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
1VLE.TOValeura Energy Inc75.9
2PXT.TOParex Resources Inc74.4
3FAR.AUFAR Ltd72.4
4CNX.USCNX Resources Corp70.5
5MTDR.USMatador Resources Company70.4
6SD.USSandRidge Energy Inc70.3
7WCP.TOWhitecap Resources Inc.68.3
8OXY.USOccidental Petroleum Corporation67.9
9SAVE.LSESavannah Energy PLC66.7
10A1PA34.SAAPA Corporation66.5
11OEL.AUOtto Energy Ltd66.1
12PTAL.LSEPetrotal Corp66.0
13VIST.BAVista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.66.0
14VISTAA.MXVista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V65.4
15GPOR.USGulfport Energy Operating Corp65.3
16TAL.TOPetroTal Corp.64.8
17INR.USInfinity Natural Resources, Inc.64.6
18SGY.TOSurge Energy Inc.64.6
19VIST.USVista Oil Gas ADR64.1
20MDIN-L.TAModiin Energy-Limited Partnership63.9

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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.

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