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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 88th 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 %
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.26	-29.21%	-30.00%	-8.70%	-0.79%	26.00%	37.25%	-29.21%	-40.28%	-82.64%	$2.00	$0.72	37.00%	75.00%	1.08	39,534,000	491.12%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$142.03	0.01%	0.84%	5.39%	39.22%	56.52%	42.76%	0.37%	92.77%	N/A	$150.50	$84.25	5.63%	68.59%	0.89	487,000	-24.26%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$134.93	0.60%	0.18%	-1.48%	11.76%	23.52%	15.67%	21.19%	69.55%	71.56%	$151.87	$101.59	11.15%	32.81%	0.65	2,595,000	-13.30%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$31.17	-0.57%	9.18%	8.04%	45.25%	68.94%	21.62%	17.45%	91.82%	12.28%	$33.25	$17.45	6.26%	78.62%	1.26	2,766,000	-15.26%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$12.60	-0.94%	-3.82%	-1.25%	23.17%	37.55%	32.63%	24.38%	N/A	N/A	$14.29	$7.68	11.83%	64.06%	1.10	5,887,000	-8.63%
APA	APA CORP	$36.97	-0.32%	-3.47%	-6.38%	32.41%	49.74%	100.27%	12.23%	81.23%	-30.27%	$45.66	$16.15	19.03%	128.92%	1.12	4,688,000	-19.68%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$27.07	-0.29%	3.72%	-4.45%	6.24%	13.69%	-5.68%	-8.42%	84.40%	110.66%	$28.95	$20.85	6.49%	29.83%	0.43	140,000	-14.63%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$36.15	-0.55%	8.17%	-10.21%	30.22%	39.47%	22.67%	-3.26%	15.87%	184.20%	$41.26	$24.08	12.38%	50.12%	1.23	441,000	-8.70%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$15.31	-0.26%	1.73%	1.19%	16.69%	45.12%	76.18%	28.66%	23.97%	N/A	$17.01	$7.67	9.97%	99.61%	1.14	1,499,000	47.68%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$4.40	4.51%	15.18%	44.74%	94.69%	129.17%	175.00%	6.54%	27.17%	99.10%	$4.49	$1.34	2.00%	228.11%	0.96	7,285,000	-13.18%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$46.90	0.28%	0.64%	-0.78%	5.02%	33.85%	36.77%	-1.70%	89.49%	44.22%	$52.71	$30.24	11.02%	55.09%	0.97	14,102,000	18.39%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$251.50	0.34%	8.97%	15.85%	46.30%	76.91%	38.64%	200.48%	485.05%	423.96%	$251.50	$126.40	0.00%	98.97%	0.63	27,000	-21.05%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$14.88	-0.93%	2.76%	-3.81%	-11.95%	5.91%	37.65%	-9.05%	217.27%	N/A	$18.45	$9.52	19.35%	56.34%	0.91	182,000	-3.70%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$47.20	0.60%	3.44%	0.75%	16.03%	45.01%	46.45%	66.81%	185.80%	230.42%	$51.34	$29.30	8.06%	61.09%	0.75	4,827,000	-10.54%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$56.18	-0.16%	1.92%	-3.24%	21.94%	33.70%	26.56%	-4.00%	136.95%	-25.43%	$67.45	$38.80	16.71%	44.79%	0.75	5,738,000	-44.37%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$9.05	-1.84%	3.55%	13.41%	62.48%	106.15%	69.48%	60.18%	1,260.90%	232.72%	$9.74	$3.09	7.08%	192.88%	2.11	280,000	1.45%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$57.79	-0.52%	-3.52%	2.56%	23.14%	48.90%	46.90%	72.82%	131.44%	71.99%	$63.46	$34.88	8.93%	65.68%	1.15	4,606,000	-34.09%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$28.59	-0.17%	-0.21%	-3.70%	6.76%	25.12%	22.60%	44.98%	145.83%	N/A	$32.76	$21.07	12.73%	35.72%	0.97	2,059,000	-3.06%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$38.46	-0.62%	-1.21%	-1.44%	14.40%	30.42%	64.85%	13.69%	100.52%	31.98%	$43.34	$20.31	11.26%	89.36%	1.05	1,250,000	9.36%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$68.40	-1.27%	-0.28%	2.21%	26.41%	43.85%	33.41%	227.59%	2,442.75%	N/A	$79.20	$31.63	13.64%	116.25%	0.89	890,000	-41.37%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$20.24	0.35%	-4.57%	-1.56%	17.06%	52.07%	45.09%	115.32%	394.87%	100.40%	$22.68	$11.92	10.74%	69.80%	1.17	11,446,000	15.63%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$9.18	-2.34%	-3.06%	0.11%	-12.15%	0.88%	38.46%	-14.21%	17.99%	251.72%	$16.40	$6.65	44.02%	38.05%	-0.02	2,900	-45.28%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$59.32	-0.60%	-3.48%	-9.23%	4.22%	21.36%	35.43%	48.93%	129.39%	N/A	$71.98	$41.13	17.59%	44.23%	0.95	1,061,000	19.35%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$14.79	-6.27%	-5.62%	-12.02%	-9.54%	9.72%	-19.66%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.90	$11.13	25.67%	32.88%	0.77	1,243,000	207.67%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$57.31	1.17%	-0.78%	-4.97%	19.90%	40.47%	23.62%	29.28%	104.82%	176.86%	$66.84	$37.14	14.26%	54.31%	1.12	1,153,000	16.35%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$15.58	-1.83%	1.50%	-3.59%	17.94%	5.27%	11.37%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.33	17.57%	26.36%	0.59	471,000	-27.31%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$23.34	-2.22%	-5.62%	-14.38%	-10.09%	5.61%	-21.18%	-26.97%	52.85%	-50.86%	$32.62	$20.18	28.45%	15.66%	1.17	1,800,000	-52.11%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$41.26	0.88%	0.22%	-1.53%	9.82%	8.52%	1.58%	50.64%	258.16%	-1.79%	$48.31	$32.60	14.59%	26.56%	0.95	2,110,000	8.82%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$201.10	1.49%	3.09%	6.35%	18.90%	39.29%	37.58%	55.94%	163.91%	135.23%	$214.51	$132.20	6.25%	52.12%	0.84	1,369,000	-15.28%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$117.40	-0.40%	-1.26%	-5.03%	5.36%	31.29%	24.67%	17.06%	116.45%	172.90%	$135.87	$84.28	13.59%	39.30%	0.67	5,633,000	-15.82%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$179.10	-0.66%	-0.74%	-9.55%	-12.19%	-15.21%	-9.64%	84.75%	163.34%	N/A	$225.78	$160.95	20.67%	11.28%	0.75	260,000	-25.50%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.99	-3.55%	3.46%	14.12%	77.98%	107.64%	44.44%	-51.38%	10.33%	-40.32%	$3.32	$0.84	9.94%	257.66%	1.20	9,443,000	-32.03%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.63	-8.67%	-11.61%	-19.08%	74.59%	38.29%	61.64%	-94.02%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.27	60.00%	136.70%	-0.21	1,835,000	55.51%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$22.45	-0.22%	0.13%	-6.22%	20.57%	31.29%	58.10%	-2.18%	17.11%	11.25%	$25.19	$13.58	10.88%	65.32%	0.70	540,000	-20.70%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$12.53	0.48%	5.56%	-3.09%	24.93%	43.86%	77.98%	6.19%	69.55%	-61.12%	$14.82	$6.22	15.45%	101.45%	1.04	1,023,000	-31.48%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$5.25	-2.78%	-0.19%	-0.76%	38.89%	32.24%	-15.32%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.27	$3.35	36.52%	56.72%	0.50	141,000	-13.50%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$14.16	-0.49%	5.75%	10.88%	8.09%	18.59%	-1.19%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.60	$10.46	9.23%	35.37%	0.50	329,000	-42.08%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$13.93	-5.94%	-5.62%	-12.22%	17.45%	19.94%	24.38%	-23.45%	-48.02%	-69.72%	$18.89	$8.64	26.26%	61.23%	0.53	14,500	N/A
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$36.74	1.13%	-0.27%	-1.26%	5.70%	6.99%	-10.48%	63.14%	239.56%	44.08%	$45.75	$29.10	19.69%	26.25%	1.04	4,487,000	-0.20%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$13.01	-1.14%	1.01%	35.24%	69.62%	113.98%	153.61%	115.75%	723.42%	126.62%	$14.59	$4.58	10.83%	184.06%	1.02	381,000	-47.08%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$4.21	-12.11%	-10.62%	-5.61%	-3.66%	-3.00%	-5.82%	-42.72%	18.59%	-20.27%	$5.70	$3.19	26.14%	31.97%	0.78	1,068,000	254.82%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$4.96	0.61%	-0.40%	15.62%	42.94%	57.96%	155.67%	48.95%	249.30%	8.30%	$5.24	$1.56	5.34%	217.95%	1.10	18,368,000	-12.14%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$13.55	0.22%	-0.15%	-2.52%	-10.86%	-0.81%	-2.80%	-10.44%	36.04%	-13.75%	$15.49	$11.78	12.52%	15.03%	0.53	237,000	-45.01%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$95.65	-0.81%	-1.32%	-2.18%	-8.07%	-18.91%	-15.43%	16.63%	93.23%	N/A	$126.62	$91.02	24.46%	5.09%	0.71	2,006,000	-21.30%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$3.82	4.66%	22.83%	-25.39%	49.22%	17.54%	-61.18%	-63.20%	N/A	N/A	$11.01	$2.31	65.30%	65.37%	-0.42	461,000	-44.92%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$386.51	-3.71%	-7.92%	-7.26%	-10.59%	17.25%	-15.89%	153.80%	109.90%	2,021.12%	$547.20	$269.23	29.37%	43.56%	0.99	441,000	42.26%
EQT	EQT CORP	$55.93	0.27%	-2.49%	-3.07%	-4.72%	-7.17%	-0.48%	59.16%	177.71%	-20.15%	$68.24	$48.47	18.04%	15.39%	0.89	4,410,000	21.99%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$5.16	-1.53%	-9.47%	-7.53%	2.18%	-0.77%	-9.47%	-3.73%	-46.91%	N/A	$6.72	$4.18	23.21%	23.44%	0.48	956,000	-9.04%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$2.95	-5.45%	-5.45%	-12.72%	-24.94%	8.06%	20.90%	-36.56%	-44.34%	N/A	$8.50	$2.25	65.29%	31.11%	0.01	570,000	12.87%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$15.32	0.33%	5.00%	5.66%	8.81%	12.07%	9.82%	-3.59%	17.30%	N/A	$15.65	$11.31	2.11%	35.46%	0.54	1,192,000	-46.71%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$35.41	-1.06%	-3.12%	-9.88%	-12.78%	-3.78%	8.49%	121.45%	171.76%	196.74%	$43.62	$27.72	18.82%	27.74%	0.67	1,281,000	-15.89%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$6.15	-0.65%	3.36%	1.15%	25.00%	27.86%	-9.43%	21.42%	55.30%	N/A	$8.50	$4.20	27.65%	46.43%	0.45	118,000	-56.62%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$6.69	-2.90%	8.25%	5.02%	31.43%	13.58%	-35.05%	-51.63%	-20.26%	N/A	$12.00	$3.85	44.25%	73.77%	1.01	971,000	-6.18%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$31.43	-2.15%	-8.90%	-4.47%	9.86%	71.65%	124.50%	88.43%	471.45%	754.08%	$36.94	$12.70	14.92%	147.48%	0.89	1,272,000	67.15%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$5.93	-2.79%	1.37%	-2.31%	2.60%	22.02%	38.88%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.02	$4.10	15.53%	44.63%	0.67	104,000	-67.19%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.10	-2.22%	-0.90%	5.77%	12.24%	-6.78%	-13.73%	-57.85%	-65.84%	-31.68%	$2.28	$0.92	51.75%	19.44%	0.37	25,400	-78.10%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$6.06	-0.16%	0.33%	3.24%	22.92%	53.81%	58.22%	62.47%	141.43%	471.70%	$6.72	$3.14	9.75%	92.99%	0.95	892,000	-22.03%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$2.52	-8.70%	-14.86%	-31.71%	-0.79%	125.00%	91.63%	-60.00%	-79.69%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	91.52%	152.00%	0.34	3,138,000	2.42%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$18.13	-0.28%	-2.00%	-2.74%	-17.25%	-13.67%	-20.38%	-4.73%	N/A	N/A	$27.15	$17.22	33.22%	5.28%	0.76	158,000	-44.37%
USEG	US ENERGY CORP	$0.90	-3.23%	-10.89%	19.68%	-10.00%	-14.29%	-18.92%	-30.77%	-76.80%	-95.93%	$2.75	$0.66	67.27%	37.40%	0.45	1,177,000	35.76%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$1.17	-3.31%	5.41%	5.41%	-61.13%	-78.09%	-83.32%	-94.66%	-91.88%	-96.18%	$25.56	$1.01	95.42%	15.84%	-0.52	111,000	-14.62%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$13.06	1.40%	5.58%	7.40%	3.57%	-5.70%	-26.13%	-40.99%	N/A	N/A	$16.26	$10.12	19.68%	29.05%	0.32	281,000	44.85%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$4.99	1.42%	-0.20%	8.95%	1.42%	17.83%	595.96%	-51.17%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	47.17%	1,435.38%	0.75	8,415,000	63.30%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$5.10	-3.23%	-7.94%	-13.27%	-5.90%	-9.41%	58.88%	-23.88%	71.14%	N/A	$6.79	$2.60	24.89%	96.53%	1.04	1,075,000	-21.70%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$8.54	0.47%	14.17%	13.41%	64.23%	42.81%	2.89%	37.08%	333.50%	-13.74%	$12.12	$4.75	29.54%	79.79%	1.09	3,670,000	34.58%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$37.30	3.61%	5.82%	0.11%	32.74%	55.74%	84.02%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$17.29	28.56%	115.73%	0.42	170,000	86.81%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.72	1.12%	0.00%	-6.21%	-6.53%	-12.26%	-31.66%	-74.12%	-63.24%	700.00%	$6.31	$2.63	56.89%	3.42%	0.96	30,000	38.89%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$14.55	-1.15%	-2.94%	-16.04%	-23.50%	-41.87%	-38.48%	43.63%	169.94%	318.34%	$31.17	$14.10	53.33%	3.19%	1.08	3,289,000	29.95%
BKV	BKV CORP	$27.76	-1.98%	-7.00%	0.40%	-9.13%	4.36%	24.04%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$19.56	15.39%	41.92%	1.02	687,000	22.46%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$10.45	-3.15%	-2.61%	-2.52%	-3.15%	1.36%	-2.79%	6.52%	-23.44%	-15.05%	$13.25	$8.66	21.13%	20.67%	0.00	2,900	-95.54%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.40	1.28%	-14.87%	-25.47%	-2.71%	-59.90%	-67.89%	-99.05%	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.36	84.20%	11.27%	-1.22	1,982,000	-60.81%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$9.68	-2.81%	2.87%	-2.71%	17.48%	22.69%	35.57%	-5.28%	-36.77%	298.35%	$10.34	$5.75	6.34%	68.35%	0.78	607,000	13.67%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$2.96	-1.66%	7.25%	-53.31%	-71.40%	-70.84%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$2.69	87.13%	10.04%	-0.76	1,044,000	2.76%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in May 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. Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI)

Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) 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 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 37.25% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 24 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 +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

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 "B".

CHRD passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Chord Energy has seen its stock return 42.76% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 30 percentage points.

Chord Energy has an average 1 year price target of $156.00, an upside of 9.84% from Chord Energy's current stock price of $142.03.

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.

3. Eog Resources (NYSE:EOG)

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

Eog Resources (NYSE:EOG) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 13 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29.

EOG passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Eog Resources has seen its stock return 15.67% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 3 percentage points.

Eog Resources has an average 1 year price target of $149.86, an upside of 11.06% from Eog Resources's current stock price of $134.93.

Eog Resources stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 14 analysts covering Eog Resources, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 7.14% have issued a Buy, 64.29% 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 13.91%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.18%.

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. Txo Partners (NYSE:TXO)

Txo Partners (NYSE:TXO) has an annual dividend yield of 13.09%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.18%.

Txo Partners's dividend payout ratio of -92.9% 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 11.73%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.18%.

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 down?

Oil and gas stocks were down -0.71% in the last day, and down -0.48% over the last week. Ring Energy was the among the top losers in the oil & gas e&p industry, dropping -29.21% yesterday.

Ring Energy shares are trading lower after the company announced the pricing of its $60 million offering of 44,444,445 shares at $1.35 per share.

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. Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI)

Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) 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.

Ring Energy has a valuation score of 14, which is -14 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 28. 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 37.25% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 24 percentage points.

2. Apa (NASDAQ:APA)

Apa (NASDAQ:APA) 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.

Apa has a valuation score of 29, which is 1 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 28. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Apa's stock has gained 100.27% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 87 percentage points.

3. Gulfport Energy (NYSE:GPOR)

Gulfport Energy (NYSE:GPOR) 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.

Gulfport Energy has a valuation score of 57, which is 29 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 28. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gulfport Energy's stock has dropped -9.64% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by -23 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 21.55% over the next year.

1.45% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 10.14% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 69.57% are rated C (Hold), 11.59% 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 28.9x.

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