The best energy stocks right now, ranked.
Of the 82 investable energy stocks we score, these 25 rank highest on Ticker Nerd's factor model today — all nine factor families at once, not one metric. Every stock in P123's Energy sector, the taxonomy the rank is built on.
Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt cap | Rank | 1w rank Δ | Revisions | Value | Momentum | Quality | Accruals | Issuance | Growth | Volatility | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Delek US Holdings, Inc. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $3.9B | 99.0 | +0.2 | 90.9 | 92.6 | 99.3 | 74.7 | 74.9 | 54.9 | 98.0 | 66.2 | 27.6 | |
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $4.0B | 98.2 | 0.0 | 85.1 | 91.0 | 95.9 | 83.7 | 17.4 | 99.5 | 96.5 | 72.2 | 27.3 | |
Valero Energy Corp. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $101.5B | 98.1 | +0.2 | 90.4 | 77.8 | 97.0 | 77.2 | 72.3 | 75.9 | 94.1 | 79.7 | 2.7 | |
HF Sinclair Corp. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $17.2B | 97.5 | +0.9 | 92.7 | 95.4 | 98.5 | 63.3 | 48.8 | 75.8 | 97.8 | 69.0 | 11.5 | |
Teekay Tankers Ltd. Oil & Gas Midstream | $2.9B | 96.3 | +0.3 | 77.3 | 94.4 | 93.2 | 78.2 | 40.9 | 73.9 | 96.8 | 49.6 | 31.6 | |
Marathon Petroleum Corp. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $99.8B | 95.6 | — | 90.4 | 80.8 | 93.0 | 73.0 | 60.9 | 65.4 | 95.0 | 76.7 | 2.8 | |
Scorpio Tankers, Inc. Oil & Gas Midstream | $4.1B | 95.0 | +0.3 | 50.8 | 91.7 | 86.9 | 75.2 | 58.0 | 90.4 | 98.3 | 72.3 | 27.1 | |
PBF Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $8.3B | 94.7 | +0.2 | 86.3 | 86.1 | 98.4 | 51.0 | 35.7 | 88.7 | 98.3 | 64.6 | 17.9 | |
Frontline Plc Oil & Gas Midstream | $9.2B | 92.6 | +0.4 | 69.5 | 71.9 | 91.5 | 64.2 | 66.8 | 96.6 | 88.7 | 45.3 | 16.9 | |
TechnipFMC plc Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | $31.4B | 92.1 | −1.9 | 84.1 | 45.4 | 98.9 | 97.9 | 62.2 | 98.1 | 42.5 | 84.2 | 7.5 | |
CVR Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $3.5B | 90.9 | +5.8 | 72.7 | 63.9 | 65.2 | 53.0 | 84.0 | 89.9 | 98.6 | 44.4 | 28.7 | |
DHT Holdings, Inc. Oil & Gas Midstream | $3.1B | 90.8 | −0.2 | 89.6 | 65.9 | 84.6 | 99.4 | 24.0 | 37.1 | 97.0 | 82.2 | 30.5 | |
APA Corp. Oil & Gas E&P | $14.3B | 90.5 | +1.5 | 40.3 | 95.4 | 95.5 | 87.9 | 85.0 | 89.4 | 59.3 | 54.1 | 12.7 | |
Talos Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas E&P | $2.7B | 89.5 | −1.4 | 86.8 | 66.8 | 92.3 | 42.6 | 91.8 | 75.3 | 45.6 | 62.1 | 32.7 | |
International Seaways, Inc. Oil & Gas Midstream | $4.8B | 89.3 | +1.1 | 86.4 | 79.9 | 95.7 | 82.5 | 22.0 | 40.0 | 98.7 | 67.3 | 24.7 | |
Core Natural Resources, Inc. Thermal Coal | $4.8B | 87.9 | +6.0 | 79.0 | 91.0 | 62.3 | 70.8 | 69.7 | 46.7 | 67.2 | 96.8 | 24.8 | |
Phillips 66 Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $94.1B | 87.4 | +2.2 | 89.4 | 59.5 | 90.3 | 54.9 | 37.9 | 89.6 | 95.4 | 65.7 | 3.0 | |
Expand Energy Corp. Oil & Gas E&P | $22.6B | 86.7 | −3.4 | 65.6 | 88.0 | 19.9 | 89.9 | 73.5 | 83.9 | 96.9 | 68.4 | 9.8 | |
Innovex International, Inc. Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | $2.1B | 85.4 | +2.3 | 89.8 | 56.2 | 78.8 | 72.6 | 86.3 | 71.0 | 23.7 | 61.9 | 35.7 | |
Cenovus Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Integrated | $58.0B | 83.6 | +1.3 | 65.4 | 68.1 | 93.9 | 92.8 | 47.8 | 46.0 | 87.2 | 87.0 | 4.9 | |
National Energy Services Reunited Corp. Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | $3.7B | 82.9 | +8.3 | 95.3 | 34.7 | 99.7 | 54.1 | 75.8 | 76.0 | 55.2 | 27.4 | 28.4 | |
Conocophillips Oil & Gas E&P | $156.7B | 82.0 | +2.1 | 73.3 | 58.3 | 79.0 | 61.3 | 78.4 | 82.8 | 61.7 | 87.3 | 1.8 | |
Range Resources Corp. Oil & Gas E&P | $9.6B | 81.4 | −2.6 | 64.7 | 62.3 | 50.5 | 80.1 | 50.0 | 96.9 | 86.2 | 71.0 | 16.5 | |
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. Oil & Gas E&P | $6.0B | 80.8 | +1.2 | 57.2 | 57.5 | 62.2 | 85.9 | 68.4 | 81.1 | 73.6 | 72.5 | 21.6 | |
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Drilling | $4.3B | 80.5 | +1.0 | 87.2 | 37.1 | 81.4 | 40.5 | 97.6 | 59.3 | 63.7 | 70.2 | 26.1 |
Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.
What these energy stocks look like up close.
Figures for the 25 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.
17 of the 25 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.
Cheapest on trailing P/E: PARR at 4.7×, STNG at 4.9× and TNK at 5.0×.
Highest forward dividend yields: INSW at 18.7%, FRO at 15.0% and DHT at 13.7%.
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Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks and the factor behind each one. The names above will rotate as the scores move — the Radar is how you hear what changed.
Questions people ask about energy stocks.
- What are the best energy stocks right now?
- As at 15 Aug 2026, the top-ranked energy stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are Delek US Holdings, Inc. (DK), Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (PARR), Valero Energy Corp. (VLO). The full top 25 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
- How does Ticker Nerd pick the best energy stocks?
- Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
- Are energy stocks a good investment?
- That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 15 Aug 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 17 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
The same model, other cuts.
Every list reads the one ranking — the stock screener index has the complete set.