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Modeled fair value
XLE · US Energy Sector
-1.5Expensive
507090110130150170FAIRMARKET
P10–P90P25–P75Median fair valueToday's market price = 100

Today’s price sits at the 75.0th percentile of modeled fair value — 25% of modeled scenarios put fair value above the market.

Median fair value
90.0
index, market = 100
Upside to median
-10.0%
Last close
$62.82
2026-10-02
Confidence
moderate
60/100
Modeled returns

Return distributions, not point forecasts

Percentiles describe the spread of scenario outcomes under the stated method. The width of the range carries as much information as the midpoint.

One year

modeled
P90
+31.0%
P75
+17.0%
Median
+3.0%
P25
-10.0%
P10
-24.0%

56% of modeled scenarios end positive.

Blended across the class: producer equities contribute a high shareholder yield offset by an earnings base priced on a declining strip, while the commodity vehicles contribute negative expected roll and a forward curve pointing below spot.

Three years, annualised

modeled
P90
+17.0%
P75
+11.0%
Median
+4.5%
P25
-1.5%
P10
-9.0%

Three-year path in which the price converges toward a mid-cycle level and producer shareholder returns continue to be paid; the longer horizon allows the structural-underinvestment family more weight than at one year.

Against the Treasury hurdle

1y Treasury
4.58%
Modeled excess
-1.6%
Basis
direct

The modeled median return sits 1.58pp below the 1-year Treasury par yield, so on this model the Treasury offers a higher expected return with far lower uncertainty than the asset class.

Instruments

5 in this asset class

SymbolValuationFair valueLast close1y modeled
XLE
US Energy Sector
-1.5Expensive90.0$62.82+3.0%
XOP
Oil and Gas Producers
-1.2Somewhat expensive92.0$184.93+3.7%
USO
US Crude Oil
-2.2Expensive84.0$147.37+1.0%
BNO
Brent Crude Oil
-2.2Expensive84.0$63.10+1.0%
UNG
Natural Gas
—Unavailable—$10.47—