There’s an old saw that pessimists are optimists with experience. That may be one reason the post-election burst of investor enthusiasm that briefly drove most E&P stocks higher soon evaporated for oil-focused producers under the weight of eroding prices and uncertainty about future demand. But, surprisingly, investors continued to support the shares of long-downtrodden Gas-Weighted producers, buying into the vision of long-term gains in domestic and LNG-export demand and more favorable pricing. In today’s RBN blog, we analyze the Q3 2024 results for the gas-focused producers we track, which differed markedly from their Oil-Weighted and Diversified peers.