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
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VLE.TO | Valeura Energy Inc | 75.9 |
| 2 | PXT.TO | Parex Resources Inc | 74.4 |
| 3 | FAR.AU | FAR Ltd | 72.4 |
| 4 | CNX.US | CNX Resources Corp | 70.5 |
| 5 | MTDR.US | Matador Resources Company | 70.4 |
| 6 | SD.US | SandRidge Energy Inc | 70.3 |
| 7 | WCP.TO | Whitecap Resources Inc. | 68.3 |
| 8 | OXY.US | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 67.9 |
| 9 | SAVE.LSE | Savannah Energy PLC | 66.7 |
| 10 | A1PA34.SA | APA Corporation | 66.5 |
| 11 | OEL.AU | Otto Energy Ltd | 66.1 |
| 12 | PTAL.LSE | Petrotal Corp | 66.0 |
| 13 | VIST.BA | Vista Energy S.A.B. de C.V. | 66.0 |
| 14 | VISTAA.MX | Vista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V | 65.4 |
| 15 | GPOR.US | Gulfport Energy Operating Corp | 65.3 |
| 16 | TAL.TO | PetroTal Corp. | 64.8 |
| 17 | INR.US | Infinity Natural Resources, Inc. | 64.6 |
| 18 | SGY.TO | Surge Energy Inc. | 64.6 |
| 19 | VIST.US | Vista Oil Gas ADR | 64.1 |
| 20 | MDIN-L.TA | Modiin Energy-Limited Partnership | 63.9 |
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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.