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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 94th 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 %
MNR	MACH NATURAL RESOURCES LP	$12.75	-1.77%	0.79%	-5.49%	15.28%	7.41%	-5.27%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.60	$10.46	18.27%	21.89%	0.51	1,662,000	-18.17%
INR	INFINITY NATURAL RESOURCES INC	$15.78	-1.38%	-6.07%	-13.06%	13.12%	32.72%	-2.29%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.90	$11.13	20.70%	41.78%	0.82	249,000	39.11%
REPX	RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN INC	$33.47	-5.64%	-15.35%	-0.95%	23.23%	23.69%	29.53%	-23.08%	42.06%	111.30%	$41.26	$24.08	18.88%	39.00%	1.23	380,000	-3.80%
CRGY	CRESCENT ENERGY CO	$11.81	-6.49%	-7.30%	-2.80%	44.02%	43.15%	40.93%	-2.40%	N/A	N/A	$14.02	$7.68	15.76%	53.78%	1.11	7,914,000	83.11%
OVV	OVINTIV INC	$52.81	-5.22%	-5.85%	-4.74%	33.49%	46.82%	56.15%	39.82%	125.97%	58.11%	$62.60	$32.16	15.64%	64.21%	1.17	3,797,000	54.66%
DVN	DEVON ENERGY CORP	$44.23	-3.39%	-7.45%	-6.73%	21.88%	39.35%	45.93%	-20.02%	100.77%	38.22%	$52.71	$29.06	16.09%	52.20%	0.99	20,338,000	231.72%
APA	APA CORP	$35.74	-5.70%	-7.48%	-0.35%	40.99%	58.70%	121.85%	-9.50%	97.79%	-33.12%	$45.66	$15.15	21.73%	135.91%	1.14	12,496,000	112.23%
KRP	KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP	$14.08	-2.56%	-2.90%	-4.02%	14.85%	9.57%	12.19%	-14.56%	39.96%	N/A	$15.12	$11.31	6.88%	24.49%	0.55	1,105,000	142.86%
EOG	EOG RESOURCES INC	$128.43	-4.21%	-5.70%	-5.37%	20.92%	20.91%	16.23%	6.33%	80.15%	65.84%	$151.87	$101.59	15.43%	26.41%	0.67	7,248,000	25.07%
SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC	$14.38	-3.94%	-6.80%	-14.76%	-2.90%	27.82%	49.48%	-5.95%	287.60%	N/A	$18.45	$9.07	22.06%	58.54%	0.92	390,000	87.50%
RRC	RANGE RESOURCES CORP	$41.71	-1.32%	-2.64%	-3.81%	19.48%	15.96%	22.03%	55.52%	348.98%	12.49%	$48.31	$32.08	13.66%	30.02%	0.95	4,772,000	64.16%
EPM	EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP	$4.13	-2.36%	-6.98%	-8.02%	13.15%	-8.83%	-4.40%	-40.06%	29.87%	-24.08%	$5.70	$3.19	27.54%	29.47%	0.80	450,000	101.79%
GPOR	GULFPORT ENERGY CORP	$193.48	0.13%	-4.97%	-3.12%	3.42%	9.17%	12.05%	141.40%	N/A	N/A	$225.78	$160.95	14.31%	20.21%	0.76	342,000	-5.52%
EXE	EXPAND ENERGY CORP	$95.82	-1.58%	-3.20%	-9.94%	-8.53%	-4.92%	-10.00%	17.44%	108.44%	N/A	$126.62	$91.02	24.33%	5.28%	0.71	4,802,000	85.55%
PR	PERMIAN RESOURCES CORP	$19.42	-4.90%	-6.00%	-0.41%	35.99%	58.01%	61.43%	77.51%	361.28%	94.20%	$21.99	$11.44	11.69%	69.76%	1.19	15,964,000	141.92%
CNQ	CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD	$43.00	-7.15%	-7.23%	-12.21%	24.89%	42.71%	49.31%	40.04%	181.23%	192.82%	$51.34	$27.93	16.24%	53.96%	0.77	17,920,000	195.47%
MTDR	MATADOR RESOURCES CO	$55.60	-5.60%	-7.12%	-3.51%	29.42%	29.27%	34.07%	7.42%	127.59%	159.33%	$66.84	$37.14	16.82%	49.70%	1.14	3,270,000	328.01%
CLMT	CALUMET INC	$32.21	-1.01%	-4.28%	12.50%	56.51%	77.08%	230.02%	96.04%	451.54%	507.74%	$36.94	$8.88	12.80%	262.73%	0.90	1,656,000	50.96%
PNRG	PRIMEENERGY RESOURCES CORP	$200.30	-2.84%	-9.13%	-5.85%	16.60%	29.49%	20.66%	116.80%	335.43%	525.76%	$249.50	$126.40	19.72%	58.47%	0.62	82,000	82.22%
REI	RING ENERGY INC	$1.25	-5.30%	-7.41%	-15.54%	32.70%	36.46%	39.20%	-35.57%	-42.66%	-79.20%	$1.65	$0.72	24.24%	73.61%	1.11	5,853,000	191.48%
AR	ANTERO RESOURCES CORP	$36.68	-2.16%	-3.19%	-10.82%	11.59%	19.17%	6.57%	55.69%	291.04%	35.05%	$45.75	$29.10	19.83%	26.05%	1.04	7,150,000	33.57%
DMLP	DORCHESTER MINERALS LP	$27.67	-1.98%	-0.61%	2.29%	18.45%	16.16%	-5.30%	-5.72%	92.42%	112.03%	$29.95	$20.85	7.61%	32.71%	0.44	109,000	-24.83%
WTI	W&T OFFSHORE INC	$2.87	-6.21%	3.99%	-8.01%	61.24%	37.32%	143.22%	-41.55%	-10.59%	34.74%	$4.04	$1.13	28.96%	153.98%	0.97	9,059,000	28.15%
VIST	VISTA ENERGY SAB DE CV	$64.98	-3.10%	-1.66%	-5.98%	31.41%	83.46%	35.91%	190.22%	2,333.71%	N/A	$79.20	$31.63	17.95%	105.44%	0.91	2,132,000	149.65%
MUR	MURPHY OIL CORP	$36.87	-6.04%	-4.95%	0.22%	21.28%	32.29%	72.53%	-5.24%	120.91%	26.57%	$43.34	$20.16	14.93%	82.89%	1.07	2,596,000	70.68%
KGEI	KOLIBRI GLOBAL ENERGY INC	$4.91	-6.48%	-2.58%	4.25%	34.15%	1.03%	-31.90%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.27	$3.35	40.63%	46.57%	0.53	323,000	303.75%
WDS	WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD	$22.40	-6.08%	-5.41%	-1.02%	41.59%	55.12%	74.86%	-3.57%	16.85%	13.71%	$25.19	$12.48	11.08%	79.49%	0.71	1,806,000	182.19%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$14.53	-8.44%	-11.35%	-13.56%	32.02%	27.26%	29.76%	-25.18%	-37.91%	-59.64%	$18.89	$8.64	23.08%	68.17%	0.52	34,000	92.09%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$9.08	-0.71%	-3.56%	-17.27%	-11.64%	-3.76%	29.49%	-34.43%	19.88%	263.00%	$16.40	$5.98	44.66%	51.76%	-0.01	23,500	-10.98%
EQT	EQT CORP	$58.48	0.15%	-0.34%	-9.23%	13.60%	8.14%	14.71%	78.35%	233.79%	-13.45%	$68.24	$47.14	14.30%	24.06%	0.88	10,491,000	19.01%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP	$53.79	-5.42%	-7.21%	-6.82%	27.34%	31.52%	35.46%	-14.54%	119.19%	-26.62%	$67.45	$38.36	20.25%	40.22%	0.78	21,601,000	121.34%
GFR	GREENFIRE RESOURCES LTD	$5.69	-8.81%	-3.72%	-4.37%	16.36%	26.44%	10.06%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.02	$3.81	18.95%	49.34%	0.70	247,000	-41.88%
SM	SM ENERGY CO	$25.97	-7.51%	-8.49%	-3.13%	42.46%	22.15%	12.77%	-13.29%	53.13%	2.45%	$33.25	$17.45	21.89%	48.83%	1.29	7,675,000	115.77%
MGY	MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORP	$27.62	-3.22%	-7.63%	-7.81%	21.94%	21.09%	30.96%	21.30%	149.50%	N/A	$32.76	$19.97	15.69%	38.31%	0.99	2,761,000	100.51%
CHRD	CHORD ENERGY CORP	$123.58	-7.77%	-7.89%	-2.75%	34.44%	37.71%	30.87%	-13.91%	70.93%	N/A	$148.42	$84.25	16.73%	46.69%	0.88	1,516,000	207.51%
COP	CONOCOPHILLIPS	$116.04	-4.55%	-5.31%	-5.56%	21.48%	34.18%	30.41%	9.88%	128.02%	157.87%	$135.87	$84.28	14.59%	37.68%	0.69	11,657,000	71.35%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.62	-13.04%	-14.48%	-39.81%	59.38%	42.53%	31.91%	-94.07%	N/A	N/A	$1.58	$0.27	60.76%	132.21%	-0.17	6,602,000	155.99%
NOG	NORTHERN OIL & GAS INC	$24.55	-4.84%	-8.87%	-10.50%	10.89%	13.71%	1.49%	-28.22%	90.02%	-48.32%	$32.62	$20.18	24.74%	21.66%	1.19	2,451,000	-47.09%
AMPY	AMPLIFY ENERGY CORP	$5.29	-3.64%	-13.14%	-14.40%	13.76%	25.95%	106.64%	-27.13%	98.87%	N/A	$6.79	$2.36	22.09%	124.63%	1.05	1,044,000	113.06%
DEC	DIVERSIFIED ENERGY CO	$15.21	-3.55%	-8.92%	4.68%	21.20%	20.52%	29.45%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.90	$11.21	19.52%	35.68%	0.62	1,122,000	27.50%
OBE	OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD	$10.10	-0.20%	11.60%	18.13%	57.81%	74.14%	112.18%	49.41%	676.92%	44.29%	$10.18	$3.88	0.79%	160.31%	1.04	2,926,000	135.02%
GRNT	GRANITE RIDGE RESOURCES INC	$4.95	-7.82%	-11.13%	-6.78%	11.49%	-6.43%	-1.00%	-18.18%	-49.59%	N/A	$6.72	$4.18	26.34%	18.42%	0.49	962,000	54.17%
CNX	CNX RESOURCES CORP	$38.67	-2.74%	-1.55%	-6.95%	5.57%	20.88%	25.47%	137.38%	180.22%	259.15%	$43.62	$27.72	11.35%	39.50%	0.68	1,687,000	2.00%
BSM	BLACK STONE MINERALS LP	$13.67	-1.65%	-2.91%	-10.89%	-4.00%	8.84%	-6.56%	-16.95%	35.35%	-8.32%	$15.49	$11.78	11.75%	16.04%	0.53	647,000	105.40%
TPL	TEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP	$422.58	-0.87%	3.08%	-20.14%	28.89%	35.01%	-2.38%	129.76%	146.00%	2,453.82%	$547.20	$269.23	22.77%	56.96%	0.99	467,000	50.16%
BKV	BKV CORP	$27.75	1.65%	-1.53%	-3.81%	2.40%	37.10%	58.39%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.81	$16.77	15.42%	65.47%	1.06	1,677,000	34.70%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$3.64	-13.33%	-27.05%	12.69%	32.36%	-9.90%	-72.40%	-64.73%	N/A	N/A	$13.40	$2.31	72.84%	57.58%	-0.38	1,294,000	-32.92%
TXO	TXO PARTNERS LP	$11.50	-2.71%	-5.74%	-6.81%	5.70%	-10.16%	-32.03%	-48.78%	N/A	N/A	$17.90	$10.12	35.75%	13.64%	0.33	206,000	131.46%
BTE	BAYTEX ENERGY CORP	$4.06	-5.80%	-1.46%	-0.98%	21.19%	80.44%	133.33%	1.25%	286.67%	-7.94%	$4.56	$1.44	10.96%	181.94%	1.11	23,292,000	54.20%
CRK	COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC	$16.86	-0.82%	-3.99%	-18.16%	-24.33%	-0.82%	-14.72%	52.58%	241.30%	380.34%	$31.17	$14.65	45.92%	15.09%	1.09	2,340,000	-9.83%
EPSN	EPSILON ENERGY LTD	$5.82	-2.84%	-4.90%	-0.17%	30.20%	23.57%	-14.29%	5.82%	47.34%	N/A	$8.50	$4.20	31.53%	38.57%	0.46	348,000	45.61%
CRC	CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORP	$62.74	-6.18%	-5.73%	-1.89%	32.36%	32.70%	75.84%	56.23%	161.96%	N/A	$71.98	$33.85	12.84%	85.35%	0.96	1,216,000	71.75%
EGY	VAALCO ENERGY INC	$5.32	-3.97%	-8.28%	-3.62%	16.67%	43.40%	52.87%	23.43%	128.33%	432.00%	$6.72	$3.14	20.77%	69.43%	0.97	2,287,000	31.74%
TALO	TALOS ENERGY INC	$13.50	-8.54%	-7.09%	-3.30%	21.51%	47.86%	82.93%	-6.90%	14.89%	N/A	$17.01	$6.76	20.61%	99.70%	1.15	2,805,000	48.49%
KOS	KOSMOS ENERGY LTD	$2.48	-5.70%	-3.50%	3.33%	104.96%	71.03%	38.55%	-67.20%	-7.12%	-58.46%	$3.17	$0.84	21.77%	196.65%	1.24	20,151,000	62.90%
GTE	GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC	$7.52	-6.70%	-0.13%	-13.76%	48.91%	98.94%	58.99%	717.39%	1,138.88%	187.02%	$9.74	$3.09	22.79%	143.37%	2.10	661,000	64.84%
FANG	DIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC	$180.27	-3.42%	-4.22%	-3.71%	21.23%	29.61%	30.97%	24.67%	132.10%	120.33%	$204.91	$127.75	12.02%	41.11%	0.86	6,168,000	119.19%
INDO	INDONESIA ENERGY CORP LTD	$3.17	-4.80%	2.92%	-22.49%	-17.88%	17.41%	33.53%	-37.10%	-42.26%	N/A	$8.50	$2.21	62.71%	43.44%	0.01	834,000	51.91%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.10	-1.79%	11.11%	3.77%	3.77%	-9.84%	-27.58%	-59.11%	-48.84%	-33.73%	$2.28	$0.92	51.75%	19.44%	0.37	275,000	23.87%
VET	VERMILION ENERGY INC	$11.48	-7.87%	-7.42%	-6.44%	30.01%	59.22%	76.07%	-15.40%	67.35%	-59.19%	$14.82	$5.90	22.54%	94.74%	1.06	2,293,000	112.51%
AGIG	ABUNDIA GLOBAL IMPACT GROUP INC	$1.04	-3.70%	-4.59%	-41.57%	-63.76%	-79.88%	-81.85%	-96.03%	-93.20%	-95.64%	$25.56	$1.01	95.93%	2.97%	-0.49	409,000	217.05%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$3.06	-14.29%	-4.38%	-72.99%	148.78%	191.43%	142.86%	-60.97%	-72.23%	N/A	$29.70	$1.00	89.70%	206.00%	0.41	5,664,000	-14.30%
HPK	HIGHPEAK ENERGY INC	$5.35	-5.40%	-15.69%	-20.22%	27.87%	-20.46%	-43.38%	-77.56%	-27.28%	N/A	$12.00	$3.85	55.46%	38.83%	1.04	1,355,000	15.03%
VTS	VITESSE ENERGY INC	$17.75	-2.74%	-3.22%	-7.60%	-8.51%	-19.76%	-15.88%	-8.60%	N/A	N/A	$27.15	$17.22	34.62%	3.08%	0.78	963,000	207.67%
NUAI	NEW ERA ENERGY & DIGITAL INC	$4.61	-7.43%	7.46%	-22.91%	-16.03%	1.32%	386.29%	-55.37%	N/A	N/A	$9.45	$0.33	51.19%	1,318.46%	0.72	6,528,000	-31.91%
USEG	US ENERGY CORP	$0.71	-7.17%	3.49%	-29.50%	-29.50%	-39.15%	-38.09%	-45.65%	-81.46%	-96.82%	$2.75	$0.66	74.11%	8.70%	0.47	2,315,000	272.19%
EP	EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP	$2.98	8.76%	2.76%	-2.93%	-0.33%	-17.45%	-43.98%	-75.67%	-60.58%	964.29%	$6.31	$2.71	52.77%	9.96%	0.98	141,000	-35.62%
NEXT	NEXTDECADE CORP	$6.84	-9.28%	-9.28%	14.38%	40.74%	12.13%	-12.53%	27.85%	209.50%	-30.91%	$12.12	$4.75	43.56%	44.00%	1.10	6,246,000	96.29%
TBN	TAMBORAN RESOURCES CORP	$35.76	-4.67%	-0.31%	11.51%	30.70%	39.85%	58.93%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$52.21	$17.29	31.51%	106.82%	0.42	244,000	-32.60%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$10.60	2.02%	3.72%	-1.40%	15.22%	-0.66%	0.57%	8.72%	-7.42%	-4.50%	$13.25	$8.66	20.00%	22.40%	-0.01	1,100	N/A
TPET	TRIO PETROLEUM CORP	$0.46	-10.02%	-7.66%	-56.38%	-45.54%	-56.79%	-62.61%	-98.99%	N/A	N/A	$2.50	$0.36	81.68%	29.01%	-1.15	5,951,000	46.07%
GLND	GREENLAND ENERGY CO	$6.10	-23.37%	-20.57%	-40.89%	-44.39%	-39.66%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$23.00	$5.14	73.48%	18.63%	-0.66	1,194,000	-54.91%
CTRA	COTERRA ENERGY INC	$30.89	-3.38%	-7.54%	-6.37%	17.81%	35.48%	19.50%	20.29%	86.76%	31.95%	$36.88	$22.33	16.24%	38.33%	0.65	11,229,000	198.17%
GPRK	GEOPARK LTD	$8.82	-5.77%	-6.17%	-9.63%	18.39%	47.99%	33.64%	-23.70%	-46.67%	194.00%	$10.34	$5.75	14.66%	53.39%	0.78	1,139,000	71.28%

Oil and Gas Stocks FAQ

What are the best oil and gas stocks to buy right now in Apr 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. Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR)

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 2 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31.

MNR passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Mach Natural Resources has seen its stock lose -5.27% over the past year, underperforming other oil and gas stocks by -24 percentage points.

Mach Natural Resources has an average 1 year price target of $16.00, an upside of 25.49% from Mach Natural Resources's current stock price of $12.75.

Mach Natural Resources stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Mach Natural Resources, 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. Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR)

Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE:INR) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 23 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31.

INR passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Infinity Natural Resources has seen its stock lose -2.29% over the past year, underperforming other oil and gas stocks by -21 percentage points.

Infinity Natural Resources has an average 1 year price target of $22.33, an upside of 41.53% from Infinity Natural Resources's current stock price of $15.78.

Infinity Natural Resources stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Infinity Natural Resources, 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. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) is the #3 top oil and gas stock out of 74 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 Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) is: Value: A, Growth: D, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) has a Due Diligence Score of 67, which is 36 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31.

REPX passed 24 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Riley Exploration Permian has seen its stock return 29.53% over the past year, overperforming other oil and gas stocks by 11 percentage points.

Riley Exploration Permian has an average 1 year price target of $49.50, an upside of 47.89% from Riley Exploration Permian's current stock price of $33.47.

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 15.45%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.38%.

Mach Natural Resources's dividend payout ratio of 180.7% 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 14.87%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.38%.

Txo Partners's dividend payout ratio of -397.7% 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 11.98%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 4.38%.

Vitesse Energy's dividend payout ratio of 336% 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 -3.34% in the last day, and down -4.35% over the last week. Greenland Energy Co was the among the top losers in the oil & gas e&p industry, dropping -23.37% yesterday.

Shares of oil and gas-related companies are trading lower as Iranian and U.S. comments indicating that the Strait of Hormuz is open for passage is weighing on oil prices.

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. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) 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.

Riley Exploration Permian has a valuation score of 71, which is 40 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Riley Exploration Permian's stock has gained 29.53% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 11 percentage points.

2. Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM)

Sm Energy Co (NYSE:SM) 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.

Sm Energy Co has a valuation score of 57, which is 26 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sm Energy Co's stock has gained 12.77% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by -6 percentage points.

3. Apa (NASDAQ:APA)

Apa (NASDAQ:APA) 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.

Apa has a valuation score of 57, which is 26 points higher than the oil and gas industry average of 31. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Apa's stock has gained 121.85% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil and gas industry by 103 percentage points.

Are oil and gas stocks a good buy now?

48.98% 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 23.24% over the next year.

2.9% of oil and gas stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 4.35% of oil and gas stocks are rated B (Buy), 72.46% are rated C (Hold), 14.49% are rated D (Sell), and 5.8% 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 19.8x.

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