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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 100th 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 %
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$9.68	1.68%	-2.12%	-6.29%	9.75%	29.93%	44.91%	-1.73%	-15.16%	183.04%	$11.87	$5.75	18.45%	68.35%	0.75	202,000	-55.70%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$128.10	3.24%	9.12%	0.89%	3.66%	39.36%	20.88%	-12.48%	55.48%	N/A	$151.95	$84.25	15.69%	52.06%	0.84	678,000	-3.42%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$35.00	0.75%	5.64%	4.45%	4.57%	28.87%	31.83%	-3.95%	75.79%	236.80%	$41.53	$24.08	15.72%	45.35%	1.19	182,000	31.88%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$27.25	0.52%	2.75%	5.50%	-1.52%	16.65%	-1.64%	-15.84%	73.57%	88.84%	$28.95	$20.85	5.87%	30.70%	0.40	316,000	10.10%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.23	2.50%	8.85%	6.96%	-1.60%	30.57%	64.22%	-39.11%	-50.60%	-85.09%	$2.00	$0.72	38.50%	70.83%	1.05	2,403,000	-41.35%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$6.59	4.27%	5.44%	-13.52%	-12.37%	30.50%	44.84%	10.57%	985.67%	115.36%	$9.74	$3.09	32.34%	113.27%	2.05	246,000	48.19%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$13.63	0.07%	1.49%	-3.61%	-5.22%	-7.97%	32.59%	-13.18%	169.90%	N/A	$18.45	$9.89	26.12%	37.80%	0.88	226,000	46.75%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$14.92	5.67%	10.52%	6.65%	10.52%	34.29%	75.74%	4.34%	36.51%	N/A	$17.05	$7.67	12.49%	94.52%	1.06	1,973,000	85.08%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$31.32	3.67%	12.62%	11.50%	20.60%	71.80%	17.52%	-4.10%	72.94%	16.82%	$35.86	$17.45	12.66%	79.48%	1.18	2,309,000	28.42%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$139.89	1.03%	4.32%	4.98%	8.92%	31.71%	18.12%	17.87%	98.88%	68.04%	$151.87	$101.59	7.89%	37.70%	0.59	4,240,000	129.56%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$5.23	3.16%	7.17%	2.95%	6.52%	42.90%	-12.10%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.61	$3.35	20.88%	56.12%	0.41	110,000	50.68%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$54.86	2.26%	3.72%	3.43%	1.99%	29.88%	25.97%	-7.47%	121.03%	-28.54%	$67.45	$38.80	18.67%	41.39%	0.70	6,880,000	7.82%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$3.49	4.80%	3.56%	5.44%	21.60%	96.07%	105.29%	-10.97%	-3.06%	65.40%	$5.08	$1.50	31.30%	132.67%	0.88	4,596,000	85.77%
APA	APA CORP	$35.22	2.74%	5.32%	3.80%	-1.45%	38.93%	86.94%	-3.06%	104.65%	-37.48%	$45.66	$17.87	22.86%	97.15%	1.06	4,284,000	-5.39%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$10.75	3.56%	13.52%	-0.28%	-8.98%	31.10%	27.52%	-1.74%	N/A	N/A	$14.29	$7.68	24.77%	39.97%	1.06	5,472,000	-17.12%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$20.21	2.48%	5.54%	8.89%	4.07%	41.53%	49.15%	89.59%	284.95%	105.18%	$22.68	$11.92	10.87%	69.55%	1.13	7,479,000	-11.45%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$57.79	2.37%	4.07%	7.80%	9.43%	46.08%	44.40%	46.97%	132.93%	46.12%	$63.46	$35.51	8.93%	62.74%	1.09	4,585,000	40.30%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$186.51	0.10%	5.26%	5.22%	-6.88%	8.57%	16.58%	107.05%	281.72%	209.46%	$278.90	$126.40	33.13%	47.56%	0.59	44,500	-25.83%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$36.83	3.83%	9.13%	4.42%	-0.11%	21.15%	48.87%	-6.09%	93.43%	15.09%	$43.34	$21.86	15.02%	68.48%	0.98	1,444,000	-6.96%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$43.83	1.86%	3.79%	2.94%	-0.90%	20.78%	33.71%	-10.40%	75.81%	15.01%	$52.71	$31.47	16.85%	39.26%	0.91	10,055,000	14.84%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$9.83	1.65%	4.57%	-3.44%	-14.37%	11.33%	25.54%	-22.29%	49.62%	-69.90%	$14.82	$7.00	33.67%	40.43%	0.99	1,430,000	122.74%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$27.26	1.38%	5.70%	1.49%	-1.30%	20.35%	18.01%	32.07%	108.57%	N/A	$32.76	$21.07	16.79%	29.41%	0.92	1,311,000	9.89%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$13.36	0.15%	-0.15%	2.85%	-12.16%	6.45%	-6.44%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.33	29.31%	8.35%	0.53	588,000	-37.31%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$5.52	0.36%	5.75%	2.41%	-5.15%	23.49%	-19.30%	-1.60%	7.18%	N/A	$6.65	$4.20	16.99%	31.43%	0.42	126,000	0.80%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.24	4.19%	6.67%	-10.40%	-9.68%	85.12%	9.27%	-64.27%	-0.88%	-61.38%	$3.34	$0.84	32.93%	167.94%	1.12	14,928,000	9.43%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$43.89	2.40%	4.97%	3.47%	2.07%	27.48%	41.49%	57.03%	185.74%	173.71%	$51.34	$29.30	14.51%	49.80%	0.72	7,271,000	50.29%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$64.02	2.63%	-1.22%	-6.57%	-1.48%	29.46%	41.98%	146.42%	1,794.08%	N/A	$81.44	$31.63	21.39%	102.40%	0.86	1,044,000	6.31%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$21.19	4.08%	14.42%	9.62%	-13.69%	-4.29%	-23.03%	-38.74%	35.75%	-53.12%	$31.17	$17.18	32.02%	23.34%	1.11	2,833,000	-3.31%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$3.44	1.78%	8.18%	10.97%	-5.49%	25.09%	-23.89%	-67.05%	N/A	N/A	$10.64	$2.31	67.67%	48.92%	-0.44	259,000	-38.63%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$13.00	-0.61%	3.17%	-1.29%	-17.62%	-6.81%	-16.34%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.59	$11.13	33.62%	16.80%	0.61	301,000	-1.95%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$53.80	1.36%	4.79%	6.75%	-3.24%	25.23%	3.94%	2.30%	87.13%	141.91%	$66.84	$37.14	19.51%	44.86%	1.06	1,342,000	25.66%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$52.83	1.42%	0.69%	-4.55%	-15.80%	11.46%	9.99%	14.33%	108.98%	N/A	$71.98	$43.25	26.60%	22.16%	0.94	646,000	-7.71%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$14.31	0.07%	3.62%	3.62%	4.68%	0.49%	15.59%	-12.05%	43.82%	-5.61%	$15.49	$11.78	7.62%	21.48%	0.49	295,000	37.85%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$152.91	-0.31%	0.53%	-5.40%	-20.97%	-18.27%	-18.69%	45.71%	142.64%	N/A	$225.78	$149.60	32.27%	2.22%	0.72	179,000	-44.75%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$36.76	1.46%	3.58%	0.27%	-11.87%	5.30%	-3.72%	27.29%	155.10%	-15.61%	$48.31	$32.60	23.91%	12.76%	0.92	2,753,000	10.34%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.55	1.68%	9.20%	3.41%	-11.94%	40.36%	47.57%	-94.86%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.27	65.44%	104.49%	-0.25	737,000	42.00%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$9.64	8.68%	13.68%	1.05%	-4.55%	50.63%	75.59%	53.75%	281.03%	-2.33%	$14.59	$5.43	33.93%	77.53%	0.98	1,150,000	206.67%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$13.15	1.70%	2.73%	5.45%	3.14%	18.90%	-10.67%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.58	$10.46	15.60%	25.72%	0.45	182,000	-30.00%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$195.54	2.85%	6.63%	5.42%	8.47%	31.50%	38.75%	44.34%	167.17%	115.90%	$214.51	$134.30	8.84%	45.60%	0.80	1,972,000	33.79%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$88.13	-0.06%	1.01%	0.77%	-8.03%	-15.87%	-18.51%	9.00%	80.22%	N/A	$126.62	$84.99	30.40%	3.70%	0.68	5,747,000	79.48%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$4.18	1.95%	2.70%	2.20%	2.96%	24.78%	117.71%	24.04%	176.09%	-24.82%	$5.36	$1.90	22.01%	120.00%	1.06	23,230,000	34.74%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$33.57	0.66%	1.02%	-0.97%	-8.48%	2.13%	-7.85%	47.04%	167.70%	25.12%	$45.75	$29.10	26.62%	15.36%	1.00	4,454,000	27.51%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$415.70	-0.08%	4.49%	17.27%	-1.63%	26.79%	25.69%	166.99%	167.55%	2,113.76%	$547.20	$269.23	24.03%	54.40%	0.97	319,000	46.33%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$114.71	1.66%	5.20%	3.15%	-1.15%	20.09%	23.60%	7.77%	113.61%	168.58%	$135.87	$85.57	15.57%	34.05%	0.62	5,839,000	19.48%
EQT	EQT CORP	$49.56	0.32%	1.45%	-3.07%	-15.25%	-3.73%	-15.64%	28.86%	163.62%	-34.33%	$68.24	$47.94	27.37%	3.38%	0.86	5,485,000	-15.73%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$33.28	-0.54%	4.03%	1.34%	-13.94%	-9.15%	-2.35%	86.65%	167.74%	135.33%	$43.62	$27.72	23.70%	20.06%	0.65	1,057,000	-12.72%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$12.13	1.08%	6.40%	-3.58%	-16.52%	10.21%	-7.97%	-32.61%	-47.72%	-74.90%	$18.89	$8.64	35.79%	40.39%	0.46	17,700	30.15%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$21.72	5.44%	7.63%	8.06%	-3.04%	37.29%	36.69%	-11.20%	N/A	6.16%	$25.19	$14.27	13.78%	52.21%	0.69	633,000	-12.21%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$7.37	1.45%	5.06%	-2.45%	37.79%	76.20%	-11.80%	-46.90%	-25.53%	N/A	$10.41	$3.85	29.25%	91.30%	0.95	292,000	-21.51%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$3.03	3.77%	10.58%	12.22%	-4.42%	-21.50%	5.57%	-27.68%	-41.17%	N/A	$8.50	$2.44	64.35%	24.18%	-0.03	398,000	63.79%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$4.67	2.41%	2.19%	-1.27%	-5.66%	5.18%	-11.55%	-33.19%	-51.95%	N/A	$6.15	$4.18	24.00%	11.72%	0.45	507,000	-29.68%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$42.83	4.26%	8.51%	29.20%	32.97%	108.11%	167.35%	163.25%	530.78%	851.78%	$42.95	$12.94	0.28%	231.12%	0.88	2,703,000	57.98%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.50	2.88%	-5.30%	-10.07%	-16.11%	-16.39%	-50.20%	-70.93%	-58.33%	525.00%	$5.60	$2.41	55.36%	3.73%	0.94	23,300	-73.52%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$6.35	3.93%	14.00%	15.04%	11.60%	29.86%	47.67%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.02	$4.14	9.54%	53.38%	0.62	322,000	98.77%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$14.98	1.22%	1.90%	1.22%	6.39%	22.19%	4.17%	0.81%	27.82%	N/A	$15.80	$11.31	5.16%	32.45%	0.51	692,000	32.06%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$5.30	0.95%	0.95%	-4.50%	-0.38%	16.23%	46.81%	32.50%	124.58%	395.33%	$6.72	$3.37	21.07%	57.50%	0.91	720,000	-29.27%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$2.30	-0.43%	10.05%	-17.86%	-62.30%	-79.03%	-77.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$2.03	90.00%	13.30%	-0.42	652,000	-1.06%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$12.80	-1.92%	-1.92%	1.91%	11.30%	17.65%	-14.32%	-38.76%	N/A	N/A	$15.55	$10.12	17.68%	26.48%	0.30	118,000	37.21%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$15.91	1.60%	2.84%	-0.81%	-10.37%	-17.99%	-31.92%	-32.50%	N/A	N/A	$27.15	$15.01	41.40%	6.00%	0.69	273,000	-16.51%
BSIN	BIG SKY INDUSTRIAL INC	$1.40	6.87%	23.89%	28.44%	96.63%	38.61%	10.24%	-0.71%	-66.10%	-93.36%	$1.52	$0.66	7.89%	113.74%	0.42	2,972,000	60.65%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$1.74	10.83%	10.13%	39.20%	-43.14%	41.46%	26.09%	-79.14%	-84.68%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	94.14%	74.00%	0.16	23,062,000	326.28%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$3.94	-0.76%	0.00%	-3.19%	-25.52%	-15.27%	19.03%	-42.23%	31.77%	N/A	$6.79	$3.26	41.97%	20.71%	1.01	492,000	18.27%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$4.08	2.26%	-8.01%	-28.88%	-11.61%	-25.77%	654.63%	-60.70%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	56.86%	1,153.85%	0.87	5,436,000	-5.28%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$3.81	0.26%	4.96%	-1.55%	-7.75%	4.38%	-20.79%	-52.67%	-7.75%	-33.62%	$5.70	$3.19	33.16%	19.44%	0.73	137,000	7.87%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$31.43	0.61%	-0.95%	-12.69%	-12.11%	14.88%	60.28%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$19.27	39.80%	63.10%	0.37	149,000	4.20%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$13.34	1.83%	3.25%	1.60%	-20.88%	-40.13%	-42.65%	14.90%	137.79%	196.44%	$28.10	$12.44	52.53%	7.23%	1.05	1,553,000	-19.20%
BKV	BKV CORP	$25.95	0.15%	2.57%	7.54%	-6.49%	-4.24%	18.76%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$19.56	20.91%	32.67%	0.94	563,000	-12.85%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$7.68	1.19%	-3.88%	-1.54%	12.28%	58.02%	-33.45%	25.49%	140.75%	-23.43%	$12.08	$4.75	36.42%	61.68%	1.05	2,104,000	-9.78%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.05	-0.94%	1.94%	2.94%	-4.55%	-0.94%	-10.26%	-57.66%	-50.24%	-27.59%	$1.40	$0.92	25.00%	14.01%	0.34	113,000	363.11%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$11.03	0.27%	4.55%	-4.42%	4.06%	19.89%	-10.25%	11.98%	-11.76%	-3.92%	$12.67	$8.66	12.94%	27.37%	0.03	6,700	86.11%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$1.01	-0.98%	4.12%	-9.01%	-2.88%	-64.81%	-90.78%	-95.30%	-94.29%	-95.61%	$11.85	$0.85	91.48%	18.96%	-0.51	24,000	-25.00%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.33	2.17%	6.11%	10.00%	-27.95%	-60.76%	-74.02%	-98.64%	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.27	86.80%	22.22%	-1.24	2,234,000	52.18%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$8.79	2.21%	5.14%	6.03%	-3.14%	-14.41%	11.41%	-29.68%	5.27%	192.61%	$16.40	$7.16	46.40%	22.77%	-0.07	6,100	-27.38%

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: B.

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 44.91% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 31 percentage points.

2. Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD)

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) 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 Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

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 20.88% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 7 percentage points.

Chord Energy has an average 1 year price target of $159.67, an upside of 24.64% from Chord Energy's current stock price of $128.10.

Chord Energy stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Chord Energy, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 11.11% have issued a Buy, 22.22% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

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: B.

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 31.83% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 18 percentage points.

Riley Exploration Permian has an average 1 year price target of $49.50, an upside of 41.43% from Riley Exploration Permian's current stock price of $35.00.

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 13.84%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.44%.

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 12.6%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.44%. 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 12.59%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.44%.

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 1.33% in the last day, and up 4.4% over the last week. Woodside Energy Group was the among the top gainers in the oil & gas e&p industry, gaining 5.44% yesterday.

Shares of oil and gas-related companies are trading higher as crude gains after U.S. attacks on Iranian infrastructure and Iran's strikes on Iraq, Kuwait and Syria. Also, reports suggest the U.S. is sending dozens more refueling planes to the region to possibly continue or escalate its campaign.

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 86.94% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 73 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 64.22% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 50 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 44.91% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 31 percentage points.

Are oil and gas stocks a good buy now?

54.17% 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 30.06% over the next year.

1.47% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.24% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.18% are rated C (Hold), 11.76% 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 28.38x.

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