Oil & Energy Stocks

Q: What are energy stocks?

Energy stocks are shares in companies involved in the production, refining, transportation, and sale of oil, natural gas, and other energy commodities. Major names include ExxonMobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), and Schlumberger (SLB). The sector is divided into upstream (exploration and production), midstream (pipelines and storage), downstream (refining and marketing), and oilfield services segments.

Q: Are energy stocks a good investment?

Energy stocks can be a strong addition to a diversified portfolio, particularly for income-focused investors. Major energy companies offer some of the highest dividend yields in the market, often 3-5% or more. They also serve as an inflation hedge since energy prices typically rise with inflation. Risks include commodity price volatility, regulatory changes around fossil fuels, and the long-term transition toward renewable energy.

Q: What drives energy stock prices?

The primary driver is crude oil and natural gas prices, which are influenced by global supply and demand, OPEC production decisions, geopolitical events, and economic growth. Energy stocks also respond to inventory data, rig counts, and seasonal demand patterns. Company-specific factors include production growth, reserve replacement, capital discipline, and balance sheet strength. The U.S. dollar also matters — oil is priced in dollars, so a weaker dollar tends to support energy prices.

Q: Do energy stocks pay good dividends?

Yes, energy is one of the highest-yielding sectors in the stock market. Major integrated companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron have paid uninterrupted dividends for over 100 years. Many energy companies have adopted disciplined capital allocation, returning excess cash to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. Midstream MLPs and pipeline companies offer particularly high yields, sometimes exceeding 6-8%, though these come with additional tax complexity.

Q: What is the difference between upstream and downstream energy?

Upstream refers to exploration and production — finding and extracting oil and gas from the ground. These companies are most sensitive to commodity prices. Downstream refers to refining crude oil into products like gasoline, diesel, and petrochemicals, and marketing those products. Downstream margins can actually improve when oil prices fall because input costs decrease. Integrated majors like ExxonMobil operate across both segments, providing natural diversification.

Q: How do oil prices affect energy stocks?

Energy stock prices are highly correlated with oil prices, particularly for upstream producers. As a rule of thumb, E&P stocks tend to move 1.5-3x the percentage change in oil prices due to operating leverage. A producer with a breakeven cost of $40 per barrel doubles its profit when oil goes from $60 to $80. Midstream and downstream companies have less direct exposure to oil price swings since their revenue depends more on volumes processed and transported.

Q: Are energy stocks affected by the renewable energy transition?

The transition to renewable energy is a long-term structural risk for traditional energy companies. However, global oil and gas demand remains robust and most forecasts project continued fossil fuel consumption for decades. Many energy majors are investing in low-carbon technologies, including carbon capture, hydrogen, and renewable energy projects. The transition timeline remains uncertain, and energy companies generating strong current cash flows may remain attractive investments for years.

Q: What are oilfield services stocks?

Oilfield services companies provide the equipment, technology, and services needed to explore for and produce oil and gas. Leaders include Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), and Baker Hughes (BKR). These companies benefit when drilling activity increases, making them a leveraged play on upstream capital spending cycles. Their revenue depends on rig count and drilling complexity rather than commodity prices directly, though the two are correlated.

Oil majors, gas producers, and energy infrastructure. Cyclical cash machines tied to crude prices and global demand.

168 stocks Updated Jun 4, 2026

$4.98T Total Market Cap

58.8 Avg P/E Ratio

3.33% Avg Dividend Yield

-0.28% Avg Daily Change

Energy stocks represent companies in the oil, natural gas, and integrated energy sectors. The energy sector is one of the most cyclical in the market, with stock prices closely tied to commodity prices and global demand. Major energy companies generate substantial cash flows and are among the largest dividend payers in the stock market.

The sector includes integrated majors like ExxonMobil and Chevron that operate across the full value chain, exploration and production (E&P) companies focused on finding and extracting oil and gas, midstream companies that transport and store energy, and oilfield services companies that provide drilling equipment and technology. Each segment has different risk and return characteristics.

Energy stocks have regained investor attention as global energy demand continues to grow, driven by emerging market industrialization and data center power needs. This list tracks major energy companies on U.S. exchanges with prices, P/E ratios, dividend yields, and market caps updated daily.

#	Symbol	Name	Price	Change %	P/E	Market Cap
1	EQNR	Equinor ASA	$37.95	+0.34%	19.1	903.95B
2	XOM	Exxon Mobil Corp	$152.53	+1.99%	26.5	669.49B
3	CVX	Chevron Corporation	$189.71	+1.15%	34.6	381.21B
4	SHEL	Shell plc	$86.77	-0.06%	14.4	189.50B
5	TTE	Totalenergies Se	$89.58	+0.20%	12.9	167.93B
6	ENB	Enbridge Inc	$55.81	-0.91%	24.2	167.23B
7	CNQ	Canadian Natural Resources	$47.69	+1.02%	14.4	140.11B
8	COP	Conocophillips	$119.05	+1.87%	18.9	138.44B
9	SU	Suncor Energy Inc	$65.54	+0.35%	17.5	110.81B
10	TRP	Tc Energy Corp	$67.80	-0.32%	29.4	101.28B
11	WMB	Williams Cos Inc	$71.66	+0.49%	34.6	96.66B
12	BP	BP p.l.c.	$43.68	+0.65%	2,220.0	90.22B
13	SLB	Slb Ltd	$56.85	+0.51%	25.9	86.09B
14	IMO	Imperial Oil Ltd	$126.27	+1.49%	27.9	81.60B
15	VLO	Valero Energy Corp	$261.45	+1.24%	17.9	75.24B
16	CVE	Cenovus Energy Inc	$29.48	+0.72%	15.8	73.45B
17	MPC	Marathon Petroleum Corp	$267.21	+1.58%	15.7	72.53B
18	EOG	Eog Resources Inc	$141.50	+2.11%	12.9	70.78B
19	PSX	Phillips 66	$184.68	+1.16%	17.1	70.56B
20	KMI	Kinder Morgan Inc	$31.37	-0.22%	20.9	69.15B
21	BKR	Baker Hughes Co	$64.27	-0.42%	20.6	64.20B
22	TRGP	Targa Resources Corp	$262.69	-0.23%	26.4	56.26B
23	OXY	Occidental Petroleum Corp	$59.64	+0.93%	11.9	56.13B
24	FANG	Diamondback Energy Inc	$210.59	+4.05%	190.7	54.15B
25	OKE	Oneok Inc	$86.75	+0.03%	15.1	53.20B
26	DVN	Devon Energy Corp	$46.18	-0.09%	22.3	50.67B
27	CCJ	Cameco Corp	$114.56	-4.94%	104.6	49.25B
28	LNG	Cheniere Energy Inc	$235.37	-0.27%	32.1	47.38B
29	HAFN	Hafnia Ltd	$7.73	-0.77%	12.9	40.65B
30	PBA	Pembina Pipeline Corp	$48.55	-0.47%	23.4	39.49B
31	EQT	Eqt Corp	$54.47	-0.38%	11.1	36.28B
32	HAL	Halliburton Co	$41.03	+2.24%	22.4	34.46B
33	VG	Venture Global Inc-Cl A	$12.52	+1.21%	11.6	32.37B
34	BWLP	Bw Lpg Ltd	$20.22	-0.05%	12.9	29.00B
35	TPL	Texas Pacific Land Corp	$406.76	+9.69%	54.4	27.39B
36	FTI	Technipfmc Plc	$67.94	-2.17%	25.2	27.28B
37	CTRA	Coterra Energy Inc	$32.56	-8.62%	14.4	24.72B
38	EXE	Expand Energy Corp	$91.07	-0.51%	6.9	22.39B
39	TRMD	Torm Plc-A	$28.17	+0.11%	10.2	18.64B
40	VNOM	Viper Energy Inc-Cl A	$46.88	+1.87%	—	16.45B
41	PR	Permian Resources Corp-Cl A	$20.18	+2.33%	24.8	16.10B
42	OVV	Ovintiv Inc	$59.24	+1.20%	20.3	15.68B
43	DTM	Dt Midstream Inc	$141.33	-0.03%	31.5	14.60B
44	APA	Apa Corp	$38.33	+1.38%	8.4	12.91B
45	DINO	Hf Sinclair Corp	$73.34	+0.16%	10.0	12.31B
46	AR	Antero Resources Corp	$36.53	+0.74%	11.5	11.08B
47	SOBO	South Bow Corp	$36.73	-0.24%	18.2	10.65B
48	NXE	Nexgen Energy Ltd	$11.34	-8.84%	—	10.31B
49	AM	Antero Midstream Corp	$21.27	+0.28%	24.5	10.05B
50	RRC	Range Resources Corp	$39.82	+0.40%	10.2	9.21B
51	HESM	Hess Midstream Lp - Class A	$38.47	+0.73%	21.4	7.90B
52	KNTK	Kinetik Holdings Inc	$45.99	+0.97%	45.7	7.80B
53	FRO	Frontline Plc	$34.46	-0.63%	8.5	7.65B
54	CHRD	Chord Energy Corp	$140.62	+1.91%	—	7.54B
55	NE	Noble Corp Plc	$46.65	-1.02%	32.9	7.53B
56	WFRD	Weatherford International Pl	$104.09	+0.36%	16.2	7.49B
57	SM	Sm Energy Co	$34.29	+4.10%	55.7	7.28B
58	NOV	Nov Inc	$20.82	+1.81%	79.9	7.27B
59	KGS	Kodiak Gas Services Inc	$67.35	+0.24%	102.3	6.95B
60	RIG	Transocean Ltd	$6.18	-1.12%	—	6.92B
61	UEC	Uranium Energy Corp	$14.09	-8.74%	—	6.77B
62	MTDR	Matador Resources Co	$56.54	+0.96%	13.7	6.62B
63	VAL	Valaris Ltd	$92.06	-0.72%	6.4	6.45B
64	AROC	Archrock Inc	$34.21	+0.00%	18.1	5.87B
65	CRC	California Resources Corp	$62.20	+0.79%	—	5.41B
66	MGY	Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp - A	$27.96	+0.76%	16.2	5.21B
67	MUR	Murphy Oil Corp	$39.17	+3.19%	61.3	5.16B
68	SEI	Solaris Energy Infrastructur	$74.20	+3.17%	110.5	5.11B
69	GLNG	Golar Lng Ltd	$51.68	+0.37%	35.9	5.07B
70	BTE	Baytex Energy Corp	$5.04	+0.80%	43.1	5.00B
71	CNX	Cnx Resources Corp	$33.57	+0.75%	4.1	4.80B
72	LBRT	Liberty Energy Inc	$31.06	-0.61%	31.8	4.77B
73	PBF	Pbf Energy Inc-Class A	$42.55	-1.44%	10.5	4.64B
74	WHD	Cactus Inc - A	$58.80	-2.15%	62.5	4.57B
75	CNR	Core Natural Resources Inc	$96.43	+1.97%	—	4.46B
76	UUUU	Energy Fuels Inc	$18.00	-7.88%	—	4.45B
77	DNN	Denison Mines Corp	$3.42	-6.81%	—	4.27B
78	PTEN	Patterson-Uti Energy Inc	$12.01	+2.39%	—	4.21B
79	EFXT	Enerflex Ltd	$24.92	+0.00%	36.5	4.18B
80	CMBT	Cmb Tech Nv	$14.99	-2.41%	20.5	3.95B
81	CRK	Comstock Resources Inc	$13.23	-1.64%	6.3	3.91B
82	CRGY	Crescent Energy Inc-A	$12.20	+1.75%	—	3.90B
83	OII	Oceaneering Intl Inc	$37.99	-1.76%	11.3	3.84B
84	STNG	Scorpio Tankers Inc	$75.55	+0.68%	7.6	3.84B
85	INSW	International Seaways Inc	$78.53	-0.67%	7.0	3.80B
86	HP	Helmerich & Payne	$38.44	-2.34%	—	3.79B
87	EE	Excelerate Energy Inc-A	$32.45	-0.89%	94.1	3.78B
88	WBI	Waterbridge Infrastruc-Cl A	$29.25	-0.71%	268.9	3.68B
89	TDW	Tidewater Inc	$74.00	-1.21%	12.3	3.66B
90	LEU	Centrus Energy Corp-Class A	$181.67	-8.77%	59.3	3.59B
91	SUNC	Sunococorp Llc	$65.34	-2.27%	31.3	3.44B
92	CVI	Cvr Energy Inc	$36.09	+1.21%	—	3.36B
93	BTU	Peabody Energy Corp	$30.11	+1.65%	—	3.29B
94	CLMT	Calumet Inc	$35.92	+0.28%	—	3.09B
95	GPOR	Gulfport Energy Corp	$168.82	+0.86%	5.2	3.08B
96	SDRL	Seadrill Limited	$46.88	-1.12%	—	2.94B
97	BKV	Bkv Corporation	$27.21	+1.72%	9.9	2.91B
98	PARR	Par Pacific Holdings Inc	$57.87	+1.35%	6.2	2.82B
99	DK	Delek Us Holdings Inc	$44.51	+0.27%	—	2.72B
100	DHT	Dht Holdings Inc	$16.32	-0.18%	7.9	2.62B

Related ETFs

Exchange-traded funds that provide diversified exposure to the oil & energy stocks sector.

XLE SPDR

0.09% ER

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

Largest energy ETF tracking S&P 500 energy companies. Dominated by ExxonMobil and Chevron.

VDE Vanguard

0.10% ER

Vanguard Energy ETF

Broad energy sector exposure at low cost. Includes integrated oil, exploration, refining, and equipment companies.

XOP SPDR

0.35% ER

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration ETF

Equal-weighted E&P companies. More volatile and leveraged to oil prices than diversified energy ETFs.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are energy stocks?

Energy stocks are shares in companies involved in the production, refining, transportation, and sale of oil, natural gas, and other energy commodities. Major names include ExxonMobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), and Schlumberger (SLB). The sector is divided into upstream (exploration and production), midstream (pipelines and storage), downstream (refining and marketing), and oilfield services segments.

Are energy stocks a good investment?

Energy stocks can be a strong addition to a diversified portfolio, particularly for income-focused investors. Major energy companies offer some of the highest dividend yields in the market, often 3-5% or more. They also serve as an inflation hedge since energy prices typically rise with inflation. Risks include commodity price volatility, regulatory changes around fossil fuels, and the long-term transition toward renewable energy.

What drives energy stock prices?

The primary driver is crude oil and natural gas prices, which are influenced by global supply and demand, OPEC production decisions, geopolitical events, and economic growth. Energy stocks also respond to inventory data, rig counts, and seasonal demand patterns. Company-specific factors include production growth, reserve replacement, capital discipline, and balance sheet strength. The U.S. dollar also matters — oil is priced in dollars, so a weaker dollar tends to support energy prices.

Do energy stocks pay good dividends?

Yes, energy is one of the highest-yielding sectors in the stock market. Major integrated companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron have paid uninterrupted dividends for over 100 years. Many energy companies have adopted disciplined capital allocation, returning excess cash to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. Midstream MLPs and pipeline companies offer particularly high yields, sometimes exceeding 6-8%, though these come with additional tax complexity.

What is the difference between upstream and downstream energy?

Upstream refers to exploration and production — finding and extracting oil and gas from the ground. These companies are most sensitive to commodity prices. Downstream refers to refining crude oil into products like gasoline, diesel, and petrochemicals, and marketing those products. Downstream margins can actually improve when oil prices fall because input costs decrease. Integrated majors like ExxonMobil operate across both segments, providing natural diversification.

How do oil prices affect energy stocks?

Energy stock prices are highly correlated with oil prices, particularly for upstream producers. As a rule of thumb, E&P stocks tend to move 1.5-3x the percentage change in oil prices due to operating leverage. A producer with a breakeven cost of $40 per barrel doubles its profit when oil goes from $60 to $80. Midstream and downstream companies have less direct exposure to oil price swings since their revenue depends more on volumes processed and transported.

Are energy stocks affected by the renewable energy transition?

The transition to renewable energy is a long-term structural risk for traditional energy companies. However, global oil and gas demand remains robust and most forecasts project continued fossil fuel consumption for decades. Many energy majors are investing in low-carbon technologies, including carbon capture, hydrogen, and renewable energy projects. The transition timeline remains uncertain, and energy companies generating strong current cash flows may remain attractive investments for years.

What are oilfield services stocks?

Oilfield services companies provide the equipment, technology, and services needed to explore for and produce oil and gas. Leaders include Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), and Baker Hughes (BKR). These companies benefit when drilling activity increases, making them a leveraged play on upstream capital spending cycles. Their revenue depends on rig count and drilling complexity rather than commodity prices directly, though the two are correlated.