The Highest-Rated Oil and Gas Stocks
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, the 15 stocks below are the highest rated in the oil and gas industry.
CAPS contains more than just the crowd's opinions. The votes of CAPS' best-performing members, known as All-Stars, count more in shaping each company's rating than do the picks of their poorer-performing peers. That way, investors can intelligently use members' collective wisdom to make better decisions.
The highest-rated oil and gas stock is...
Looking at the aggregate data, we see that our community rates QR Energy (NYS: QRE) above the rest and for good reason. As CAPS player TomFoolNC wrote in July: "8% div, production 85% hedged, ability to grow."
Since that time, QRE Energy announced a raise in its quarterly distribution from $0.4125 to $0.475 a unit for a 9.3% yield.
Here are the rest of the 15 highest-rated companies in the industry along with their CAPS rating:
1 | QR Energy | ***** | $734 |
2 | ECA Marcellus Trust I (NYS: ECT) | ***** | $479 |
3 | Lone Pine Resources | ***** | $658 |
4 | QEP Resources | ***** | $6,784 |
5 | Eagle Rock Energy Partners (NAS: EROC) | ***** | $1,297 |
6 | Contango Oil & Gas | ***** | $1,022 |
7 | Southwestern Energy | ***** | $14,860 |
8 | Denbury Resources | ***** | $6,904 |
9 | Oasis Petroleum | ***** | $2,940 |
10 | Energy Partners | ***** | $588 |
11 | Breitburn Energy Partners | ***** | $1,065 |
12 | Oilsands Quest (ASE: BQI) | ***** | $92 |
13 | Devon Energy (NYS: DVN) | ***** | $26,407 |
14 | Chesapeake Energy (NYS: CHK) | ***** | $17,866 |
15 | Ultra Petroleum (NYS: UPL) | ***** | $5,570 |
Source: Motley Fool CAPS as of Nov. 7.
Use the table as a first step to help generate ideas for further research. Having a watchlist of promising companies is a great place to start. We can help you keep tabs on these beloved companies with My Watchlist, our free, personalized stock tracking service. Click here to start now.
At the time thisarticle was published Fool contributor Dan Dzombak can be found on his Twitter account: @dandzombak. Click here to see his holdings and a short bio.The Motley Fool owns shares of Devon Energy, Contango Oil & Gas, Ultra Petroleum, and Denbury Resources, and has written covered calls on Contango Oil & Gas. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Chesapeake Energy, Ultra Petroleum, and Southwestern Energy. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Copyright © 1995 - 2011 The Motley Fool, LLC. All rights reserved. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
