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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 23rd 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 %
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$22.75	-2.36%	-1.17%	12.35%	15.89%	25.55%	64.02%	66.91%	366.19%	87.24%	$24.09	$11.92	5.56%	90.86%	1.08	11,688,000	-7.82%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.40	-2.78%	-2.10%	19.66%	6.06%	5.26%	32.08%	-24.32%	-36.65%	-86.22%	$2.00	$0.83	30.00%	68.47%	1.01	2,630,000	-18.85%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$12.26	0.49%	-2.39%	15.88%	3.55%	15.44%	62.60%	-12.80%	94.60%	-66.56%	$14.82	$7.11	17.27%	72.55%	0.95	1,099,000	2.71%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$16.72	1.33%	-2.62%	18.33%	12.97%	44.51%	72.73%	-0.71%	45.26%	N/A	$18.44	$8.87	9.33%	88.50%	1.03	1,511,000	9.57%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$37.44	0.21%	0.05%	9.73%	4.46%	31.78%	32.20%	12.91%	95.92%	208.91%	$41.53	$24.08	9.85%	55.48%	1.17	188,000	-18.26%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$35.36	-0.90%	-2.16%	16.70%	11.23%	67.35%	28.58%	-13.88%	101.94%	-6.21%	$38.25	$17.45	7.56%	102.64%	1.13	3,381,000	38.91%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.78	1.83%	-1.42%	13.93%	-2.46%	26.36%	54.44%	-61.34%	28.70%	-53.28%	$3.34	$0.84	16.77%	232.54%	1.06	12,407,000	31.56%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$10.09	4.89%	2.85%	49.93%	23.50%	70.15%	149.75%	63.27%	1,890.14%	250.35%	$11.52	$3.09	12.41%	226.54%	2.00	731,000	116.91%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$5.73	-1.21%	-5.13%	13.69%	6.31%	51.19%	5.14%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.61	$3.35	13.31%	71.04%	0.37	117,000	13.59%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$55.25	-0.54%	-4.74%	17.13%	2.73%	11.35%	13.45%	-9.56%	104.03%	131.17%	$66.84	$37.14	17.34%	48.76%	1.03	1,743,000	-8.41%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$14.05	0.43%	1.08%	8.83%	5.64%	12.22%	0.93%	-33.10%	N/A	N/A	$14.71	$10.12	4.49%	38.83%	0.28	56,000	-33.33%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$58.62	0.36%	-2.45%	6.72%	2.02%	13.98%	27.32%	-5.82%	144.25%	-24.04%	$67.45	$38.80	13.09%	51.08%	0.67	6,201,000	-9.12%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$64.52	0.19%	-1.59%	7.39%	14.26%	30.50%	57.71%	37.89%	152.33%	30.08%	$67.44	$35.51	4.33%	81.70%	1.05	2,175,000	-21.99%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$15.10	-0.46%	0.40%	2.93%	2.37%	4.14%	9.50%	-0.40%	44.08%	N/A	$15.80	$11.31	4.40%	33.51%	0.50	621,000	-46.65%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$13.37	-0.59%	-0.45%	27.58%	7.56%	23.57%	48.23%	-1.84%	N/A	N/A	$14.29	$7.68	6.44%	74.09%	1.04	4,033,000	-3.24%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$130.61	-0.93%	0.02%	13.00%	12.04%	17.99%	34.58%	11.14%	136.91%	208.77%	$135.88	$85.57	3.88%	52.64%	0.60	5,819,000	-3.72%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$11.03	0.18%	-5.73%	11.53%	-4.58%	43.81%	83.22%	68.40%	337.35%	-2.73%	$14.59	$5.44	24.40%	102.76%	0.93	572,000	-16.37%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$28.72	-0.73%	1.81%	5.70%	3.20%	12.63%	16.18%	-0.69%	81.66%	89.57%	$29.26	$20.85	1.85%	37.75%	0.38	100,000	16.28%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$9.71	-0.31%	1.89%	2.43%	-2.61%	13.97%	53.40%	4.07%	-10.84%	177.43%	$11.87	$5.75	18.20%	68.87%	0.73	224,000	-34.31%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$49.64	0.10%	0.28%	10.83%	6.00%	15.20%	62.81%	59.13%	210.54%	211.22%	$51.48	$29.68	3.57%	67.25%	0.69	5,170,000	-25.02%
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$12.44	-0.64%	-1.50%	-6.82%	-9.20%	-3.49%	-9.79%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.02	$10.46	17.18%	18.93%	0.44	366,000	28.42%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$26.02	-1.51%	-0.15%	28.37%	16.47%	-0.88%	2.81%	-36.44%	69.84%	-22.10%	$31.17	$17.18	16.52%	51.46%	1.07	1,485,000	-22.74%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$199.84	-0.03%	-4.18%	2.06%	2.41%	19.68%	38.82%	32.63%	173.45%	107.45%	$216.90	$134.30	7.87%	48.80%	0.76	1,375,000	-31.39%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$140.14	-0.44%	-5.20%	6.33%	1.65%	32.99%	32.22%	-10.97%	63.71%	N/A	$153.00	$84.25	8.41%	66.35%	0.81	623,000	4.53%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$46.83	-0.17%	-2.82%	8.50%	3.74%	9.77%	32.93%	-7.40%	60.98%	5.40%	$52.71	$31.47	11.16%	48.79%	0.88	6,339,000	-13.22%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$5.00	-0.99%	-3.47%	9.41%	-3.47%	-1.77%	-11.82%	-37.26%	-48.56%	N/A	$6.15	$4.18	18.63%	19.62%	0.45	1,478,000	9.64%
APA	APA CORP	$41.19	-0.39%	-5.20%	18.57%	9.84%	41.55%	86.21%	-3.99%	132.84%	-21.32%	$45.66	$21.57	9.79%	90.96%	1.02	4,209,000	-15.55%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$13.09	-0.15%	-1.06%	13.83%	-6.90%	9.58%	8.18%	-31.53%	-43.09%	-71.74%	$18.89	$8.64	30.70%	51.50%	0.45	11,800	-38.86%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$26.43	-0.04%	-3.86%	10.03%	-6.11%	-3.40%	9.49%	16.74%	83.03%	N/A	$32.76	$21.07	19.32%	25.47%	0.88	2,723,000	33.74%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$144.84	-1.36%	-3.10%	3.23%	6.34%	19.57%	19.41%	13.67%	114.80%	60.61%	$153.67	$101.59	5.75%	42.57%	0.57	2,826,000	22.50%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$4.68	1.52%	-1.06%	13.32%	-4.49%	24.80%	119.72%	19.08%	185.37%	-4.68%	$5.36	$2.15	12.69%	117.67%	1.02	14,023,000	4.02%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$52.54	1.68%	-2.32%	3.36%	-14.21%	-8.36%	5.80%	-5.25%	68.45%	N/A	$71.98	$43.25	27.01%	21.49%	0.92	842,000	14.40%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$5.84	0.86%	4.66%	1.92%	0.00%	18.94%	-0.68%	11.24%	14.51%	N/A	$6.65	$4.20	12.18%	39.05%	0.41	126,000	11.50%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$34.69	0.20%	-5.91%	-7.49%	-4.91%	8.78%	44.78%	-23.15%	66.54%	20.28%	$43.34	$24.31	19.96%	42.70%	0.94	891,000	-31.25%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$7.76	-1.40%	-4.90%	14.62%	9.92%	52.46%	4.58%	-44.81%	-9.77%	N/A	$9.13	$3.85	15.00%	101.56%	0.91	293,000	14.90%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$13.91	0.07%	-1.83%	3.57%	-5.63%	-17.98%	20.75%	-11.68%	49.09%	N/A	$18.45	$11.10	24.61%	25.32%	0.84	211,000	8.21%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$14.93	1.77%	3.54%	17.47%	-1.19%	12.93%	-8.80%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$12.33	21.01%	21.09%	0.51	717,000	32.04%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$3.57	-0.83%	-7.51%	7.85%	-12.29%	39.45%	98.33%	-10.53%	14.42%	99.44%	$5.08	$1.50	29.72%	138.00%	0.82	2,767,000	5.85%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$6.12	-1.61%	-0.97%	-0.97%	5.34%	5.70%	25.15%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.16	$4.15	14.53%	47.47%	0.58	899,000	-24.26%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$1.31	0.00%	-3.68%	-10.27%	-21.56%	-68.43%	11.02%	-76.73%	-88.27%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	95.59%	31.00%	0.10	2,486,000	-1.04%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$14.80	-0.60%	1.44%	-0.74%	7.87%	-0.27%	22.11%	-13.15%	49.80%	-6.09%	$15.49	$11.78	4.45%	25.64%	0.48	674,000	78.31%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$68.66	0.39%	0.35%	3.08%	-7.60%	21.89%	74.53%	151.41%	1,425.78%	N/A	$81.44	$31.63	15.69%	117.07%	0.82	609,000	-53.93%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$208.79	0.81%	-2.14%	14.74%	-16.31%	13.91%	36.56%	115.49%	317.16%	261.23%	$278.90	$126.40	25.14%	65.18%	0.57	122,000	67.12%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$47.79	1.62%	-2.85%	15.77%	40.68%	58.14%	198.69%	165.21%	603.83%	772.08%	$51.50	$16.00	7.20%	198.78%	0.86	823,000	-1.32%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$22.90	0.17%	-4.14%	5.05%	5.29%	15.72%	31.84%	-6.53%	N/A	0.26%	$25.19	$14.27	9.09%	60.48%	0.67	608,000	-29.47%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$369.40	-0.91%	-1.01%	-6.86%	-7.67%	-27.93%	21.64%	73.22%	140.73%	1,815.08%	$547.20	$269.23	32.49%	37.20%	0.95	289,000	18.93%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$14.69	1.52%	1.80%	9.30%	6.68%	-7.96%	3.82%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.59	$11.13	24.99%	31.99%	0.60	268,000	-6.94%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$5.69	-0.52%	-4.05%	10.27%	3.08%	12.01%	49.74%	24.51%	137.08%	436.79%	$6.72	$3.37	15.26%	69.09%	0.89	907,000	-1.41%
PROP	PRAIRIE OPERATING CO	$0.53	-2.59%	-13.77%	-28.44%	-42.83%	-69.94%	-80.30%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.61	$0.51	79.85%	2.94%	0.91	1,596,000	-32.77%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$174.04	0.90%	0.52%	12.92%	1.05%	-13.84%	0.51%	51.97%	167.80%	N/A	$225.78	$149.18	22.92%	16.66%	0.71	207,000	-9.61%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.51	9.36%	9.36%	-1.34%	-18.02%	24.15%	44.38%	-95.20%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.33	67.47%	57.19%	-0.27	1,336,000	440.89%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$38.53	1.53%	3.94%	13.83%	7.63%	12.07%	23.77%	45.67%	199.61%	44.80%	$45.75	$29.10	15.78%	32.41%	0.97	3,440,000	12.68%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$96.57	2.02%	0.56%	6.70%	2.14%	-9.14%	0.30%	12.99%	81.83%	N/A	$126.62	$84.99	23.73%	13.63%	0.66	2,508,000	39.57%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$2.75	1.85%	-3.17%	-10.13%	-8.33%	-17.91%	-35.26%	-74.15%	N/A	N/A	$10.64	$2.31	74.15%	19.05%	-0.45	188,000	283.67%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$41.55	1.37%	3.05%	9.69%	3.75%	6.29%	22.31%	31.57%	201.09%	4.79%	$48.31	$32.68	13.99%	27.14%	0.89	1,991,000	-10.27%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$4.58	-1.93%	-4.38%	22.13%	-3.58%	-16.73%	14.79%	-28.66%	22.13%	N/A	$6.79	$3.65	32.55%	25.48%	0.98	439,000	-21.04%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$16.93	-0.35%	0.65%	11.09%	-2.70%	-14.67%	-36.06%	-26.61%	N/A	N/A	$26.99	$15.00	37.27%	12.87%	0.66	370,000	9.14%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$36.06	0.17%	0.67%	6.84%	3.83%	-9.15%	23.54%	65.72%	235.75%	138.68%	$43.62	$28.70	17.33%	25.64%	0.63	1,572,000	21.11%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$2.81	-0.71%	-6.02%	1.81%	-3.44%	-41.58%	-3.10%	-11.66%	-45.85%	N/A	$8.50	$2.44	66.94%	15.16%	-0.05	42,400	-62.48%
EQT	EQT CORP	$54.79	1.46%	2.14%	5.37%	-2.53%	-8.29%	3.95%	29.37%	215.79%	-23.56%	$68.24	$47.94	19.71%	14.29%	0.84	8,252,000	18.04%
BSIN	BIG SKY INDUSTRIAL INC	$1.58	6.76%	12.86%	31.67%	62.55%	56.44%	30.58%	19.70%	-58.20%	-92.05%	$1.59	$0.66	0.32%	141.22%	0.41	2,055,000	90.63%
BKV	BKV CORP	$24.24	0.83%	-8.08%	-2.02%	-10.49%	-19.20%	6.78%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$20.08	26.12%	20.72%	0.91	576,000	-8.86%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$14.50	2.33%	7.09%	11.54%	10.02%	-22.67%	-8.63%	23.61%	168.02%	164.12%	$28.10	$12.13	48.40%	19.59%	1.03	2,885,000	23.03%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$1.40	-6.04%	-0.71%	-26.32%	-57.45%	-86.39%	-86.04%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$1.10	93.91%	27.27%	-0.19	388,000	-34.90%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$3.42	-1.72%	2.40%	-5.26%	-19.91%	-21.74%	-32.81%	-60.32%	-14.29%	-41.54%	$5.70	$3.19	40.00%	7.21%	0.70	461,000	-9.07%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$36.96	-2.01%	-2.94%	8.93%	9.06%	19.34%	81.18%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$19.55	29.21%	89.05%	0.36	85,000	-12.37%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$7.36	-1.47%	9.52%	14.37%	-12.07%	40.73%	-28.89%	20.46%	144.52%	-26.98%	$11.27	$4.75	34.69%	54.95%	1.02	2,438,000	6.98%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$4.94	-2.56%	-8.52%	3.46%	15.15%	0.20%	910.22%	-52.50%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	47.70%	1,420.00%	0.91	4,073,000	-21.34%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$11.25	0.00%	5.93%	3.21%	7.04%	2.27%	-0.53%	-10.57%	-1.77%	5.63%	$12.45	$8.66	9.64%	29.91%	0.04	60	-80.00%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$3.30	-1.20%	10.00%	28.91%	20.88%	7.84%	-33.47%	-60.24%	-48.44%	630.09%	$5.36	$2.41	38.43%	36.93%	0.93	26,000	-23.53%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$0.95	2.15%	3.83%	-1.55%	-17.39%	-72.70%	-89.39%	-94.60%	-94.51%	-96.10%	$8.66	$0.83	89.03%	14.46%	-0.52	180,000	-16.28%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$0.97	1.36%	0.00%	-5.10%	-10.37%	-7.81%	-18.66%	-59.67%	-56.20%	-37.14%	$1.40	$0.91	30.86%	6.02%	0.31	4,300	-72.44%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$9.78	2.09%	-0.91%	8.97%	8.67%	-9.53%	20.67%	-17.95%	10.82%	144.50%	$16.40	$7.16	40.37%	36.59%	-0.08	29,600	80.49%
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.20	-0.97%	-0.49%	-23.88%	-43.65%	-46.32%	-81.62%	-98.21%	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.20	91.84%	3.55%	-1.26	1,160,000	27.75%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in Aug 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. Permian Resources (NYSE:PR)

Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) is the #1 top oil and gas stock out of 74 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: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 6 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31.

PR passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Permian Resources has seen its stock return 64.02% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 40 percentage points.

Permian Resources has an average 1 year price target of $24.44, an upside of 7.42% from Permian Resources's current stock price of $22.75.

Permian Resources stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 17 analysts covering Permian Resources, 64.71% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 23.53% have issued a Buy, 11.76% 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 74 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 32.08% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 8 percentage points.

Ring Energy has an average 1 year price target of $2.00, an upside of 42.86% from Ring Energy's current stock price of $1.40.

Ring Energy stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Ring Energy, 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.

3. Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET)

Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) is the #3 top oil and gas stock out of 74 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: C, 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 62.6% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 39 percentage points.

Vermilion Energy has an average 1 year price target of $15.00, an upside of 22.35% from Vermilion Energy's current stock price of $12.26.

Vermilion Energy stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Vermilion Energy, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% 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 14.47%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.29%.

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 14.04%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.29%. 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 11.83%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.29%.

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 up?

Oil and gas stocks were up 0.02% in the last day, and down -1.54% 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 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 28.58% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 5 percentage points.

2. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) 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.

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 32.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 8 percentage points.

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

Vista Energy Sab De CV (NYSE:VIST) 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.

Vista Energy Sab De CV has a valuation score of 57, which is 27 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 30. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vista Energy Sab De CV's stock has gained 74.53% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 51 percentage points.

Are oil and gas stocks a good buy now?

51.02% 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 16.7% over the next year.

10.29% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 32.35% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 42.65% are rated C (Hold), 5.88% are rated D (Sell), and 8.82% 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 15.17x.

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1. Permian Resources (NYSE:PR)

2. Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI)

3. Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET)

1. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

2. Evolution Petroleum (NYSEMKT:EPM)

3. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

1. Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM)

2. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

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

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1. Permian Resources (NYSE:PR)

2. Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI)

3. Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET)

1. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

2. Evolution Petroleum (NYSEMKT:EPM)

3. Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS)

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