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Best Oil & Gas Midstream Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top oil & gas midstream stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best oil & gas midstream stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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 & gas midstream stocks to buy right now are:

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) is the #1 top oil & gas midstream stock out of 46 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 Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 7 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 33.

EE passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Excelerate Energy has seen its stock return 51.02% over the past year, overperforming other oil & gas midstream stocks by 44 percentage points.

Excelerate Energy has an average 1 year price target of $31.17, an upside of 13.33% from Excelerate Energy's current stock price of $27.50.

Excelerate Energy stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Excelerate Energy, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 50% have issued a Strong Sell.

Dynagas Lng Partners (NYSE:DLNG) is the #2 top oil & gas midstream stock out of 46 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 Dynagas Lng Partners (NYSE:DLNG) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Dynagas Lng Partners (NYSE:DLNG) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 1 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 33.

DLNG passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Dynagas Lng Partners has seen its stock lose -10.5% over the past year, underperforming other oil & gas midstream stocks by -17 percentage points.

Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) is the #3 top oil & gas midstream stock out of 46 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 Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 17 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 33.

MPLX passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Mplx has seen its stock return 19.1% over the past year, overperforming other oil & gas midstream stocks by 12 percentage points.

Mplx has an average 1 year price target of $57.71, an upside of 16.01% from Mplx's current stock price of $49.75.

Mplx stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Mplx, 57.14% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 28.57% have issued a Buy, 14.29% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 32 oil & gas midstream stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 oil & gas midstream stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD) has an annual dividend yield of 35.16%, which is 30 percentage points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 5.58%. Torm's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Torm's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

International Seaways (NYSE:INSW) has an annual dividend yield of 14.07%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 5.58%. International Seaways's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seven times in the last 10 years. International Seaways's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

International Seaways's dividend payout ratio of 79.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Flex Lng (NYSE:FLNG) has an annual dividend yield of 12.55%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 5.58%. Flex Lng's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Flex Lng's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Flex Lng's dividend payout ratio of 137% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

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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 & gas midstream stocks right now are:

Dynagas Lng Partners (NYSE:DLNG) is the most undervalued oil & gas midstream stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Dynagas Lng Partners has a valuation score of 57, which is 25 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 32. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dynagas Lng Partners's stock has dropped -10.5% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil & gas midstream industry by -17 percentage points.

Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) is the second most undervalued oil & gas midstream stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Teekay Tankers has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Teekay Tankers's stock has dropped -30.88% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil & gas midstream industry by -38 percentage points.

Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) is the third most undervalued oil & gas midstream stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Scorpio Tankers has a valuation score of 43, which is 11 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 32. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Scorpio Tankers's stock has dropped -46.07% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the oil & gas midstream industry by -53 percentage points.

38.24% of oil & gas midstream stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect oil & gas midstream stocks to rise by 22.13% over the next year.

0% of oil & gas midstream stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 7.14% of oil & gas midstream stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.81% are rated C (Hold), 16.67% are rated D (Sell), and 2.38% are rated F (Strong Sell).