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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 A and is the 21st 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 %
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$17.81	2.36%	-0.87%	11.64%	24.86%	14.51%	88.33%	18.92%	33.55%	N/A	$18.76	$9.35	5.06%	90.48%	0.99	4,599,000	-1.31%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.42	0.70%	0.00%	9.16%	15.32%	-23.94%	51.00%	-19.21%	-62.27%	-84.51%	$2.00	$0.83	29.00%	70.88%	0.99	2,731,000	-13.71%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$13.51	1.33%	-1.65%	20.19%	19.04%	1.63%	84.75%	-4.27%	22.78%	-65.15%	$14.82	$7.23	8.84%	86.86%	0.92	1,145,000	-9.63%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$25.57	1.76%	2.08%	23.20%	23.90%	20.35%	109.67%	79.70%	246.93%	75.22%	$25.96	$12.07	1.50%	111.94%	1.06	6,443,000	-17.58%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$14.13	-0.71%	-1.13%	2.63%	6.37%	12.87%	6.61%	-28.42%	N/A	N/A	$15.58	$10.12	9.30%	39.62%	0.27	92,000	8.24%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$52.10	2.25%	-1.68%	33.14%	58.92%	47.28%	105.99%	71.56%	98.62%	404.45%	$54.57	$24.08	4.53%	116.36%	1.13	176,000	-29.32%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$13.75	3.27%	2.68%	10.16%	27.13%	5.58%	74.23%	14.98%	N/A	N/A	$15.47	$7.68	11.12%	79.04%	1.01	4,739,000	-21.90%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$153.63	2.19%	-0.72%	17.10%	13.56%	7.82%	73.99%	-4.09%	27.63%	N/A	$159.96	$84.25	3.96%	82.36%	0.79	650,000	25.48%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$39.58	2.02%	0.67%	19.54%	27.66%	30.13%	96.59%	1.41%	10.21%	20.07%	$41.56	$17.45	4.76%	126.82%	1.09	1,896,000	-32.24%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$71.57	1.47%	0.48%	25.60%	17.85%	17.99%	96.86%	52.85%	89.51%	52.24%	$73.62	$35.51	2.78%	101.55%	1.03	2,660,000	-8.90%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$63.01	1.57%	-0.26%	15.69%	14.39%	5.65%	57.25%	3.78%	83.86%	-12.22%	$67.45	$38.80	6.58%	62.40%	0.64	7,048,000	-3.03%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.68	6.34%	-0.70%	12.20%	11.33%	-7.47%	83.87%	-60.85%	-26.74%	-45.30%	$3.34	$0.84	19.76%	220.57%	1.01	12,981,000	-11.78%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$150.03	2.67%	2.14%	23.08%	29.40%	22.46%	74.76%	30.38%	106.50%	254.50%	$152.77	$85.57	1.79%	75.33%	0.58	5,132,000	-5.42%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$27.81	1.94%	0.32%	23.91%	36.04%	4.38%	32.91%	-25.36%	17.78%	35.00%	$31.17	$17.18	10.78%	61.87%	1.05	954,000	-21.03%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$11.68	1.03%	-1.99%	14.56%	16.26%	-17.37%	108.48%	39.64%	181.22%	6.02%	$14.59	$5.44	19.95%	114.71%	0.89	392,000	-46.23%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$16.88	0.00%	-0.47%	18.21%	14.36%	9.61%	27.30%	4.71%	12.91%	N/A	$17.12	$11.31	1.40%	49.25%	0.49	583,000	-12.20%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$30.44	-2.10%	-2.74%	6.28%	10.58%	6.50%	18.68%	5.67%	54.81%	100.67%	$31.07	$20.85	2.03%	46.00%	0.38	84,000	-36.84%
APA	APA CORP	$51.51	2.54%	1.77%	27.15%	45.39%	29.68%	135.80%	33.11%	94.41%	-11.20%	$52.39	$21.63	1.68%	138.14%	0.98	3,842,000	-23.54%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$206.43	2.74%	3.08%	15.38%	6.16%	3.14%	49.19%	33.86%	90.02%	132.31%	$216.90	$137.03	4.83%	50.65%	0.74	1,172,000	3.35%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$59.83	1.75%	1.53%	18.03%	26.02%	-4.04%	54.83%	1.11%	39.44%	179.14%	$66.84	$37.14	10.49%	61.09%	1.01	1,231,000	-15.34%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$10.62	-0.28%	-2.58%	3.42%	-21.44%	-23.26%	-12.12%	-43.49%	N/A	N/A	$15.02	$10.15	29.29%	4.68%	0.44	304,000	-27.45%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$51.17	1.92%	1.48%	13.27%	18.07%	1.52%	62.92%	12.95%	24.20%	37.64%	$52.71	$31.91	2.92%	60.36%	0.85	7,389,000	-10.72%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$55.09	1.85%	1.91%	19.21%	18.68%	17.66%	75.67%	75.98%	159.53%	253.89%	$55.50	$30.13	0.73%	82.84%	0.66	4,312,000	-26.00%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$10.82	0.55%	-7.64%	4.11%	13.45%	12.40%	32.52%	8.80%	-29.03%	144.49%	$13.13	$6.84	17.59%	58.19%	0.72	857,000	19.19%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$11.31	0.18%	-3.41%	14.91%	69.36%	22.35%	207.05%	86.66%	1,042.14%	289.35%	$11.94	$3.09	5.28%	266.02%	1.95	389,000	43.01%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$4.03	0.50%	-3.34%	13.45%	17.05%	-3.80%	96.60%	-0.98%	-5.81%	179.31%	$5.08	$1.50	20.67%	168.67%	0.80	4,001,000	4.60%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$5.79	-1.04%	-2.22%	32.03%	22.96%	-4.98%	10.19%	-5.91%	-41.71%	N/A	$6.15	$4.18	5.78%	38.52%	0.44	937,000	-4.58%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$162.22	2.05%	1.54%	20.17%	13.77%	17.76%	56.97%	31.96%	77.12%	83.08%	$165.11	$101.59	1.75%	59.67%	0.55	2,481,000	32.74%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$7.13	0.70%	-1.37%	16.18%	41.76%	25.09%	65.06%	62.44%	N/A	N/A	$7.37	$3.35	3.26%	112.84%	0.34	109,000	-3.54%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$42.84	2.59%	-0.88%	18.72%	15.02%	5.24%	56.35%	-2.16%	51.55%	69.89%	$45.03	$26.49	4.86%	61.72%	0.91	827,000	-19.16%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$5.37	0.19%	-2.18%	18.76%	26.29%	6.32%	137.00%	24.83%	56.94%	39.74%	$5.61	$2.23	4.28%	140.81%	1.00	14,675,000	-30.25%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$16.41	1.40%	11.45%	27.80%	60.62%	4.13%	41.02%	-9.79%	-47.67%	-53.78%	$18.89	$8.64	13.13%	89.93%	0.40	19,900	2.05%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$26.22	1.07%	1.34%	12.81%	5.87%	-12.37%	18.25%	20.45%	22.40%	N/A	$32.76	$21.07	19.96%	24.47%	0.86	1,928,000	-16.65%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$10.45	-2.49%	-11.93%	24.88%	53.70%	50.29%	60.22%	-41.03%	-33.09%	N/A	$12.03	$3.85	13.13%	171.43%	0.91	478,000	-10.15%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$71.58	-1.58%	-5.87%	7.80%	2.74%	-5.21%	49.29%	149.91%	1,014.72%	N/A	$81.44	$43.71	12.11%	63.76%	0.78	964,000	43.67%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$14.53	-1.03%	-2.57%	6.60%	5.97%	-7.52%	22.18%	-8.12%	6.28%	-37.56%	$18.45	$11.69	21.25%	24.29%	0.81	235,000	5.38%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$6.42	0.62%	1.57%	11.38%	17.45%	1.57%	37.45%	16.40%	14.74%	N/A	$6.65	$4.20	3.46%	52.86%	0.42	46,200	-45.00%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$3.82	-0.52%	-3.31%	7.34%	4.11%	-20.83%	-13.83%	-40.44%	-35.92%	-50.65%	$4.99	$3.19	23.45%	19.75%	0.66	398,000	17.75%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$54.67	1.45%	1.71%	9.17%	8.60%	-18.75%	18.30%	5.94%	20.54%	N/A	$71.98	$43.25	24.05%	26.42%	0.89	633,000	-32.37%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$14.80	0.34%	-0.80%	3.70%	0.34%	3.70%	12.67%	-16.20%	17.58%	-15.19%	$15.49	$12.93	4.45%	14.46%	0.47	581,000	-20.84%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$0.89	7.62%	12.81%	-8.57%	-29.93%	-74.67%	-12.73%	-84.26%	-90.49%	N/A	$29.70	$0.67	97.00%	33.33%	0.03	1,675,000	-24.65%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$6.80	-1.47%	-4.01%	18.58%	5.85%	-0.45%	37.30%	8.24%	N/A	N/A	$7.16	$4.15	5.03%	63.86%	0.58	560,000	-27.08%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$227.37	0.42%	5.83%	15.61%	26.39%	3.04%	73.69%	113.39%	225.17%	337.50%	$278.90	$130.11	18.48%	74.75%	0.59	45,000	3.21%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$10.10	-1.98%	-1.30%	0.61%	12.37%	0.41%	10.00%	-20.48%	-16.53%	127.59%	$16.40	$7.16	38.41%	41.06%	-0.04	95,000	30.14%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$23.16	1.68%	-0.46%	6.22%	0.73%	-1.26%	47.10%	8.08%	N/A	9.38%	$25.19	$14.57	8.06%	58.96%	0.65	329,000	-39.30%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$48.53	2.32%	0.70%	-5.21%	13.49%	51.74%	155.93%	271.49%	342.12%	1,318.57%	$59.87	$17.85	18.94%	171.85%	0.88	1,426,000	83.06%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$6.34	1.58%	-1.83%	13.78%	21.51%	-1.98%	68.15%	45.37%	96.94%	715.19%	$6.72	$3.37	5.58%	88.41%	0.87	1,444,000	29.74%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$14.53	0.28%	1.60%	15.63%	16.28%	-10.56%	28.60%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.59	$11.13	25.81%	30.55%	0.58	246,000	-4.28%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$53.89	1.37%	20.01%	47.49%	38.13%	25.59%	57.89%	57.89%	135.68%	61.68%	$56.90	$32.68	5.29%	64.90%	0.87	6,733,000	-52.75%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$14.61	-1.16%	-1.70%	8.00%	10.57%	-13.27%	15.43%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.35	22.70%	18.30%	0.49	852,000	42.24%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$327.96	1.13%	-1.95%	1.80%	-15.87%	-25.24%	7.17%	62.56%	127.30%	1,025.25%	$547.20	$269.23	40.07%	21.81%	0.95	335,000	17.13%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$18.30	0.00%	0.27%	9.58%	20.00%	-2.45%	-15.16%	-22.49%	N/A	N/A	$22.91	$15.00	20.12%	22.00%	0.64	324,000	10.20%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$41.20	2.14%	4.78%	26.03%	19.21%	7.18%	40.13%	47.49%	106.48%	58.97%	$45.75	$30.12	9.95%	36.79%	0.93	7,158,000	5.02%
FTW	PRESIDIO PRODUCTION CO	$10.29	-0.87%	-0.20%	2.41%	-10.13%	-4.58%	-2.39%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.65	$9.46	38.20%	8.77%	0.03	33,000	13.01%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$90.44	0.12%	-2.87%	7.68%	-2.02%	-11.36%	-9.92%	5.78%	37.63%	N/A	$126.62	$83.25	28.57%	8.64%	0.64	2,837,000	-43.20%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$2.44	2.05%	-0.80%	-5.50%	-11.07%	-34.65%	-21.70%	-76.35%	N/A	N/A	$10.64	$2.31	77.07%	5.63%	-0.47	92,000	-7.07%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$4.33	-1.39%	-6.97%	1.43%	13.87%	-33.28%	-3.61%	-39.17%	21.31%	-77.23%	$6.79	$3.65	36.23%	18.63%	0.92	422,000	-32.05%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$36.79	1.90%	2.60%	20.28%	8.32%	-3.65%	15.14%	76.09%	150.43%	121.18%	$43.62	$30.78	15.66%	19.53%	0.61	2,039,000	28.56%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$165.21	0.80%	0.21%	10.67%	6.12%	-13.51%	-8.71%	35.65%	102.22%	N/A	$225.78	$149.18	26.83%	10.75%	0.70	304,000	7.80%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$2.77	-2.89%	-1.47%	0.75%	-6.27%	-20.18%	-1.82%	-25.90%	-35.34%	N/A	$8.50	$2.44	67.41%	13.52%	-0.02	121,000	57.14%
BSIN	BIG SKY INDUSTRIAL INC	$1.56	-2.56%	-1.94%	7.80%	35.71%	39.45%	31.03%	6.29%	-60.10%	-90.38%	$1.67	$0.66	6.59%	138.17%	0.39	293,000	45.77%
EQT	EQT CORP	$54.54	1.54%	-0.45%	14.04%	5.07%	-7.82%	5.59%	34.48%	168.57%	-16.09%	$68.24	$47.94	20.08%	13.77%	0.82	11,610,000	-29.98%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$31.33	-0.61%	2.77%	-5.52%	-4.45%	-13.74%	22.70%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$22.34	39.99%	40.27%	0.33	182,000	-14.15%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$1.76	10.23%	12.79%	14.79%	-24.25%	-59.41%	-77.55%	-98.26%	N/A	N/A	$22.50	$1.42	92.18%	23.68%	-1.17	171,000	-67.92%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$3.31	-6.65%	3.00%	-39.77%	57.65%	0.98%	-69.38%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$1.09	85.61%	202.84%	0.31	1,437,000	-19.94%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$14.59	0.89%	4.18%	19.48%	15.91%	-15.50%	-19.91%	22.16%	52.38%	50.82%	$28.10	$12.13	48.08%	20.33%	1.01	2,533,000	-9.47%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$7.26	1.65%	17.33%	16.22%	9.66%	-5.75%	27.90%	68.88%	91.69%	-27.08%	$9.24	$4.75	21.43%	52.84%	0.98	8,584,000	262.96%
BKV	BKV CORP	$20.94	-0.05%	2.80%	-1.92%	-13.05%	-33.62%	-7.96%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$20.03	36.18%	4.54%	0.88	1,051,000	-11.01%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$2.86	-4.20%	-7.60%	-59.30%	-43.37%	-30.58%	-51.07%	-74.17%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$2.01	69.77%	42.04%	0.97	12,823,000	132.93%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.70	-2.22%	-14.01%	15.79%	2.72%	-5.71%	-9.90%	-67.61%	-76.43%	633.33%	$3.99	$2.08	32.38%	29.81%	1.00	19,300	-45.48%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$0.95	-6.32%	-11.88%	-18.35%	-5.32%	-26.45%	-82.20%	-95.62%	-95.36%	-96.15%	$5.80	$0.80	83.62%	18.75%	-0.53	13,600	-39.56%
PROP	PRAIRIE OPERATING CO	$0.43	6.32%	16.41%	10.19%	-37.29%	-62.17%	-77.19%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.55	$0.32	83.25%	31.79%	0.86	2,084,000	-22.70%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$10.75	-3.26%	-1.70%	-0.76%	-3.70%	-9.33%	-1.05%	-17.85%	-14.19%	-4.59%	$12.33	$8.66	12.81%	24.13%	0.03	4,200	1,300.00%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$0.88	-0.34%	-0.11%	-5.22%	-9.54%	-22.83%	-28.52%	-64.26%	-65.53%	-45.84%	$1.40	$0.84	37.50%	4.17%	0.29	32,000	44.14%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.36	-15.47%	-31.39%	-39.53%	-38.06%	-60.57%	-36.12%	-97.04%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.34	77.09%	6.47%	-0.27	656,000	-15.35%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in Oct 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. Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO)

Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) is the #1 top oil and gas stock out of 75 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 Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -11 points lower than the oil and gas industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates TALO as a "A".

TALO passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Talos Energy has seen its stock return 88.33% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 55 percentage points.

Talos Energy has an average 1 year price target of $19.33, an upside of 8.55% from Talos Energy's current stock price of $17.81.

Talos Energy stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Talos Energy, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% 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 75 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 Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) has a Due Diligence Score of 13, which is -18 points lower than the oil and gas industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates REI as a "A".

REI passed 4 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ring Energy has seen its stock return 51% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 17 percentage points.

Ring Energy has an average 1 year price target of $2.00, an upside of 40.85% from Ring Energy's current stock price of $1.42.

Ring Energy stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Ring Energy, 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.

3. Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET)

Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) is the #3 top oil and gas stock out of 75 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 Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) has a Due Diligence Score of 15, which is -16 points lower than the oil and gas industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates VET as a "A".

VET passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Vermilion Energy has seen its stock return 84.75% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 51 percentage points.

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 16.95%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.13%.

Mach Natural Resources's dividend payout ratio of 303.3% 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 12.57%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.13%. 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 -600% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP)

Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP) has an annual dividend yield of 10.51%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.13%. Dorchester Minerals's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% twelve times in the last 10 years. Dorchester Minerals's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Dorchester Minerals's dividend payout ratio of 181.7% 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 -0.53% in the last day, and up 3.11% over the last week. New Era Energy & Digital was the among the top losers in the oil & gas e&p industry, dropping -4.2% yesterday.

New Era Energy & Digital shares are trading lower after the company announced a $64 million private placement.

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 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.

Sm Energy Co's stock has gained 96.59% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 63 percentage points.

2. Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD)

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) 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.

Chord 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.

Chord Energy's stock has gained 73.99% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 40 percentage points.

3. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) 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.

Riley Exploration Permian 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.

Riley Exploration Permian's stock has gained 105.99% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 72 percentage points.

Are oil and gas stocks a good buy now?

57.45% 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 11.68% over the next year.

15.94% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 30.43% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 40.58% are rated C (Hold), 5.8% 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 16.37x.

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1. Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO)

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3. Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET)

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2. Evolution Petroleum (NYSEMKT:EPM)

3. Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP)

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1. Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO)

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1. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

2. Evolution Petroleum (NYSEMKT:EPM)

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