The Energy sector has been the worst-performing market sector in 2015, and the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF XLE 0.65% has fallen 14.9 percent versus the S&P 500’s 3.8 percent decline year-to-date. For the first time in two months, Credit Suisse analysts have updated their top Energy stock picks in 10 different subsectors.

Here’s a full list of the names they chose.

1. Alternative Energy: SolarCity Corp SCTY 3.88%

Analyst Patrick Jobin sees the company as a “key beneficiary” in the trends toward residential solar and lower capital costs via use of financial vehicles.

2. Independent Refining: Marathon Petroleum Corp MPC 2.82%

Analyst Ed Westlake believes that the synergy of the company’s recently-acquired Hess Corp. HES 1.05% retail business are “exceeding plans” and is confident that the company will continue to benefit from self-help initiatives.

3. Integrated Oil & Gas: Marathon Oil Corporation MRO 2.92%

Westlake believes…

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