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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:

Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) is the #1 top oil & gas midstream stock out of 48 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 Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 29.

WES passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Western Midstream Partners has seen its stock lose -0.08% over the past year, underperforming other oil & gas midstream stocks by -2 percentage points.

Western Midstream Partners has an average 1 year price target of $41.20, an upside of 5.13% from Western Midstream Partners's current stock price of $39.19.

Western Midstream Partners stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Western Midstream Partners, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 20% have issued a Strong Sell.

Navigator Holdings (NYSE:NVGS) is the #2 top oil & gas midstream stock out of 48 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 Navigator Holdings (NYSE:NVGS) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Navigator Holdings (NYSE:NVGS) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 9 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 29.

NVGS passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Navigator Holdings has seen its stock return 16.21% over the past year, overperforming other oil & gas midstream stocks by 15 percentage points.

Navigator Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $21.50, an upside of 24.42% from Navigator Holdings's current stock price of $17.28.

Navigator Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Navigator Holdings, 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.

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) is the #3 top oil & gas midstream stock out of 48 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: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 6 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 29.

EE passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Excelerate Energy has seen its stock lose -14.53% over the past year, underperforming other oil & gas midstream stocks by -16 percentage points.

Excelerate Energy has an average 1 year price target of $29.50, an upside of 12.17% from Excelerate Energy's current stock price of $26.30.

Excelerate Energy stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Excelerate 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.

Out of 31 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 20.2%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 4.1%. Torm's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Torm's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Plains Holdings (NASDAQ:PAGP) has an annual dividend yield of 8.05%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 4.1%. Plains Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Plains Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Plains Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 163.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Dorian Lpg (NYSE:LPG) has an annual dividend yield of 7.76%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 4.1%. Dorian Lpg's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Dorian Lpg's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Dorian Lpg's dividend payout ratio of 80.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Oil & gas midstream stocks were up 1.21% in the last day, and down -1.14% over the last week. Targa Resources was the among the top gainers in the oil & gas midstream industry, gaining 3.38% yesterday.

Shares of oil and gas stocks are trading higher. Oil rose after President Trump ordered a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela, while natural gas rose on weather forecasts.

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:

Teekay Tankers (NYSE:TNK) 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.

Teekay Tankers has a valuation score of 43, which is 13 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 30. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Teekay Tankers's stock has gained 44% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil & gas midstream industry by 42 percentage points.

Imperial Petroleum /Marshall Islands (NASDAQ:IMPP) 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.

Imperial Petroleum /Marshall Islands has a valuation score of 71, which is 41 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Imperial Petroleum /Marshall Islands's stock has gained 38.54% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the oil & gas midstream industry by 37 percentage points.

Venture Global (NYSE:VG) is the third most undervalued oil & gas midstream stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Venture Global has a valuation score of 14, which is -16 points higher than the oil & gas midstream industry average of 30. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates VG a Valuation Rating of "B".

45.45% 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 21.89% over the next year.

0% of oil & gas midstream stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 6.98% of oil & gas midstream stocks are rated B (Buy), 72.09% are rated C (Hold), 20.93% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).