Best Oil & Gas E&P Stocks for 2026

Upstream E&P operators earn on production volume net of lifting costs; mid-cycle commodity assumptions drive Valuation while Health leverage gates the field.

Oil and Gas E&P (upstream operators of all sizes) earn revenue on production volume at realised prices net of lifting costs. The Valuation pillar uses EV/EBITDA against mid-cycle commodity prices; the Health pillar (net debt to EBITDA through the trough) is the gating factor for composite ranking across the cycle.

Data as of (updated daily)

Top 20 Oil & Gas E&P stocks by composite score

#TickerNameComposite
1INR.USInfinity Natural Resources, Inc.77.8
2VLE.TOValeura Energy Inc75.5
3SD.USSandRidge Energy Inc72.7
4CHRD.USChord Energy Corp71.7
5PXT.TOParex Resources Inc69.8
6AXL.LSEArrow Exploration Corp.69.6
7ROG.AURed Sky Energy Ltd68.7
8MAU.PAEtablissements Maurel et Prom SA68.4
9EOG.USEOG Resources Inc68.2
10ECH.AUEchelon Resources Ltd67.9
115199.KLSEHibiscus Petroleum BHD67.5
12APA.MXAPA Corporation66.4
13OEL.AUOtto Energy Ltd65.7
14SM.USSM Energy Co65.4
15VIST.BAVista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.65.3
16SAVE.LSESavannah Energy PLC65.3
17VISTAA.MXVista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V64.9
18CNQ.USCanadian Natural Resources Ltd64.9
19OXY1.MXOccidental Petroleum Corporation64.8
20PTAL.LSEPetrotal Corp64.7

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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score; use the screener for the full ranked list.

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