Top Energy Stocks by Share Buybacks
Top energy companies ranked by share buybacks, latest annual filings.
What Share Buybacks Mean for Energy Companies
Share buybacks in energy have become a signal of capital discipline in an industry historically prone to reinvesting every dollar of upcycle cash flow into drilling. After a decade of shareholder pressure, most majors and large independents now pair base dividends with variable buybacks that expand when commodity prices and cash flow are elevated and compress when prices fall. The program structure itself communicates the new capital-allocation philosophy.
Why It Matters in Energy
Variable buyback frameworks tied to commodity price windows reflect restored capital discipline after years of value-destructive drilling. The pattern is cleanly pro-cyclical by design, which is a feature rather than a bug for a commodity business. The caveat is that buybacks concentrate at price peaks when equity valuations are also elevated, so timing economics are structurally poor; the purpose is capital return rather than value capture.
What to Read Alongside
Pair buybacks with [Free Cash Flow](/financials/top-free-cash-flow-stocks/energy/) to see commodity-cycle funding patterns, [Capex](/financials/biggest-capex-stocks/energy/) to confirm operators prioritize capital return over speculative drilling, and [Net Income](/financials/top-net-income-stocks/energy/) for earnings context across the cycle.
| # | Symbol | Company | Sector | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XOM | Exxon Mobil Corporation | Energy | $20.27B | $631.71B |
| 2 | SHEL | Shell plc | Energy | $14.07B | $255.86B |
| 3 | CVX | Chevron Corporation | Energy | $12.08B | $366.49B |
| 4 | TTE | TotalEnergies SE | Energy | $8.00B | $193.51B |
| 5 | COP | ConocoPhillips | Energy | $5.02B | $141.44B |
| 6 | MPC | Marathon Petroleum Corporation | Energy | $3.49B | $66.63B |
| 7 | LNG | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | Energy | $2.72B | $52.76B |
| 8 | VLO | Valero Energy Corporation | Energy | $2.60B | $72.27B |
| 9 | EOG | EOG Resources, Inc. | Energy | $2.56B | $68.80B |
| 10 | SLB | SLB N.V. | Energy | $2.41B | $77.65B |
| 11 | TS | Tenaris S.A. | Energy | $1.36B | $29.68B |
| 12 | PSX | Phillips 66 | Energy | $1.21B | $65.49B |
| 13 | DVN | Devon Energy Corporation | Energy | $1.05B | $27.49B |
| 14 | HAL | Halliburton Company | Energy | $1.01B | $31.03B |
| 15 | FTI | TechnipFMC plc | Energy | $0.92B | $28.17B |
| 16 | TRGP | Targa Resources Corp. | Energy | $0.64B | $51.51B |
| 17 | CNX | CNX Resources Corporation | Energy | $0.52B | $5.49B |
| 18 | STNG | Scorpio Tankers Inc. | Energy | $0.49B | $3.73B |
| 19 | CIVI | Civitas Resources, Inc. | Energy | $0.43B | $2.34B |
| 20 | MPLX | MPLX LP | Energy | $0.40B | $56.08B |
| 21 | HESM | Hess Midstream LP | Energy | $0.40B | $4.90B |
| 22 | BKR | Baker Hughes Company | Energy | $0.38B | $59.29B |
| 23 | CRC | California Resources Corporation | Energy | $0.38B | $5.57B |
| 24 | CHRD | Chord Energy Corporation | Energy | $0.36B | $7.01B |
| 25 | DINO | HF Sinclair Corporation | Energy | $0.35B | $10.30B |
| 26 | NOV | NOV Inc. | Energy | $0.32B | $6.92B |
| 27 | OVV | Ovintiv Inc. | Energy | $0.31B | $15.79B |
| 28 | EPD | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | Energy | $0.30B | $79.27B |
| 29 | EQNR | Equinor ASA | Energy | $0.28B | $88.40B |
| 30 | CNR | Core Natural Resources, Inc. | Energy | $0.22B | $4.36B |
| 31 | KNTK | Kinetik Holdings Inc. | Energy | $0.18B | $3.21B |
| 32 | GLNG | Golar LNG Limited | Energy | $0.14B | $5.28B |
| 33 | CTRA | Coterra Energy Inc. | Energy | $0.14B | $23.46B |
| 34 | AR | Antero Resources Corporation | Energy | $0.14B | $11.32B |
| 35 | AM | Antero Midstream Corporation | Energy | $0.13B | $10.07B |
| 36 | CMBT | Cmb.Tech NV | Energy | $0.13B | $3.80B |
| 37 | PARR | Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. | Energy | $0.12B | $3.15B |
| 38 | TALO | Talos Energy Inc. | Energy | $0.12B | $2.49B |
| 39 | KGS | Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. | Energy | $0.10B | $5.58B |
| 40 | MUR | Murphy Oil Corporation | Energy | $0.10B | $5.63B |
| 41 | WFRD | Weatherford International plc | Energy | $0.10B | $7.12B |
| 42 | VAL | Valaris Limited | Energy | $0.10B | $6.55B |
| 43 | EXE | Expand Energy Corporation | Energy | $0.10B | $23.03B |
| 44 | TDW | Tidewater Inc. | Energy | $0.09B | $4.18B |
| 45 | OKE | ONEOK, Inc. | Energy | $0.07B | $53.68B |
| 46 | AROC | Archrock, Inc. | Energy | $0.07B | $6.36B |
| 47 | PTEN | Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | Energy | $0.07B | $3.95B |
| 48 | NOG | Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. | Energy | $0.06B | $2.73B |
| 49 | MTDR | Matador Resources Company | Energy | $0.06B | $7.32B |
| 50 | NFG | National Fuel Gas Company | Energy | $0.05B | $8.47B |
| 51 | OII | Oceaneering International, Inc. | Energy | $0.04B | $3.66B |
| 52 | XPRO | Expro Group Holdings N.V. | Energy | $0.04B | $1.83B |
| 53 | FET | Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. | Energy | $0.03B | $0.64B |
| 54 | CRGY | Crescent Energy Company | Energy | $0.03B | $3.87B |
| 55 | GPRK | GeoPark Limited | Energy | $0.03B | $0.57B |
| 56 | LBRT | Liberty Energy Inc. | Energy | $0.02B | $4.26B |
| 57 | EFXT | Enerflex Ltd. | Energy | $0.02B | $2.79B |
| 58 | NPKI | NPK International Inc. | Energy | $0.02B | $1.21B |
| 59 | NE | Noble Corporation plc | Energy | $0.02B | $7.73B |
| 60 | DHT | DHT Holdings, Inc. | Energy | $0.02B | $2.95B |
| 61 | NEXT | NextDecade Corporation | Energy | $0.02B | $2.00B |
| 62 | OIS | Oil States International, Inc. | Energy | $0.02B | $0.65B |
| 63 | VTOL | Bristow Group Inc. | Energy | $0.02B | $1.42B |
| 64 | SM | SM Energy Company | Energy | $0.01B | $6.73B |
| 65 | CLB | Core Laboratories Inc. | Energy | $0.01B | $0.76B |
| 66 | YPF | YPF Sociedad Anónima | Energy | $0.01B | $16.43B |
| 67 | DKL | Delek Logistics Partners, LP | Energy | $0.01B | $2.65B |
| 68 | GLP | Global Partners LP | Energy | $0.01B | $1.54B |
| 69 | INVX | Innovex International, Inc. | Energy | $0.01B | $1.76B |
| 70 | TPL | Texas Pacific Land Corporation | Energy | $0.01B | $29.39B |
| 71 | PAA | Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. | Energy | $0.01B | $15.18B |
| 72 | PAGP | Plains GP Holdings, L.P. | Energy | $0.01B | $4.62B |
| 73 | WTTR | Select Water Solutions, Inc. | Energy | $0.01B | $1.88B |
| 74 | SD | SandRidge Energy, Inc. | Energy | $0.01B | $0.55B |
| 75 | LPG | Dorian LPG Ltd. | Energy | $0.01B | $1.55B |
| 76 | WHD | Cactus, Inc. | Energy | $0.01B | $3.73B |
| 77 | TK | Teekay Corporation Ltd. | Energy | $0.00B | $1.10B |
| 78 | NAT | Nordic American Tankers Limited | Energy | $0.00B | $1.24B |
| 79 | RES | RPC, Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $1.60B |
| 80 | NGL | NGL Energy Partners LP | Energy | $0.00B | $1.62B |
| 81 | EGY | VAALCO Energy, Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $0.55B |
| 82 | BORR | Borr Drilling Limited | Energy | $0.00B | $1.72B |
| 83 | AESI | Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $1.66B |
| 84 | GRNT | Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $0.65B |
| 85 | PUMP | ProPetro Holding Corp. | Energy | $0.00B | $1.81B |
| 86 | SEI | Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $3.90B |
| 87 | VTLE | Vital Energy, Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $0.69B |
| 88 | EQT | EQT Corporation | Energy | $0.00B | $36.51B |
| 89 | PBF | PBF Energy Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $5.01B |
| 90 | ARLP | Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. | Energy | $0.00B | $3.21B |
| 91 | WES | Western Midstream Partners, LP | Energy | $0.00B | $16.08B |
| 92 | GEL | Genesis Energy, L.P. | Energy | $0.00B | $2.06B |
| 93 | OXY | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | Energy | $0.00B | $56.40B |
| 94 | KMI | Kinder Morgan, Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $71.24B |
| 95 | WMB | The Williams Companies, Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $86.65B |
| 96 | BTU | Peabody Energy Corporation | Energy | $0.00B | $3.13B |
| 97 | SDRL | Seadrill Limited | Energy | $0.00B | $2.95B |
| 98 | HP | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $3.42B |
| 99 | HPK | HighPeak Energy, Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $0.68B |
| 100 | VTS | Vitesse Energy, Inc. | Energy | $0.00B | $0.76B |
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How this ranking is built
Companies are ranked by share buybacks as reported in their most recent annual filing with the SEC. Figures shown are in US dollars (or percent, as noted), rounded to two decimals.
- Source: annual 10-K / 20-F filings from companies trading on US exchanges (NYSE, Nasdaq, AMEX).
- Fiscal year: whichever annual period the company has most recently filed. Fiscal years don't always align with the calendar year, so the "as of FY" stamp above reflects the most common year across the table.
- Filtered out: warrants, preferred shares, and duplicate listings that share a parent company's financials.
- Update cadence: refreshed as companies file new annual reports (typically within 60–90 days of fiscal year end).
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