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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 B and is the 43rd 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	$1.18	4.42%	-1.67%	-11.94%	-13.87%	-28.48%	12.38%	-22.37%	-65.80%	-89.88%	$2.00	$0.83	41.00%	42.00%	0.99	2,320,000	5.02%
APA	APA CORP	$46.74	3.59%	5.06%	-0.21%	15.07%	27.36%	90.08%	27.53%	58.93%	-19.02%	$52.96	$23.06	11.74%	102.69%	0.96	4,015,000	-23.79%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$42.83	3.83%	-0.12%	-7.41%	17.28%	23.22%	62.48%	65.43%	75.53%	466.53%	$54.57	$24.09	21.51%	77.79%	1.12	189,000	-24.70%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$24.32	3.89%	9.21%	-4.33%	0.29%	2.92%	7.33%	-32.97%	2.57%	35.11%	$31.17	$17.18	21.98%	41.56%	1.02	1,637,000	9.06%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$6.27	3.98%	35.42%	30.35%	21.04%	19.43%	19.66%	4.50%	-36.09%	N/A	$6.30	$4.18	0.48%	50.00%	0.43	1,717,000	-27.83%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$11.61	4.22%	-1.02%	-9.15%	-6.52%	-7.05%	19.81%	9.53%	N/A	N/A	$15.47	$7.68	24.95%	51.17%	0.99	4,320,000	-20.24%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$57.24	0.60%	-0.16%	-6.36%	-3.08%	3.81%	36.77%	-7.09%	78.21%	-11.87%	$67.45	$38.80	15.14%	47.53%	0.62	17,877,000	6.50%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$15.41	3.63%	-1.28%	-11.13%	-1.03%	0.52%	44.56%	7.99%	43.22%	N/A	$18.76	$10.15	17.86%	51.82%	0.98	1,895,000	-26.78%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$153.77	1.49%	4.56%	2.17%	7.23%	15.35%	40.63%	24.96%	62.00%	68.22%	$165.93	$101.59	7.33%	51.36%	0.53	3,116,000	-28.09%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$143.46	3.49%	8.41%	-0.77%	3.04%	2.42%	57.67%	-10.60%	12.30%	N/A	$159.96	$87.35	10.32%	64.24%	0.77	640,000	-53.69%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$5.43	4.22%	-6.54%	-16.33%	1.88%	1.12%	29.59%	22.30%	N/A	N/A	$7.37	$3.35	26.32%	62.09%	0.35	121,000	15.24%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$7.36	7.92%	-2.71%	-24.20%	-10.90%	23.28%	22.46%	-54.65%	-46.90%	N/A	$12.03	$3.85	38.82%	91.17%	0.90	770,000	-39.42%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$137.86	1.67%	0.67%	0.22%	9.48%	19.31%	52.01%	19.50%	91.10%	213.75%	$154.28	$85.70	10.64%	60.86%	0.56	5,000,000	-45.33%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$28.03	1.93%	0.81%	-5.65%	3.13%	5.77%	22.35%	-0.04%	46.75%	83.20%	$31.08	$20.85	9.82%	34.44%	0.38	90,000	-37.06%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$22.32	2.76%	-0.49%	-4.62%	4.01%	10.77%	64.84%	67.07%	206.17%	53.93%	$26.07	$13.18	14.37%	69.35%	1.04	8,540,000	-16.50%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$63.47	3.04%	1.23%	-2.53%	0.03%	7.41%	60.97%	41.96%	72.75%	23.84%	$73.62	$36.81	13.78%	72.43%	1.01	3,007,000	-1.22%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$52.08	3.46%	3.39%	-5.50%	-1.03%	-7.54%	28.47%	-9.85%	17.17%	123.52%	$66.84	$39.55	22.08%	31.68%	0.98	935,000	-56.73%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$31.16	5.56%	0.32%	-17.33%	-4.15%	1.60%	61.28%	-17.28%	-10.92%	-2.01%	$41.56	$17.45	25.02%	78.57%	1.06	3,567,000	-4.27%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$35.89	2.81%	-17.68%	-37.22%	-22.05%	11.05%	86.15%	135.65%	146.67%	797.25%	$59.87	$17.85	40.05%	101.06%	0.84	1,338,000	-44.64%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$9.48	2.93%	2.93%	-15.51%	-10.90%	-26.45%	50.48%	22.64%	147.52%	-11.48%	$14.59	$5.55	35.02%	70.81%	0.86	424,000	-34.47%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$10.64	2.90%	-1.02%	-10.74%	-6.26%	-13.07%	17.18%	-19.27%	3.40%	-72.46%	$14.82	$7.76	28.21%	37.11%	0.89	688,000	-60.25%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$48.89	1.35%	-1.51%	-3.19%	2.69%	8.19%	50.94%	50.02%	134.32%	220.38%	$56.27	$30.13	13.12%	62.26%	0.64	4,128,000	-29.15%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$55.97	0.67%	-9.75%	-19.37%	-15.36%	-16.25%	10.05%	113.46%	823.60%	N/A	$81.44	$43.71	31.27%	28.05%	0.79	956,000	-40.73%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$35.93	3.49%	-0.03%	-8.76%	0.59%	-4.49%	20.65%	-16.75%	25.76%	31.08%	$45.03	$28.70	20.21%	25.19%	0.88	1,242,000	-44.53%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$3.16	9.34%	-1.56%	-15.73%	-17.06%	-18.77%	58.79%	-16.84%	-23.49%	103.87%	$5.08	$1.50	37.80%	110.67%	0.80	3,978,000	-37.60%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$180.98	1.63%	-1.04%	-7.24%	-10.28%	-7.73%	22.16%	14.41%	66.39%	89.53%	$216.90	$139.41	16.56%	29.82%	0.72	1,408,000	-11.83%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$4.26	2.16%	-4.05%	-12.53%	-3.18%	-11.25%	59.55%	7.85%	25.00%	13.60%	$5.61	$2.96	24.06%	43.92%	0.99	15,348,000	-16.37%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$13.62	2.10%	-10.04%	2.87%	19.58%	-2.92%	14.07%	-20.80%	-49.93%	-49.59%	$18.89	$8.64	27.90%	57.64%	0.40	8,100	-58.46%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$47.45	0.70%	-1.84%	-11.34%	-12.34%	-20.49%	-1.31%	-5.82%	4.58%	N/A	$71.98	$43.25	34.08%	9.72%	0.89	567,000	-38.30%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$9.79	3.49%	-2.59%	-6.94%	2.73%	10.25%	125.58%	59.45%	1,003.72%	237.59%	$11.94	$3.73	18.01%	162.47%	1.94	534,000	-25.11%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$44.95	3.55%	1.88%	-8.19%	-0.99%	-3.81%	27.84%	-1.03%	5.22%	7.41%	$52.71	$34.23	14.72%	31.32%	0.83	11,731,000	6.72%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$5.29	0.95%	-5.37%	-9.73%	-10.49%	-11.54%	5.38%	-5.03%	-5.20%	N/A	$6.65	$4.20	20.45%	25.95%	0.42	55,400	-32.44%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$12.99	3.26%	2.85%	-7.28%	-9.29%	-14.20%	-2.11%	-11.57%	-10.17%	-47.83%	$18.45	$11.95	29.59%	8.70%	0.79	1,153,000	73.91%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$13.44	2.91%	6.58%	-0.59%	-4.14%	-16.00%	-0.07%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.59	$11.90	31.38%	12.93%	0.57	243,000	-30.17%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.04	-3.32%	-9.33%	-25.00%	-20.31%	-29.17%	33.33%	-70.56%	-46.46%	-55.94%	$3.34	$0.84	38.92%	144.02%	0.97	18,718,000	0.02%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$9.10	-0.22%	-9.18%	-16.44%	-30.80%	-35.19%	-22.75%	-49.08%	N/A	N/A	$15.02	$8.93	39.41%	1.90%	0.42	592,000	2.42%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$15.26	0.73%	-1.42%	-1.10%	0.13%	3.46%	11.71%	-3.30%	9.23%	N/A	$17.12	$11.31	10.86%	34.92%	0.48	1,013,000	17.25%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$9.24	2.55%	5.96%	-3.65%	-2.74%	-3.35%	2.67%	-21.43%	-21.03%	127.59%	$16.40	$7.16	43.66%	29.05%	-0.05	41,600	68.42%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$0.72	3.58%	-8.25%	-29.12%	-46.84%	-74.45%	-34.27%	-88.15%	-94.26%	N/A	$29.70	$0.67	97.57%	8.07%	0.05	1,015,000	-55.03%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$192.52	2.33%	1.28%	-11.38%	-1.20%	-19.85%	31.85%	83.37%	179.01%	262.90%	$278.90	$133.40	30.97%	44.32%	0.59	42,000	-13.58%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$281.42	2.47%	-2.17%	-22.97%	-22.89%	-30.10%	-14.65%	52.45%	89.01%	790.94%	$547.20	$265.31	48.57%	6.07%	0.93	439,000	-9.11%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$13.98	2.27%	-3.65%	-5.80%	-1.41%	4.48%	2.42%	-18.58%	18.07%	-20.39%	$15.49	$12.95	9.75%	7.95%	0.46	352,000	-38.46%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$13.75	2.61%	3.15%	-2.90%	-6.14%	-12.48%	-4.78%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.35	27.25%	11.34%	0.50	1,034,000	15.66%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$21.23	0.76%	-1.30%	-6.64%	-8.88%	-4.67%	20.63%	4.22%	N/A	-2.84%	$25.19	$14.57	15.72%	45.71%	0.62	728,000	30.00%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$13.94	1.53%	6.49%	-2.92%	-2.99%	11.52%	0.72%	-25.45%	N/A	N/A	$15.58	$10.12	10.52%	37.75%	0.27	247,000	-5.00%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$23.78	3.53%	1.75%	-2.78%	-8.57%	-15.70%	3.89%	11.12%	18.07%	N/A	$32.76	$21.07	27.41%	12.89%	0.83	3,920,000	9.65%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$5.43	1.12%	0.56%	-10.98%	-6.22%	-10.40%	42.89%	32.12%	41.78%	650.00%	$6.72	$3.37	19.14%	61.37%	0.84	1,169,000	4.00%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$7.70	0.26%	36.04%	21.45%	15.79%	32.30%	62.79%	31.62%	N/A	N/A	$7.81	$4.15	1.41%	85.54%	0.68	1,326,000	-59.84%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$15.23	2.49%	3.82%	-12.67%	-7.13%	-17.32%	-29.56%	-31.24%	N/A	N/A	$22.91	$14.41	33.52%	5.73%	0.60	415,000	-7.78%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$163.99	1.28%	3.07%	-0.59%	-4.25%	-9.01%	-22.60%	29.76%	106.38%	N/A	$225.78	$149.18	27.37%	9.93%	0.69	217,000	-52.72%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$2.10	-2.33%	1.45%	-17.32%	-13.93%	-35.19%	-33.33%	-80.00%	N/A	N/A	$10.64	$1.85	80.26%	13.51%	-0.46	56,000	-26.32%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$2.34	3.08%	-7.51%	-14.60%	-20.95%	-24.52%	-17.02%	-26.18%	-39.85%	N/A	$8.50	$2.25	72.47%	4.00%	-0.00	212,000	11.58%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$88.63	0.78%	1.51%	-0.20%	-9.78%	-8.35%	-25.30%	10.77%	37.54%	N/A	$126.62	$83.25	30.00%	6.46%	0.63	2,677,000	-12.49%
FTW	PRESIDIO PRODUCTION CO	$10.18	1.09%	1.70%	1.39%	-10.62%	-7.37%	-2.58%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.65	$9.46	38.86%	7.61%	0.04	28,000	0.00%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$38.21	1.54%	2.08%	4.51%	1.00%	4.43%	8.55%	45.17%	95.75%	55.45%	$45.75	$31.15	16.48%	22.66%	0.91	2,125,000	-46.94%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$9.32	0.43%	-1.17%	-21.55%	0.11%	-5.86%	12.15%	1.19%	-31.57%	108.50%	$13.13	$6.84	29.02%	36.26%	0.70	350,000	-29.58%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$36.35	-1.57%	1.17%	5.55%	0.61%	0.66%	-2.76%	74.17%	150.52%	101.94%	$43.62	$30.78	16.67%	18.10%	0.60	1,817,000	-17.48%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$3.85	9.69%	10.63%	-14.63%	-14.63%	-29.74%	-34.30%	-38.89%	20.69%	-79.74%	$6.79	$3.14	43.30%	22.61%	0.92	1,019,000	-49.75%
BSIN	BIG SKY INDUSTRIAL INC	$1.24	-5.34%	-13.89%	-14.48%	-13.29%	33.91%	9.73%	8.77%	-67.02%	-91.03%	$1.67	$0.66	25.75%	89.31%	0.40	569,000	89.04%
EQT	EQT CORP	$52.69	1.33%	0.32%	-1.00%	-3.09%	-6.66%	-13.18%	32.39%	148.54%	-19.80%	$68.24	$47.94	22.79%	9.91%	0.80	6,584,000	-15.81%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$3.44	-3.64%	-2.27%	-7.28%	-8.75%	-28.03%	-25.05%	-40.69%	-40.69%	-59.05%	$4.99	$3.19	31.06%	7.84%	0.65	1,100,000	147.19%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$1.65	0.61%	12.24%	5.10%	-30.67%	-57.71%	-82.03%	-97.45%	N/A	N/A	$22.50	$1.36	92.67%	21.32%	-1.16	146,000	-46.52%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$28.68	0.53%	2.06%	-16.94%	-20.82%	-19.60%	15.37%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$22.34	45.07%	28.41%	0.31	169,000	12.67%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$2.14	-0.47%	-8.55%	-7.36%	6.47%	-26.96%	-78.96%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$1.09	90.70%	95.79%	0.41	1,059,000	5.79%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$6.54	2.99%	4.64%	-2.10%	-3.11%	-19.06%	7.92%	46.31%	69.87%	-35.57%	$9.24	$4.75	29.22%	37.68%	0.99	2,219,000	-1.99%
BKV	BKV CORP	$19.24	1.48%	0.73%	-20.00%	-27.42%	-32.11%	-29.29%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$17.47	41.36%	10.13%	0.88	1,651,000	14.10%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$15.13	4.92%	13.08%	10.92%	5.14%	0.40%	-39.77%	35.45%	56.46%	83.84%	$28.10	$12.13	46.16%	24.78%	0.99	3,337,000	0.33%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$2.33	12.56%	6.39%	-46.31%	-55.45%	-53.40%	-47.05%	-78.02%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$1.57	75.33%	48.41%	1.04	10,783,000	37.47%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$51.86	1.29%	-0.46%	25.21%	27.51%	26.58%	33.38%	55.74%	121.06%	62.11%	$56.90	$32.68	8.86%	58.69%	0.86	2,686,000	-13.13%
PROP	PRAIRIE OPERATING CO	$0.37	0.83%	-8.27%	-10.73%	-58.88%	-62.54%	-80.22%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.55	$0.32	85.65%	12.96%	0.77	593,000	-2.47%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.46	1.65%	19.42%	-24.31%	-7.17%	-10.55%	-26.35%	-65.55%	-79.97%	583.33%	$3.99	$1.96	38.39%	25.51%	0.99	36,400	-8.54%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.25	3.27%	-8.00%	-45.71%	-47.94%	-63.39%	-48.47%	-97.47%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.23	83.99%	9.05%	-0.23	323,000	-35.14%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$0.80	-2.20%	-9.89%	-12.83%	-9.89%	-32.03%	-85.07%	-95.52%	-95.78%	-96.23%	$5.56	$0.80	85.58%	0.25%	-0.49	35,200	49.15%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$15.79	-12.13%	51.10%	53.15%	45.13%	40.98%	53.30%	26.83%	30.60%	40.46%	$24.74	$8.66	36.18%	82.33%	0.11	311,000	-67.54%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$0.85	-0.94%	-1.63%	-6.92%	-12.68%	-23.00%	-31.14%	-65.85%	-67.42%	-47.06%	$1.40	$0.84	39.50%	0.83%	0.28	37,500	336.05%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in Nov 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 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 12.38% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 1 percentage points.

Ring Energy has an average 1 year price target of $2.00, an upside of 69.49% from Ring Energy's current stock price of $1.18.

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.

2. Apa (NASDAQ:APA)

Apa (NASDAQ:APA) 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 Apa (NASDAQ:APA) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Apa (NASDAQ:APA) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 14 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31.

APA passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Apa has seen its stock return 90.08% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 79 percentage points.

Apa has an average 1 year price target of $48.12, an upside of 2.95% from Apa's current stock price of $46.74.

Apa stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 18 analysts covering Apa, 22.22% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 5.56% have issued a Buy, 61.11% have issued a hold, while 5.56% have issued a Sell rating, and 5.56% 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 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 Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 26 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31.

REPX passed 21 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Riley Exploration Permian has seen its stock return 62.48% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 51 percentage points.

Riley Exploration Permian has an average 1 year price target of $43.00, an upside of 0.4% from Riley Exploration Permian's current stock price of $42.83.

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 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 19.78%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.65%.

Mach Natural Resources's dividend payout ratio of 191.5% 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 13.95%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.65%. 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 -282.4% 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 12.33%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.65%.

Vitesse Energy's dividend payout ratio of -163.3% 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 1.99% in the last day, and up 0.92% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why oil and gas stocks are up.

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 61.28% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 50 percentage points.

2. Vista Energy Sab De CV (NYSE:VIST)

Vista Energy Sab De CV (NYSE:VIST) 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.

Vista Energy Sab De CV 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.

Vista Energy Sab De CV's stock has gained 10.05% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by -1 percentage points.

3. Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD)

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) 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.

Chord Energy has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Chord Energy's stock has gained 57.67% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 46 percentage points.

Are oil and gas stocks a good buy now?

56.52% 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 23.9% over the next year.

8.82% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 22.06% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.94% are rated C (Hold), 10.29% 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 12.21x.

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