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Top 5 Companies in the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Industry With the Best Relative Performance (CRK, PETD, FST, BTE, AREX)

Written on Wed, 12/07/2011 - 6:27am
By David Diaz

Below are the top five companies in the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for stocks that have the potential to outperform.
Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) ranks first with a gain of 14.39%; Petroleum Development (NASDAQ:PETD) ranks second with a gain of 5.18%; and Forest Oil (NYSE:FST) ranks third with a gain of 4.2%.
Baytex Energy Trust (NYSE:BTE) follows with a gain of 3.67% and Approach Resources (NASDAQ:AREX) rounds out the top five with a gain of 3.04%.
SmarTrend currently has shares of Approach Resources in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on October 10, 2011 at $19.20. The stock has risen 71.3% since the Uptrend alert was issued.

Keywords: comstock resources relative performance

Ticker(s): CRK PETD FST BTE AREX

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