.

Crescent Energy Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Crescent Energy Co, 44.44% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 22.22% have issued a Buy, 33.33% 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 41 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 15.11%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.1%.

Mach Natural Resources's dividend payout ratio of 180.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Txo Partners (NYSE:TXO)

Txo Partners (NYSE:TXO) has an annual dividend yield of 13.91%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.1%.

Txo Partners's dividend payout ratio of -397.7% 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 11.79%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.1%.

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 -0.89% in the last day, and up 5.24% over the last week. Greenland Energy Co was the among the top losers in the oil & gas e&p industry, dropping -15.05% yesterday.

Shares of oil and gas-related companies are trading lower as crude prices pull back amid renewed optimism over potential diplomatic progress between the U.S. and Iran this weekend in Pakistan talks.

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 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.

Sm Energy Co's stock has gained 24.21% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the oil and gas industry.

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 36.19% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 12 percentage points.

3. Apa (NASDAQ:APA)

Apa (NASDAQ:APA) is the third 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.

Apa 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.

Apa's stock has gained 132.04% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 108 percentage points.

Are oil and gas stocks a good buy now?

46.94% 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 17.65% over the next year.

1.43% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 7.14% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 65.71% are rated C (Hold), 20% are rated D (Sell), and 5.71% 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 20.66x.

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2. Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR)

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2. Txo Partners (NYSE:TXO)

3. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

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1. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

2. Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR)

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1. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

2. Txo Partners (NYSE:TXO)

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