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With Iran blocking shipping in the critically important Strait of Hormuz after coordinated joint airstrikes by the United States and Israel targeted Iranian military infrastructure and leadership on Feb. 28, oil prices have soared. But investors can purchase stocks that are faring well and offering dividend payments as well as an opportunity for capital appreciation.
The five dividend-paying energy stocks to buy are providing gasoline to operate internal-combustion-engine-powered vehicles, or oil processed in refineries through fractional distillation to produce diesel for transportation and machinery, jet fuel and heating oil.
The markets and economies throughout the world are vulnerable if the military actions that occurred between Israel and the United States on one side and Iran on the other last weekend extend well extend beyond a few weeks or months. The risk to commerce is significant with shipping activity essentially stopping near in the Strait of Hormuz since last weekend, as well as vessel damaged in attacks attributed to Iran's armed forces.
Five Dividend-paying Energy Stocks to Buy Amid Iran Conflict: Carlson's Counsel
The big losers of recent years are doing well, wrote Bob Carlson, who heads the Retirement Watch investment newsletter. Carlson, who also invented a proprietary IRA calculator, wrote to his subscribers that energy is the best-performing sector so far in 2026, jumping more than 25% in the first two months.
Other sectors up more than 10% so far in 2026 are materials, industrials and consumer staples. Real estate gained just under 6% while health care is up 2.88%.
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Five Dividend-paying Energy Stocks to Buy Amid Iran Conflict: Perry's Pick
The stock market landscape is characterized by a high-stakes tug-of-war between a persistent bull market and escalating geopolitical instability, Bryan Perry wrote to his Cash Machine investment newsletter subscribers.
While the S&P 500 remains near historic highs, bolstered by corporate tax relief from the One Big Beautiful Act, investors are increasingly on edge. A tactical correction signal for the S&P 500 recently triggered for the first time in nearly two years, driven by a sudden risk-adverse sentiment as military strikes in the Middle East sparked fears of a broadened regional conflict.
Consequently, volatility has spiked. The VIX index that tracks volatility has climbed toward the mid-20s as traders weigh the resilience of the U.S. economy against the threat of external shocks, wrote Perry, who also heads the Breakout Blue Chip Trader, Quick Income Trader and Hi-Tech Trader advisory services that feature both stocks and options. He also introduced a new recommendation to his newsletter readers on March 6 that is intended to ascend amid rising oil prices.
"The leadership of the market is currently undergoing significant rotation, as the winner-takes-all dominance of big tech begins to face its first real challenge in years," Perry wrote in his latest Cash Machine investment newsletter emailed to subscribers on Friday, March 6. "While the artificial intelligence (AI) super cycle continues to provide a long-term tailwind for semiconductors and data-center infrastructure, the market is demanding proof of monetization.
"This has led to sharp pullbacks in software and data service firms that have failed to show immediate margin improvements. In their place, real economy sectors like Energy and Industrials have surged; energy stocks, in particular, have soared over 20% year to date as crude oil prices spike amid supply concerns in the Strait of Hormuz."
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Permian Resources Corp. (NYSE: PR), an independent oil and gas company headquartered in Midland, Texas, stands out partly for the investment savvy institutions that own shares in it. The shareholder with the largest position is mutual fund company Vanguard Group Inc., while Blackrock Inc., the world's largest asset manager, is second.
The company is viewed favorably by Citi Research and is described as one of the investment firm's oil-centric exploration and production (E&P) companies. Permian Resources shows strong capital discipline with a focus on maximizing shareholder returns, Citi Research wrote in a recent research note.
The E&P company also offers a 3.24% dividend yield. Operational efficiencies are a recurring theme, with companies like Permian Resources and Dallas-based Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) in the current environment.
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Five Dividend-paying Energy Stocks to Buy Amid Iran Conflict: MTDR
Matador Resources announced the expiration and results of its previously announced cash tender offer on March 5 to purchase any and all of the $500 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of its 6.875% Senior Notes due 2028. The company is issuing $750 million of new senior unsecured notes due 2034.
The refinancing comes alongside record production, resource growth, reduced capital expenditures and progress on its share buyback program. As an oil and gas exploration and production company, Matador Resources is seeking to strengthen its balance sheet while improving its operating performance in shale assets.
The refinancing occurs as Matador Resources reports record production and resource growth, while citing reduced capital expenditures and improved operational efficiency.
Companies are relentlessly pursuing operational efficiency gains through both improved techniques and cost reductions. Strategic portfolio management, including acquisitions and divestitures, aim to concentrate efforts on the most economic acreage with companies like Permian Resources and Matador Resources highlighting their success in organic reserve replacement via their ground game and the drill-bit, Citi Research wrote.
"E&P companies are also demonstrating greater market responsiveness, but in a prudent manner with none signaling reactive growth in response to near-term volatilities but remaining focused on the longer part of the respective curves," the investment firm wrote.
Within this wider market narrative, Citi Research named Permian Resources and Matador Resources as its two favorite E&P companies.
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Five Dividend-paying Energy Stocks to Buy Amid Iran Conflict: EPD
I scaled back some of my stock holdings recently, but I kept Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD). EPD is pursuing growth projects to enhance cash flow resilience while upholding its financial metrics. Analysts recently revised EPD's valuation slightly upward due to its stable distribution yield and defensive characteristics amid market volatility.
The company currently offers a dividend yield of 5.90%, and most recently paid a quarterly dividend of 54.5 cents per share on Oct. 31. The total return for EPD so far this year is 16.44%, and it rose 7.80% in the past month. EPD has fared well so far this week with its share price gaining 2.07% on March 2, 1.33% on March 3 and finishing up 3.96% for the full week.
The stock also is a recommendation of Jim Woods in the Forecasts & Strategies investment newsletter that he leads. As a former U.S. Army paratrooper and officer, Woods, who now is the editor of the Forecasts & Strategies investment newsletter and of the Five Star Trader advisory service, cited the following words recently when reacting to the current military conflict with Iran that involves the United States and Israel.
"War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means." The quote originally is from Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian army officer and military theorist who stressed the "moral" and political aspects of waging war.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is best known as an oil company, but also is engaged in providing natural gas. Woods, a seasoned stock picker, is recommending ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM).
Worldwide oil industry giant Exxon Mobil operates in more than 56 countries, with 61,000 scientists, engineers, researchers, technicians, professionals and other employees. The company's size and capabilities are cited by Woods, who chose the stock for the Income Multiplier portfolio in Forecasts & Strategies. The stock pays a "great dividend" and boasts a double-digit-percentage gain so far this year, he added.
Exxon Mobile offers a 3.41% dividend yield and is up 12.20% so far in 2025, as well as 4.34% in the past three months. However, XOM dipped slightly in the last month. Woods is among many fans of XOM.
Jim Woods heads the Forecasts & Strategies newsletter.
"Over the last 25 years, XOM's dividend has averaged a growth rate of 6.4%," said Michelle Connell, who heads Dallas-based Portia Capital Management.
Connell expressed confidence that the dividend growth rate can be maintained, based on the company's "very powerful portfolio of strategic assets." One asset is its oil reserves in Guyana that can be drilled with relatively low cost, thereby increasing XOM's cash flow significantly, she added.
"XOM should increase its dividend growth over the next four years," Connell counseled.
The company's management expects the cash flow growth to reach $35 billion by 2030, a $5 billion increase from its previous guidance. Exxon also is guiding that its earnings growth would average 13% annually over that timeframe, Connell continued.
"This strong cash flow would provide support for its expected share repurchase of $20 billion in 2026, as well as increase its dividend growth by more than its current rate of 4%," Connell concluded.
Another key asset is XOM's natural gas reserves, Connell continued. Specifically, 40% of the electricity generated in the United States is powered by natural gas, she added.
"Data centers require a significant amount of electricity to be operational," Connell counseled. "In the next three years, data centers are expected to demand 3.5 times the amount of electricity that they're utilizing now. XOM will be able to profit from this new requirement."
Michelle Connell heads Portia Capital Management.
A diverse asset portfolio has allowed XOM to reduce its costs to compensate for declining revenues associated with lower oil prices, Connell said. She forecast that the company's operating margins would remain stable at about 9%.
"This backdrop will be good for energy investors interested in dividends and/or capital appreciation," Connell counseled.
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At the end of last year, Exxon released an updated long-term plan that included a $5 billion increase to its earnings and cash flow targets for 2030. The company's management shared a goal of achieving these new targets without increasing the company's capital expenditures, said Michelle Connell.
Exxon's leaders recently spoke of tapping large growth opportunities in its Permian Basin properties. They are also evaluating options in Venezuela and in the Middle East, Connell continued.
In addition to the company's traditional energy business, XOM also has non-traditional energy activities. These businesses include advanced batteries, as well as low-carbon solutions for data centers.
"Exxon has been increasing it on average over 4% every year," Connell commented. "As its cash flow continues to grow, XOM may increase its dividends at a higher rate."
Five Dividend-paying Energy Stocks to Buy Amid Iran Conflict: CVX
Chevron has been the top pick BofA Global Research for the integrated and refining category of oil stocks due to its near-term free cash flow generation potential, as well as strong project execution, wrote the investment firm in a research note. The BofA analysts expressed clarity on the free cash flow durability of the company through the end of the decade and reiterated its buy recommendation.
Since acquiring PDC Energy in August 2023 for $6.3 billion and Hess Corporation in July 2025 for $53 billion, Chevron is offering enhanced long-term visibility and reinforced confidence in its 2030 outlook, although numbers were near consensus estimates, BofA wrote. Each acquisition brought unique assets to help Chevron grow.
Denver-based PDC Energy, formerly Petroleum Development Corporation, had been an independent upstream oil and gas company focused on developing unconventional, liquid-rich, horizontal assets in the Wattenberg Field of Colorado and the Delaware Basin of Texas. Chevron needed to win a legal battle with Exxon Mobil to acquire Hess Corporation. That merger united Hess's prime assets in Guyana and the Bakken shale with Chevron's portfolio, enhancing long-term cash flow, boosting U.S. oil production and securing high-margin resources.
Chevron management highlighted free cash flow (FCF) growth of more than 10% of compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2030, implying 2030 free cash flow of $28-30 billion (versus consensus estimates of $29 billion), as well as a steady share buyback range of $10-20 billion. However, it had a slightly lower Brent price range of $60-80 per barrel of oil, versus $60-85 previously projected.
Both Exxon and Chevron have exposure to an extended shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz. Each company has vast integrated Middle Eastern operations and global shipping.
Chevron recently halted production at its Leviathan field in a massive offshore natural gas reservoir located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, specifically within the Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). While the shutdown poses operational risks to the company's regional assets, it simultaneously boosts the company's earnings amid surging global oil prices.
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Five Dividend-paying Energy Stocks to Buy Amid Iran Conflict: Woods' Wisdom
"As someone who decades ago raised his right hand and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution as a member of the U.S. Army, I don't take war or military action lightly," Woods wrote in the March 2 edition of his weekly update of Forecasts & Strategies. "Yet sometimes, war is necessary. In the case of Iran, not only do I think war is necessary, but it is decades overdue. The Islamic theocracy kills its own citizens, sponsors terrorism through its proxies all around the globe, promotes and funds radical Islamic teachings and even suborned the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie for the 'crime' of writing a novel. These are reasons alone to wage armed conflict on Iran, but the real reason, as President Trump correctly said, is that Iran must not be allowed to acquire and/or produce a nuclear weapon.
"Islamic theocrats in control of apocalyptic weaponry are antithetical to the survival of the human species, full stop. Stymieing this situation now is in the interest of the entire free world, and that's why the actions taken over the weekend are, in my view, both justified and laudable. Of course, the consequences of this action by the United States, along with Israel, has understandably caused a lot of angst geopolitically. It's also ramped up uncertainty in global financial markets. Yet here is something I think you'll be relieved to hear: unless the situation materially deteriorates, I do not expect it to be a material influence on stocks."
Five Dividend-paying Energy Stocks to Buy Amid Iran Conflict: Geopolitical Risk
The military conflict in the Middle East is a huge geopolitical risk. Iran's next group of leaders have an opportunity to usher the country back into an era of economic growth and international acceptance if it turns successfully toward freedom and what could become its own version of democracy.
The killing of tens of thousands of Iranian citizens who protested the repressive and terrorist-supporting religious leaders during the nations past 47 years is a deep loss that cannot be cleansed from the nation's decades-long past of accepting needless human suffering and compounding it. If Iran rebuilds its ties with the United States and other nations it now opposes, stops trying to eradicate Israel, ceases funding and using terrorist groups as proxies to wage inhumane attacks on civilians and adopts policies of peace and trade, the result could be prosperity.
Iran's history is rooted in its strategic position along the ancient Silk Road that bridges East and West. It now remains to be seen what direction Iran will take. | | | Sincerely,
Paul Dykewicz, Editor
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| | About Paul Dykewicz: Paul Dykewicz is an accomplished, award-winning journalist who has written for Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, USA Today, Seeking Alpha, GuruFocus and other publications and websites. Paul is the editor of StockInvestor.com and DividendInvestor.com, a writer for both websites and a columnist. He further is the editorial director of Eagle Financial Publications in Washington, D.C., where he edits monthly investment newsletters, time-sensitive trading alerts, free e-letters and other investment reports. Paul also is the author of an inspirational book, "Holy Smokes! Golden Guidance from Notre Dame's Championship Chaplain", with a foreword by former national championship-winning football coach Lou Holtz. Follow Paul on Twitter @PaulDykewicz. | | | | | |
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