10 Best Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Stocks to Buy in 2025

8. Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 39

Next on our list of the Best LNG Stocks is Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR), an independent natural gas and liquids company operating in the Appalachian Basin. The company is the most integrated natural gas and NGL business in the US and one of the largest suppliers to the country’s LNG market.

Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR) reported in its Q3 2024 earnings call that the company has continued to improve its capital efficiency. Over the last two years, the company has reduced the average number of days to drill a well by 20% to just 11 days, versus 14 days previously. It also decreased its drilling and completion capital budget by 28% YoY to $650 million for 2024, while holding production flat, giving it a significant competitive edge in the capital-intensive fossil fuel industry. Moreover, Antero’s export volumes for the first nine months of 2024 averaged over 1.7 million barrels a day, setting up for another record export year. Since 2021, the company’s exports have surged by 46%, driven by resilient international demand, particularly from Asia.

Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR)’s transportation portfolio delivers 75% of its natural gas to the LNG corridor and provides it with direct exposure to the growing LNG export trend.

Shares of Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR) have surged by over 86% over the last year, putting it among the 12 Hot Oil Stocks to Buy According to Hedge Funds.