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Best Energy Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top energy stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best energy stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the energy sector.

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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 %
PBF	PBF ENERGY INC	$20.13	4.14%	14.83%	22.59%	-29.84%	-34.69%	-59.64%	-27.43%	87.26%	-26.72%	$51.63	$13.62	61.01%	47.85%	1.20	4,251,559	48.17%
SLNG	STABILIS SOLUTIONS INC	$5.40	-9.62%	-7.85%	33.33%	-29.50%	19.47%	29.50%	25.58%	246.15%	-87.68%	$8.28	$3.71	34.78%	45.55%	0.52	5,258	-33.86%
BRN	BARNWELL INDUSTRIES INC	$1.32	0.00%	-2.22%	-8.97%	-27.47%	-23.26%	-52.19%	-54.17%	109.52%	-51.47%	$3.20	$1.27	58.75%	4.35%	0.76	905	-59.69%
CKX	CKX LANDS INC	$11.00	1.20%	4.17%	4.02%	-3.21%	-15.45%	-21.99%	-3.51%	35.80%	-26.52%	$14.29	$10.04	23.02%	9.54%	-0.30	529	31.92%
SKYQ	SKY QUARRY INC	$0.74	-1.86%	-7.50%	35.04%	-32.73%	-65.42%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.49	$0.48	86.52%	54.17%	-0.39	15,322	-48.13%
BROG	BROOGE ENERGY LTD	$1.32	3.13%	5.60%	12.82%	24.76%	-7.69%	26.92%	-83.12%	-88.00%	N/A	$2.14	$0.80	38.32%	65.00%	0.15	4,813	107.01%
LSE	LEISHEN ENERGY HOLDING CO LTD	$5.36	-0.74%	-4.46%	3.28%	-21.29%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.99	$4.30	64.24%	24.65%	0.91	13,436	92.91%
RCON	RECON TECHNOLOGY LTD	$1.78	0.00%	1.14%	-8.01%	-14.71%	-30.74%	-3.26%	-86.94%	-97.59%	-98.95%	$3.70	$1.32	51.89%	34.85%	0.93	4,628	-62.26%
VRN	VEREN INC	$6.01	0.00%	1.52%	2.21%	12.13%	15.36%	-31.70%	-7.11%	362.31%	-75.68%	$9.02	$4.40	33.33%	36.75%	1.36	27,861,675	38.75%
BPT	BP PRUDHOE BAY ROYALTY TRUST	$0.60	1.53%	8.53%	7.36%	0.84%	-55.37%	-72.82%	-95.72%	-86.13%	-99.14%	$2.61	$0.40	77.09%	49.50%	0.73	112,297	69.89%
PHX	PHX MINERALS INC	$4.33	20.95%	10.74%	19.61%	7.98%	29.25%	31.21%	30.82%	8.25%	-80.26%	$4.34	$3.09	0.23%	40.13%	0.83	2,773,998	1,770.12%
BATL	BATTALION OIL CORP	$1.31	-0.61%	-1.88%	-1.88%	-26.69%	-80.38%	-77.69%	-91.93%	-71.32%	N/A	$6.89	$1.05	81.06%	24.29%	0.74	16,928	4.01%
BANL	CBL INTERNATIONAL LTD	$0.82	-1.20%	-14.58%	-21.15%	-28.63%	-20.39%	-21.76%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.35	$0.55	39.26%	49.09%	0.75	25,691	-89.50%
CGBS	CROWN LNG HOLDINGS LTD	$0.11	-3.39%	-5.79%	-34.10%	-63.92%	-78.37%	-99.02%	-98.84%	N/A	N/A	$12.70	$0.11	99.10%	2.70%	0.19	1,031,048	6.13%
MMLP	MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP	$3.08	0.00%	0.98%	10.00%	-13.97%	-22.81%	5.48%	-32.46%	25.20%	-91.14%	$4.13	$2.56	25.44%	20.31%	0.64	47,514	-45.25%
VIVK	VIVAKOR INC	$0.78	-1.27%	-4.88%	-4.65%	-10.34%	-53.57%	-30.36%	-55.93%	N/A	N/A	$3.45	$0.55	77.39%	41.82%	0.52	35,338	36.89%
HES	HESS CORP	$132.37	1.14%	0.05%	-4.06%	-9.23%	-6.78%	-17.24%	24.02%	180.86%	84.64%	$161.69	$123.79	18.13%	6.93%	0.98	853,177	-44.40%
EONR	EON RESOURCES INC	$0.41	-1.21%	-4.46%	-22.62%	-46.59%	-58.97%	-81.97%	-95.93%	N/A	N/A	$2.92	$0.35	86.06%	15.95%	0.12	165,650	-20.43%
MXC	MEXCO ENERGY CORP	$6.60	2.34%	0.55%	-11.99%	-42.60%	-46.11%	-45.45%	-55.76%	179.70%	23.15%	$14.11	$5.89	53.22%	12.07%	0.39	2,165	99.36%
PED	PEDEVCO CORP	$0.53	-5.86%	-5.02%	-1.30%	-33.67%	-42.27%	-46.14%	-50.93%	-37.35%	-92.54%	$1.10	$0.47	51.82%	12.77%	0.77	113,420	5.88%
ANNA	ALEANNA INC	$11.00	7.84%	-3.42%	13.99%	23.73%	-0.54%	1.85%	11.68%	N/A	N/A	$18.70	$4.71	41.18%	133.55%	-0.02	5,125	-45.39%
MARPS	MARINE PETROLEUM TRUST	$3.87	-1.70%	-1.30%	-0.79%	-4.35%	-2.30%	-7.44%	-45.89%	227.88%	-70.82%	$5.20	$3.75	25.60%	3.17%	0.41	280	-95.45%
DWSN	DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO	$1.25	-0.79%	-2.34%	4.17%	-9.75%	-26.04%	-13.01%	-24.24%	-6.02%	-77.40%	$2.10	$1.08	40.48%	15.74%	0.49	3,013	177.70%
PTLE	PTL LTD	$1.39	13.01%	19.83%	6.92%	3.73%	-55.16%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.78	$1.09	91.19%	27.52%	-0.33	348,756	-66.84%

Energy Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Oil & Gas Drilling	9	+3.74%	+1.78%	-0.53%	-47.12%	2.41x	0.56x	-32.04%	-4.88%	-2.47%	+63.38%	Buy
Oil & Gas E&P	80	+1.27%	+0.27%	+1.83%	+6.78%	17.13x	1.49x	+11.15%	+7.48%	+12.03%	+37.03%	Buy
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services	48	+0.90%	-0.94%	+4.05%	-27.98%	12.50x	1.99x	+19.13%	+6.83%	+13.86%	+38.63%	Buy
Oil & Gas Integrated	19	+1.85%	+1.57%	+3.57%	-8.13%	9.24x	1.41x	+11.06%	+5.63%	+12.73%	+23.16%	Buy
Oil & Gas Midstream	46	+0.04%	-0.64%	+4.06%	+5.58%	19.08x	2.74x	+11.07%	+6.00%	+9.74%	+21.74%	Buy
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	22	+0.33%	+3.04%	+8.79%	-23.92%	21.78x	1.82x	-13.84%	+1.95%	+5.05%	+19.89%	Buy

Energy Stocks FAQ

What are the best energy stocks to buy right now in May 2025?

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 energy stocks to buy right now are:

1. Star Group (NYSE:SGU)

Star Group (NYSE:SGU) is the #1 top energy stock out of 224 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 Star Group (NYSE:SGU) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Star Group (NYSE:SGU) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 7 points higher than the energy sector average of 32. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Star Group has seen its stock return 8.27% over the past year, overperforming other energy stocks by 14 percentage points.

2. Ncs Multistage Holdings (NASDAQ:NCSM)

Ncs Multistage Holdings (NASDAQ:NCSM) is the #2 top energy stock out of 224 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 Ncs Multistage Holdings (NASDAQ:NCSM) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ncs Multistage Holdings (NASDAQ:NCSM) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 8 points higher than the energy sector average of 32. It passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ncs Multistage Holdings has seen its stock return 67.87% over the past year, overperforming other energy stocks by 73 percentage points.

3. Oil States International (NYSE:OIS)

Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) is the #3 top energy stock out of 224 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 Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 15 points higher than the energy sector average of 32. It passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Oil States International has seen its stock lose -4.45% over the past year, overperforming other energy stocks by 1 percentage points.

Oil States International has an average 1 year price target of $4.00, a downside of -11.31% from Oil States International's current stock price of $4.51.

Oil States International stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Oil States International, 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 energy stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 117 energy stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 energy stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD)

Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD) has an annual dividend yield of 34.57%, which is 30 percentage points higher than the energy sector average of 4.62%. 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.

2. Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP)

Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) has an annual dividend yield of 34.29%, which is 30 percentage points higher than the energy sector average of 4.62%. Icahn Enterprises's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Icahn Enterprises's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Icahn Enterprises's dividend payout ratio of -181.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI)

Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI) has an annual dividend yield of 14.53%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the energy sector average of 4.62%.

Civitas Resources's dividend payout ratio of 45.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are energy stocks up?

Energy stocks were up 0.98% in the last day, and up 0.35% over the last week. Phx Minerals was the among the top gainers in the energy sector, gaining 20.95% yesterday.

PHX Minerals shares are trading higher after the company announced WhiteHawk will acquire it for $4.35 per share. Additionally, the company reported a year-over-year increase in Q1 EPS results.

What are the most undervalued energy 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 energy stocks right now are:

1. Dynagas Lng Partners (NYSE:DLNG)

Dynagas Lng Partners (NYSE:DLNG) is the most undervalued energy 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 28 points higher than the energy sector average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Dynagas Lng Partners's stock has dropped -8.29% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the energy sector by -3 percentage points.

2. Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI)

Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI) is the second most undervalued energy stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Civitas Resources has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the energy sector average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Civitas Resources's stock has dropped -64.61% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the energy sector by -59 percentage points.

3. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX) is the third most undervalued energy 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 42 points higher than the energy sector average of 29. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Riley Exploration Permian's stock has dropped -4.69% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the energy sector by 1 percentage points.

Are energy stocks a good buy now?

44.65% of energy stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect energy stocks to rise by 29.71% over the next year.

2.49% of energy stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 6.47% of energy stocks are rated B (Buy), 68.16% are rated C (Hold), 16.42% are rated D (Sell), and 6.47% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the energy sector?

The average P/E ratio of the energy sector is 13.94x.

WallStreetZen does not provide financial advice and does not issue recommendations or offers to buy stock or sell any security.

Information is provided 'as-is' and solely for informational purposes and is not advice. WallStreetZen does not bear any responsibility for any losses or damage that may occur as a result of reliance on this data.

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Best Energy Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top energy stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best energy stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the energy sector.

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Energy Stocks FAQ

1. Star Group (NYSE:SGU)

2. Ncs Multistage Holdings (NASDAQ:NCSM)

3. Oil States International (NYSE:OIS)

1. Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD)

2. Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP)

3. Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI)

1. Dynagas Lng Partners (NYSE:DLNG)

2. Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI)

3. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

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Energy Stocks FAQ

1. Star Group (NYSE:SGU)

2. Ncs Multistage Holdings (NASDAQ:NCSM)

3. Oil States International (NYSE:OIS)

1. Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD)

2. Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP)

3. Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI)

1. Dynagas Lng Partners (NYSE:DLNG)

2. Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI)

3. Riley Exploration Permian (NYSEMKT:REPX)

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Best Energy Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top energy stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best energy stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the energy sector.