OK, "Big Oil" may not be ruining your life, but that doesn't make the pain at the pump any less acute. And with the national average for regular gasoline above $4 a gallon, and a barrel of crude oil perched above $130, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that oil and gas companies stand to profit in this environment.
With that in mind, we'll use the aggregate intelligence of the 105,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS to find oil and gas stocks that the community likes -- those with four- and five-star ratings. The community's approval could be a sign that further research is in order.
Here are five such stocks:
|
Company |
Primary Industry |
% CAPS All-Star Bulls |
CAPS Rating
|
CAPS Research |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) |
Exploration |
99.2% |
***** | |
|
Noble (NYSE:NE) |
Drilling |
99.6% |
***** | |
|
Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) |
Integrated Oil & Gas |
98.9% |
***** | |
|
Transocean (NYSE:RIG) |
Drilling |
98.5% |
***** | |
|
Valero (NYSE:VLO) |
Refining & Marketing |
97.8% |
***** |
Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of June 9, 2008.
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