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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.

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:

Ultrapar Holdings (NYSE:UGP) is the #1 top energy stock out of 218 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 Ultrapar Holdings (NYSE:UGP) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Ultrapar Holdings (NYSE:UGP) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -10 points lower than the energy sector average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates UGP as a "A".It passed 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ultrapar Holdings has seen its stock lose -6.11% over the past year, underperforming other energy stocks by -11 percentage points.

Enerflex (NYSE:EFXT) is the #2 top energy stock out of 218 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 Enerflex (NYSE:EFXT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Enerflex (NYSE:EFXT) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 3 points higher than the energy sector average of 30. It passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Enerflex has seen its stock return 94.13% over the past year, overperforming other energy stocks by 89 percentage points.

Enerflex has an average 1 year price target of $13.00, an upside of 22.87% from Enerflex's current stock price of $10.58.

Enerflex stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Enerflex, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR) is the #3 top energy stock out of 218 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 Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 20 points higher than the energy sector average of 30. It passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ranger Energy Services has seen its stock return 17.96% over the past year, overperforming other energy stocks by 13 percentage points.

Ranger Energy Services has an average 1 year price target of $15.00, an upside of 9.81% from Ranger Energy Services's current stock price of $13.66.

Ranger Energy Services stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Ranger Energy Services, 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 110 energy stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 energy stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Cvr Energy (NYSE:CVI) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the energy sector average of 4.23%. Cvr Energy's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Cvr Energy's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cvr Energy's dividend payout ratio of -15.1% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) has an annual dividend yield of 24.54%, which is 20 percentage points higher than the energy sector average of 4.23%. 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 -203.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Torm (NASDAQ:TRMD) has an annual dividend yield of 17.73%, which is 14 percentage points higher than the energy sector average of 4.23%. 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.

Energy stocks were down -0.49% in the last day, and up 1.31% over the last week.

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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 energy stocks right now are:

Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE:TEN) 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.

Tsakos Energy Navigation has a valuation score of 71, which is 43 points higher than the energy sector average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Tsakos Energy Navigation's stock has dropped -9.57% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the energy sector by -15 percentage points.

Ring Energy (NYSEMKT:REI) 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.

Ring Energy has a valuation score of 43, which is 15 points higher than the energy sector average of 28. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ring Energy's stock has dropped -36.9% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the energy sector by -42 percentage points.

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 43 points higher than the energy sector average of 28. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Riley Exploration Permian's stock has gained 8.33% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the energy sector by 3 percentage points.

42.38% of energy stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect energy stocks to rise by 18.74% over the next year.

2.6% of energy stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 6.25% of energy stocks are rated B (Buy), 67.71% are rated C (Hold), 17.71% are rated D (Sell), and 5.73% are rated F (Strong Sell).