Top 3 Energy Stocks To Watch In November 2026

Inflation keeps running hotter than expected, and the latest October consumer price report shows price pressures are still broad. That environment keeps energy costs and interest rates in every conversation, and investors who want exposure to companies tied to real assets are watching closely. This article walks through three large oil and gas stocks from the global majors and explains what each brings to a portfolio right now.

The stocks below are just a starting sample, and the full screen on Simply Wall St surfaced 30 more oil and gas companies with equally compelling narratives that are not covered in this article. To widen your options and identify high-conviction ideas, head straight into the Oil and Gas screener.

Chevron is one of the largest integrated energy groups in the Oil and Gas screener, with a large upstream footprint in crude and natural gas feeding into global refining, chemicals and fuels. The business generated about US$116.3b from international and US upstream activity, alongside roughly US$176.6b from downstream operations across both regions, and has a market value of about US$422.2b.

For investors focused on large, theme-linked producers, Chevron’s role in global oil and gas supply appears particularly significant. The analyst consensus Narrative on Simply Wall St outlines how current production plans and capital spending could affect that position in the years ahead.

Record production growth, especially in the Permian and from the Hess acquisition in areas such as Guyana and the Bakken, now sits on top of capital and drilling programs that aim to keep Permian volumes around 1 million barrels per day with lower CapEx per barrel. This is described as supporting future revenue and free cash flow in the Simply Wall St analysis.

The key variable is how one pressure on future profitability resolves, and that could matter more than any recent headline.

That pressure point is exactly what the full narrative tries to unpack, so read the full narrative for Chevron to see how Chevron’s cash engine and risk profile could be decoupling.

ConocoPhillips is a pure upstream oil and gas producer, with crude and natural gas output across Alaska, the Lower 48, Canada and multiple international regions feeding directly into theme linked revenues. Lower 48 brings in about US$46.7b, with Alaska, Canada and Europe, Middle East and North Africa adding roughly US$6.4b, US$6.8b and US$8.3b respectively, supporting a business valued at about US$165.6b.

For investors who want pure exposure to producing barrels and molecules rather than refining or retail, ConocoPhillips offers a focused way into the Oil and Gas theme that the analyst consensus Narrative on Simply Wall St argues is being underappreciated by the market.

Global LNG market tightness, combined with ConocoPhillips securing 12 MTPA of LNG offtake and expecting first LNG from projects such as Port Arthur from 2027, points to a growing contribution from LNG marketing that could support higher revenue and cash flow than currently reflected in the stock.

What happens if one key assumption on how quickly those future LNG-led cash flows materialise proves either too cautious or too optimistic?

If that timing risk matters to you, go straight to the full narrative for ConocoPhillips to see how ConocoPhillips’ LNG build out could reshape the earnings mix.

ExxonMobil Holdings links directly into the Oil and Gas theme through its Upstream exploration and production, while also running large Energy Products, Chemical Products and Specialty Products operations that spread its earnings base beyond crude and gas alone.

ExxonMobil Holdings is a global energy producer, with Upstream oil and gas activities complemented by fuel, chemical and lubricant businesses. Upstream operations generate about US$115.2b, while Energy Products contribute roughly US$366.0b and Chemical and Specialty Products together add around US$58.2b, supporting a market value near US$692.6b.

According to LunaRodas, a Simply Wall St Community investor who wrote the Narrative, ExxonMobil Holdings is using its Upstream engine to feed a much broader fuels and chemicals platform. The quote below captures how management talks about that production technology.

The Permian technology portfolio was a confidence claim before it was a results claim, “that portfolio continues to exceed expectations,” Woods said, without naming which technologies or what they’d produced, adding only “we’re more than on track” toward the 2018 doubling-recovery target.

What happens to future margins and cash returns if one quiet test of that same technology in the field does not behave as expected.

If that quiet test matters to you, read the full narrative for ExxonMobil Holdings to see how ExxonMobil Holdings’ technology bets could accelerate or stall future cash returns.

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