Rice Energy (RICE)

[Timothy Smith]

This one has started to catch some upgrades recently around Wall Street. Rice Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: RICE) is an independent natural gas and oil company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of natural gas, oil and natural gas liquid (NGL) properties in the Appalachian Basin.

As of December 31, 2014, it held approximately 86,000 net acres in the southwestern core of the Marcellus Shale, Pa., and approximately 55,000 net acres in the southeastern core of the Utica Shale located in Belmont County, Ohio.