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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 18th 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 %
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$12.85	-1.61%	-4.60%	-11.93%	28.37%	5.50%	53.71%	4.81%	N/A	N/A	$15.47	$7.68	16.94%	67.32%	1.02	10,679,000	-38.47%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$12.45	1.63%	7.98%	-6.32%	26.78%	-0.64%	67.34%	-17.55%	13.39%	-68.85%	$14.82	$7.11	15.99%	75.23%	0.93	1,840,000	28.94%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$24.06	-0.82%	8.53%	1.26%	22.82%	20.24%	94.82%	60.08%	240.79%	55.23%	$24.65	$11.92	2.37%	101.85%	1.07	10,818,000	-1.48%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$17.03	-3.02%	2.22%	-3.57%	20.27%	19.42%	83.12%	8.33%	35.81%	N/A	$18.73	$8.97	9.05%	89.96%	1.00	3,564,000	-50.85%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.32	-2.94%	-0.75%	-13.16%	11.86%	0.76%	30.69%	-25.42%	-65.54%	-88.18%	$2.00	$0.83	34.00%	58.84%	1.00	2,723,000	33.68%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$146.18	-0.23%	7.45%	-3.33%	19.83%	13.19%	60.90%	-13.48%	37.35%	N/A	$157.06	$84.25	6.93%	73.52%	0.80	495,000	1.43%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$46.43	-2.76%	7.45%	7.43%	35.13%	33.19%	67.38%	43.92%	75.67%	227.90%	$48.01	$24.08	3.29%	92.82%	1.15	173,000	1.76%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$14.25	-2.20%	2.30%	-6.31%	8.04%	19.55%	8.61%	-28.71%	N/A	N/A	$15.58	$10.12	8.53%	40.81%	0.27	95,000	-33.10%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$38.22	-0.83%	8.43%	-2.08%	28.60%	38.23%	69.26%	-9.32%	30.13%	-1.75%	$41.56	$17.45	8.04%	119.03%	1.10	2,056,000	1.43%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.71	-2.52%	4.63%	-7.19%	8.40%	8.40%	69.38%	-64.99%	-23.66%	-56.29%	$3.34	$0.84	18.86%	224.16%	1.03	10,315,000	36.89%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$66.75	0.14%	8.64%	2.13%	18.54%	21.81%	81.34%	31.81%	69.12%	20.38%	$67.51	$35.51	1.13%	87.98%	1.04	3,606,000	3.15%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$61.41	-0.39%	5.50%	-0.60%	12.53%	10.89%	45.25%	-6.06%	91.97%	-16.13%	$67.45	$38.80	8.95%	58.27%	0.65	8,708,000	-5.14%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$55.19	-1.23%	4.43%	-9.79%	5.16%	-3.73%	28.56%	-13.74%	31.81%	137.58%	$66.84	$37.14	17.43%	48.60%	1.02	1,354,000	28.22%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$10.75	1.22%	3.66%	1.70%	63.62%	36.94%	147.70%	60.21%	1,118.82%	250.16%	$11.52	$3.09	6.68%	247.90%	1.95	584,000	-12.05%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$6.39	-1.99%	0.63%	-2.74%	20.34%	28.31%	24.32%	40.44%	N/A	N/A	$6.94	$3.35	7.93%	90.75%	0.35	153,000	20.47%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$4.94	-2.95%	7.63%	-3.52%	7.16%	-7.14%	-6.44%	-23.53%	-49.90%	N/A	$6.15	$4.18	19.61%	18.18%	0.44	1,128,000	10.81%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$142.34	1.02%	9.63%	4.15%	27.24%	19.82%	61.44%	13.59%	92.74%	241.59%	$142.55	$85.57	0.15%	66.34%	0.59	5,668,000	-13.12%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$15.78	0.19%	5.76%	6.33%	7.71%	11.13%	22.04%	-3.96%	5.13%	N/A	$15.81	$11.31	0.19%	39.52%	0.50	695,000	-3.20%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$197.51	-0.34%	7.12%	-3.99%	3.58%	5.90%	39.26%	17.98%	81.48%	95.75%	$216.90	$137.03	8.94%	44.14%	0.75	2,809,000	2.03%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$26.30	-0.34%	8.77%	-0.23%	30.59%	2.41%	17.94%	-35.41%	3.75%	11.91%	$31.17	$17.18	15.62%	53.08%	1.06	2,321,000	-6.11%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$30.00	-0.53%	3.41%	0.77%	10.62%	7.95%	24.69%	3.99%	49.48%	83.26%	$30.54	$20.85	1.77%	43.88%	0.39	53,000	-26.39%
APA	APA CORP	$47.37	-1.33%	8.13%	5.20%	37.19%	27.92%	106.77%	12.28%	80.66%	-23.31%	$48.60	$21.63	2.53%	119.00%	0.99	5,261,000	9.15%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$11.59	-2.11%	4.32%	1.05%	11.98%	16.95%	83.97%	8.32%	-23.95%	221.94%	$13.13	$5.75	11.73%	101.57%	0.73	618,000	-38.87%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$49.92	-0.58%	4.26%	0.38%	15.02%	10.32%	52.61%	1.05%	25.49%	15.88%	$52.71	$31.47	5.29%	58.61%	0.86	8,928,000	-11.00%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$51.82	-0.61%	9.09%	2.98%	21.59%	13.52%	67.54%	53.70%	148.90%	222.56%	$52.57	$29.68	1.43%	74.60%	0.67	6,177,000	1.41%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$154.19	0.67%	6.92%	3.80%	11.72%	15.42%	41.30%	15.04%	70.24%	63.20%	$154.88	$101.59	0.45%	51.77%	0.55	2,507,000	8.53%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$12.81	-3.32%	-0.39%	-18.15%	2.56%	-19.43%	8.56%	-34.44%	-64.81%	-59.74%	$18.89	$8.64	32.19%	48.26%	0.40	14,800	-69.17%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$39.31	0.69%	5.53%	2.91%	12.41%	4.44%	38.76%	-16.47%	37.02%	35.65%	$43.34	$26.49	9.30%	48.40%	0.92	2,976,000	3.48%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$10.88	-1.63%	2.06%	-12.89%	-17.01%	-13.99%	-10.97%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.02	$10.15	27.56%	7.24%	0.45	356,000	-35.04%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$24.84	-1.08%	2.10%	-10.07%	-6.90%	-13.15%	7.63%	5.12%	21.47%	N/A	$32.76	$21.07	24.18%	17.92%	0.86	2,677,000	-4.90%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$11.51	-2.21%	8.28%	-7.85%	23.23%	20.78%	92.15%	35.73%	196.27%	-11.60%	$14.59	$5.44	21.11%	111.58%	0.90	868,000	51.48%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$5.08	1.20%	10.92%	0.99%	19.81%	20.67%	119.91%	16.78%	66.01%	18.69%	$5.36	$2.18	5.22%	132.71%	1.01	23,580,000	29.52%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$14.04	-2.23%	2.33%	-2.97%	2.48%	-5.07%	20.83%	-13.92%	13.87%	-37.90%	$18.45	$11.20	23.90%	25.36%	0.82	320,000	5.26%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$9.91	-1.98%	16.31%	18.26%	32.31%	68.25%	39.97%	-43.11%	-21.16%	N/A	$10.57	$3.85	6.20%	157.40%	0.92	714,000	-43.96%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$3.65	-4.70%	2.24%	-8.75%	1.67%	30.36%	62.22%	-11.41%	-12.05%	135.48%	$5.08	$1.50	28.15%	143.33%	0.81	4,256,000	29.84%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$5.94	-1.00%	-1.66%	-5.26%	8.00%	-1.49%	23.49%	9.80%	2.59%	N/A	$6.65	$4.20	10.68%	41.43%	0.42	58,000	-36.26%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$23.06	-0.60%	5.93%	-2.86%	9.65%	-2.41%	59.58%	0.35%	N/A	3.18%	$25.19	$14.32	8.46%	61.03%	0.65	508,000	0.20%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$54.03	-0.35%	3.78%	-3.15%	3.27%	-15.18%	12.00%	-2.47%	25.97%	N/A	$71.98	$43.25	24.94%	24.94%	0.90	1,087,000	130.30%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$69.94	1.33%	6.89%	-8.47%	6.40%	8.33%	98.81%	122.81%	1,013.69%	N/A	$81.44	$34.60	14.12%	102.14%	0.79	796,000	-18.19%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$3.71	-1.33%	2.77%	0.00%	-3.64%	-12.29%	-20.39%	-43.01%	-38.88%	-50.53%	$4.99	$3.19	25.65%	16.30%	0.67	291,000	-18.72%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$1.03	-1.90%	3.00%	-20.77%	-38.69%	-69.25%	-11.21%	-82.18%	-89.80%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	96.53%	3.00%	0.05	2,699,000	98.89%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$212.55	-3.01%	1.42%	0.79%	12.91%	7.29%	30.39%	97.54%	225.77%	266.47%	$278.90	$126.40	23.79%	68.16%	0.59	50,000	7.99%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$14.79	-0.94%	1.16%	-0.74%	3.21%	9.56%	19.08%	-17.28%	18.32%	-17.33%	$15.49	$12.36	4.52%	19.66%	0.48	476,000	38.37%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$6.51	-3.98%	6.03%	-1.66%	6.55%	5.85%	43.55%	8.86%	N/A	N/A	$7.16	$4.15	9.08%	56.87%	0.58	1,932,000	-20.03%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$13.29	-4.32%	-1.99%	-8.28%	2.94%	-17.76%	7.79%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.59	$11.13	32.14%	19.41%	0.60	344,000	109.76%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$6.06	-3.19%	4.66%	-3.35%	11.60%	5.03%	58.64%	38.99%	86.46%	545.37%	$6.72	$3.37	9.75%	80.09%	0.88	1,104,000	-1.16%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$57.53	-1.81%	2.20%	1.73%	45.39%	78.44%	208.97%	247.61%	441.20%	1,382.73%	$59.87	$17.85	3.90%	222.30%	0.88	1,823,000	-9.03%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$14.67	-1.28%	4.56%	-1.41%	9.97%	-6.98%	15.69%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.33	22.38%	18.98%	0.51	775,000	-16.85%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$354.57	-3.94%	2.54%	-2.93%	-14.75%	-13.98%	17.21%	67.07%	162.69%	1,061.27%	$547.20	$269.23	35.20%	31.70%	0.95	328,000	62.38%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$17.44	-1.64%	2.41%	-5.78%	11.15%	-3.33%	-21.93%	-25.98%	N/A	N/A	$22.91	$15.00	23.88%	16.27%	0.65	373,000	-22.29%
FTW	PRESIDIO PRODUCTION CO	$9.89	-0.30%	3.89%	-6.08%	-18.73%	-2.75%	-5.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.65	$9.46	40.60%	4.55%	0.02	41,600	26.06%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$34.82	-1.50%	2.74%	-1.69%	7.57%	-9.25%	9.32%	50.61%	162.20%	86.20%	$43.62	$30.78	20.17%	13.13%	0.62	1,405,000	-22.67%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$4.34	-5.86%	-2.69%	-9.77%	5.08%	-21.09%	-0.91%	-39.89%	15.12%	N/A	$6.79	$3.65	36.08%	18.90%	0.92	461,000	15.54%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$36.63	-2.42%	2.98%	-3.86%	7.99%	1.44%	15.88%	31.81%	87.08%	33.15%	$45.75	$29.10	19.93%	25.88%	0.94	3,055,000	17.32%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$91.11	-1.36%	3.39%	-2.45%	3.76%	-4.79%	-10.11%	2.37%	42.34%	N/A	$126.62	$83.25	28.05%	9.44%	0.65	5,299,000	49.48%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$2.65	-0.38%	0.00%	-21.83%	-21.13%	-36.90%	-36.30%	-74.76%	N/A	N/A	$10.64	$2.31	75.09%	14.72%	-0.47	98,000	-32.41%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$41.84	-1.51%	5.05%	2.35%	14.76%	2.83%	15.80%	19.34%	74.48%	10.16%	$48.31	$32.68	13.39%	28.03%	0.88	2,354,000	-2.49%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$2.67	-2.91%	-3.61%	-13.03%	-9.18%	-18.84%	-4.64%	-30.65%	-40.67%	N/A	$8.50	$2.44	68.59%	9.43%	-0.02	145,000	-34.98%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$165.59	-1.51%	2.19%	-4.32%	9.31%	-13.30%	-7.39%	34.98%	90.93%	N/A	$225.78	$149.18	26.66%	11.00%	0.71	173,000	-29.39%
BSIN	BIG SKY INDUSTRIAL INC	$1.41	-2.76%	-1.40%	-14.55%	18.49%	94.21%	23.68%	0.71%	-65.36%	-92.25%	$1.67	$0.66	15.57%	115.27%	0.39	450,000	33.93%
EQT	EQT CORP	$52.75	-3.09%	0.84%	-0.86%	5.90%	-6.98%	-1.01%	21.26%	158.20%	-21.81%	$68.24	$47.94	22.70%	10.03%	0.82	5,231,000	12.21%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$1.55	-3.13%	-2.52%	-20.10%	-44.44%	-66.23%	-83.60%	-98.19%	N/A	N/A	$22.50	$1.49	93.11%	4.03%	-1.15	95,000	-15.18%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$6.12	-10.00%	-8.11%	-17.41%	-25.18%	-17.41%	-0.81%	33.92%	86.02%	-39.10%	$9.24	$4.75	33.77%	28.84%	1.00	5,118,000	139.27%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$3.90	76.47%	43.91%	219.67%	82.24%	-31.22%	-61.40%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$1.09	83.04%	256.82%	0.27	171,956,000	7,254.83%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$13.70	-3.45%	-0.58%	-4.20%	5.55%	-15.69%	-28.68%	8.90%	48.75%	68.30%	$28.10	$12.13	51.25%	12.99%	1.02	2,503,000	11.49%
BKV	BKV CORP	$23.10	-5.48%	-2.45%	-3.02%	-9.73%	-12.63%	9.12%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$20.08	29.59%	15.04%	0.87	2,402,000	14.54%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$35.31	-2.11%	2.56%	-6.02%	11.00%	-0.39%	32.50%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$22.34	32.37%	58.09%	0.33	297,000	172.48%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$3.41	-20.51%	-38.34%	-39.11%	-18.03%	-20.70%	11.07%	-67.68%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$2.01	63.90%	69.65%	0.94	17,559,000	140.24%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.46	-2.53%	-3.14%	-18.91%	-15.36%	-33.57%	-8.86%	-95.74%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.34	70.70%	36.18%	-0.26	328,000	-23.54%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$9.92	1.22%	-3.64%	-11.11%	17.40%	10.22%	9.92%	-20.51%	-15.57%	146.52%	$16.40	$7.16	39.51%	38.55%	-0.04	30,700	2,261.54%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$3.20	-3.03%	17.22%	28.00%	23.55%	12.68%	-16.23%	-65.88%	-60.98%	788.89%	$4.08	$2.08	21.57%	53.85%	1.00	122,000	999.10%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$10.91	2.06%	3.90%	0.08%	-0.82%	2.01%	2.63%	-12.86%	-4.30%	0.09%	$12.33	$8.66	11.52%	25.98%	0.03	1,000	-50.00%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$0.95	0.53%	1.83%	-8.06%	-8.06%	-9.81%	-27.15%	-62.57%	-68.75%	-40.81%	$1.40	$0.84	32.36%	12.74%	0.29	13,700	-73.14%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$0.85	-5.56%	-6.59%	-26.72%	-19.81%	-24.11%	-85.27%	-96.17%	-95.95%	-96.11%	$6.70	$0.83	87.31%	2.41%	-0.53	109,000	18.48%
PROP	PRAIRIE OPERATING CO	$0.37	-7.54%	-9.36%	-13.00%	-50.00%	-71.25%	-80.53%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.55	$0.37	85.57%	0.82%	0.86	1,441,000	29.94%

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. Crescent Energy Co (NYSE:CRGY)

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

Crescent Energy Co (NYSE:CRGY) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is equal to the oil and gas industry average of 31.

CRGY passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Crescent Energy Co has seen its stock return 53.71% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 25 percentage points.

Crescent Energy Co has an average 1 year price target of $18.20, an upside of 41.63% from Crescent Energy Co's current stock price of $12.85.

Crescent Energy Co stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Crescent Energy Co, 70% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 10% have issued a Buy, 10% have issued a hold, while 10% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET)

Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) 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 Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

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 67.34% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 39 percentage points.

3. Permian Resources (NYSE:PR)

Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) 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 Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 3 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31.

PR passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Permian Resources has seen its stock return 94.82% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 66 percentage points.

Permian Resources has an average 1 year price target of $27.00, an upside of 12.22% from Permian Resources's current stock price of $24.06.

Permian Resources stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Permian Resources, 61.54% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 38.46% 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 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 16.54%, which is 12 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.32%.

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 12.94%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.32%. 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. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) has an annual dividend yield of 10.77%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.32%.

Vitesse Energy's dividend payout ratio of -626.1% 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 -1.39% in the last day, and up 4.47% 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 71, which is 41 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sm Energy Co's stock has gained 69.26% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 41 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 41 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Chord Energy's stock has gained 60.9% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 32 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 71, which is 41 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Riley Exploration Permian's stock has gained 67.38% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 39 percentage points.

Are oil and gas stocks a good buy now?

55.32% 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 15.27% over the next year.

19.12% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.47% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 42.65% are rated C (Hold), 5.88% are rated D (Sell), and 5.88% 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 15.36x.

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1. Crescent Energy Co (NYSE:CRGY)

2. Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET)

3. Permian Resources (NYSE:PR)

1. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

2. Evolution Petroleum (NYSEMKT:EPM)

3. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

1. Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM)

2. Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD)

3. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

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1. Crescent Energy Co (NYSE:CRGY)

2. Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET)

3. Permian Resources (NYSE:PR)

1. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

2. Evolution Petroleum (NYSEMKT:EPM)

3. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

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