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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	$25.68 -0.5%	$23.96	$18.72 ▼ $27.33	$5.25B	2.05	3.27 million shs	2.02 million shs
MUR Murphy Oil	$45.19 -0.2%	$42.87	$32.80 ▼ $49.14	$6.90B	2.21	1.85 million shs	1.27 million shs
VNOM Viper Energy	$38.92	$36.78	$24.48 ▼ $41.22	$6.88B	1.79	977,465 shs	763,698 shs
WPX WPX Energy	$9.43	$9.12	$1.94 ▼ $14.09	$5.29B	3.4	44.54 million shs	N/A
XEC Cimarex Energy	$87.20	$77.06	$22.39 ▼ $92.51	$8.97B	2.6	1.28 million shs	N/A

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	-0.71%	-3.75%	+6.37%	+31.78%	+14.73%
MUR Murphy Oil	-1.44%	-5.88%	+3.80%	+18.82%	+16.43%
VNOM Viper Energy	-1.24%	-3.33%	+6.31%	+27.56%	+30.87%
WPX WPX Energy	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
XEC Cimarex Energy	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	2.2359 of 5 stars	2.2	1.0	2.5	0.0	2.0	1.7	2.5
MUR Murphy Oil	4.6874 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	2.5	1.6	3.0	2.5	3.1
VNOM Viper Energy	2.5455 of 5 stars	1.5	3.0	2.5	0.0	3.0	1.7	2.5
WPX WPX Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XEC Cimarex Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	2.43	Hold	$27.14	5.70% Upside
MUR Murphy Oil	2.50	Moderate Buy	$49.00	8.43% Upside
VNOM Viper Energy	3.00	Buy	$39.50	1.49% Upside
WPX WPX Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XEC Cimarex Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest MUR, VNOM, WPX, MGY, and XEC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/18/2024	MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$23.00 ➝ $27.00
4/15/2024	MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$18.00 ➝ $22.00
4/15/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$53.00 ➝ $55.00
4/11/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$46.00 ➝ $50.00
4/10/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$54.00
4/10/2024	VNOM Viper Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$44.00
4/5/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$58.00 ➝ $59.00
4/5/2024	VNOM Viper Energy	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$47.00 ➝ $52.00
4/4/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$51.00 ➝ $52.00
3/26/2024	MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$24.50 ➝ $28.00
3/21/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$50.00 ➝ $53.00

(Data available from 4/18/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	$1.23B	4.28	$3.45 per share	7.44	$9.18 per share	2.80
MUR Murphy Oil	$3.46B	1.99	$10.06 per share	4.49	$35.93 per share	1.26
VNOM Viper Energy	$827.70M	8.32	$1.96 per share	19.83	$16.16 per share	2.41
WPX WPX Energy	$2.29B	2.31	$5.97 per share	1.58	$10.83 per share	0.87
XEC Cimarex Energy	$1.56B	5.75	$18.13 per share	4.81	$15.23 per share	5.73

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	$388.30M	$2.05	12.53	11.02	1.60	31.65%	21.21%	14.69%	5/7/2024 (Confirmed)
MUR Murphy Oil	$661.56M	$4.22	10.71	6.97	N/A	19.12%	13.02%	7.06%	5/2/2024 (Confirmed)
VNOM Viper Energy	$200.09M	$2.70	14.41	20.81	N/A	24.17%	8.29%	6.24%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
WPX WPX Energy	$256M	$0.33	N/A	N/A	1.26	-29.90%	3.78%	1.94%	N/A
XEC Cimarex Energy	-$1.97B	$1.39	N/A	8.68	0.49	-1.19%	34.56%	11.61%	N/A

Latest MUR, VNOM, WPX, MGY, and XEC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/7/2024	N/A	MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	$0.43	N/A	-$0.43	N/A	N/A	N/A
5/2/2024	N/A	MUR Murphy Oil	$0.88	N/A	-$0.88	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/30/2024	N/A	VNOM Viper Energy	$0.35	N/A	-$0.35	N/A	N/A	N/A
2/20/2024	Q4 2023	VNOM Viper Energy	$0.47	$0.67	+$0.20	$0.64	$204.61 million	$204.70 million
2/14/2024	Q4 2023	MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	$0.54	$0.50	-$0.04	$0.47	$324.95 million	$322.63 million
1/25/2024	12/31/2023	MUR Murphy Oil	$1.00	$0.90	-$0.10	$1.05	$852.24 million	$844.20 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	$0.52	2.02%	N/A	25.37%	2 Years
MUR Murphy Oil	$1.20	2.66%	+20.74%	28.44%	3 Years
VNOM Viper Energy	$1.08	2.77%	+15.21%	40.00%	N/A
WPX WPX Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XEC Cimarex Energy	$1.08	1.24%	N/A	77.70%	N/A

Latest MUR, VNOM, WPX, MGY, and XEC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/3/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	quarterly	$0.30	2.54%	5/17/2024	5/20/2024	6/3/2024
2/20/2024	VNOM Viper Energy	None	$0.56	3%	3/4/2024	3/5/2024	3/12/2024
1/25/2024	MUR Murphy Oil	quarterly	$0.30	3.12%	2/16/2024	2/20/2024	3/4/2024
2/5/2024	MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	Quarterly	$0.13	2.62%	2/15/2024	2/16/2024	3/1/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	0.21	1.88	1.88
MUR Murphy Oil	0.24	0.89	0.82
VNOM Viper Energy	0.38	4.32	4.32
WPX WPX Energy	0.69	1.12	1.10
XEC Cimarex Energy	1.13	1.23	1.20

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	94.73%
MUR Murphy Oil	78.31%
VNOM Viper Energy	87.72%
WPX WPX Energy	97.49%
XEC Cimarex Energy	91.52%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	1.20%
MUR Murphy Oil	5.92%
VNOM Viper Energy	0.30%
WPX WPX Energy	1.33%
XEC Cimarex Energy	2.00%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas	247	204.28 million	201.83 million	Optionable
MUR Murphy Oil	725	152.58 million	143.54 million	Optionable
VNOM Viper Energy	2,020	176.85 million	176.32 million	Optionable
WPX WPX Energy	590	561.04 million	N/A	Optionable
XEC Cimarex Energy	747	102.81 million	N/A	Optionable

MUR, VNOM, WPX, MGY, and XEC Headlines

Source	Headline
	Top Crypto Gainers on 5 March – XEC and SHIB techreport.com - March 6 at 4:53 PM
	Top Crypto Gainers on October 11 – RNDR, LEO, MKR And, XEC techreport.com - October 12 at 1:50 AM
	Closing Bell: Local markets shed 0.6pc as we brace for tonight’s US Fed call msn.com - September 20 at 4:17 AM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emrgng Mkt IMI ETF down on Thursday (XEC-U) theglobeandmail.com - May 6 at 12:30 AM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emrgng Mkt IMI ETF down on Tuesday (XEC-U) theglobeandmail.com - May 4 at 2:23 AM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emrgng Mkt IMI ETF flat on Thursday (XEC-U) theglobeandmail.com - April 15 at 10:34 AM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emerging Mkts IMI ETF up on Tuesday (XEC) theglobeandmail.com - April 12 at 2:14 PM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emrgng Mkt IMI ETF down on Wednesday (XEC-U) theglobeandmail.com - April 8 at 3:53 AM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emrgng Mkt IMI ETF flat on Tuesday (XEC-U) theglobeandmail.com - April 7 at 2:14 AM
	Cimarex Energy Stock To Go Ex-dividend Tomorrow (XEC) thestreet.com - March 26 at 5:38 PM
	ASX Weekly Small Caps and IPO Wrap: The Gold Medal for Most Unironic Gold Medal goes to… Gold! msn.com - March 24 at 12:28 PM
	2023 CONEXPO-CON/AGG: XCMG to Unveil 20 New Products Customized for North American Market under New Global Slogan Solid to Succeed finance.yahoo.com - March 22 at 1:23 PM
	Weekly Small Cap and IPO wrap: Large and small caps stumble this week, Omnia Metals due diligence pays off msn.com - February 17 at 2:27 AM
	Some Shale Companies Worth the Investment Despite Low Oil thestreet.com - February 13 at 8:28 AM
	eCash Bulls In Position, Signalling Fresh XEC Price Increase – Is It Time To Buy? insidebitcoins.com - January 27 at 10:39 AM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emerging Mkts IMI ETF down on Thursday (XEC) theglobeandmail.com - December 23 at 6:30 PM
	Weekly Small Cap and IPO Wrap: ASX200 and XEC slide into Xmas, Energy Sector totally wins 2022 stockhead.com.au - December 23 at 6:30 PM
	Closing Bell: Energy price caps and investors get used to market whiplash stockhead.com.au - December 16 at 9:56 AM
	Closing Bell: Business confidence slows, but Xmas spending doesn’t msn.com - December 13 at 2:10 AM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emerging Mkts IMI ETF up on Wednesday (XEC) theglobeandmail.com - November 30 at 11:54 PM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emerging Mkts IMI ETF down on Tuesday (XEC) theglobeandmail.com - November 23 at 7:26 AM
	XEC eCash Soars by 8% before a 14% retrace – Time to buy? insidebitcoins.com - November 21 at 11:17 AM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emerging Mkts IMI ETF down on Friday (XEC) theglobeandmail.com - November 19 at 12:23 AM
	Closing Bell: Ishares Core MSCI Emerging Mkts IMI ETF up on Friday (XEC) theglobeandmail.com - November 5 at 6:01 PM

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Company Descriptions

Magnolia Oil & Gas

NYSE:MGY

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation, an independent oil and natural gas company, engages in the acquisition, development, exploration, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves in the United States. Its properties are located primarily in Karnes County and the Giddings area in South Texas principally comprising the Eagle Ford Shale and the Austin Chalk formation. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Murphy Oil

NYSE:MUR

Murphy Oil Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It explores for and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company was formerly known as Murphy Corporation and changed its name to Murphy Oil Corporation in 1964. The company was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Viper Energy

NASDAQ:VNOM

Viper Energy, Inc. owns and acquires mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin, North America. Viper Energy Partners GP LLC operates as the general partner of the company. The company was formerly known as Viper Energy Partners LP and changed its name to Viper Energy, Inc. in November 2023. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Midland, Texas. Viper Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc.

WPX Energy

NYSE:WPX

WPX Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company, engages in the exploitation and development of unconventional properties in the United States. It produces oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company operates 688 wells and owns interests in 787 wells covering an area of approximately 122,000 net acres located in Delaware Basin, Texas, and New Mexico; and operates 404 wells and owns interests in 104 wells that covers an area of approximately 87,000 net acres situated in the Williston Basin, North Dakota. As of December 31, 2019, it had proved reserves of 528 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Cimarex Energy

NYSE:XEC

Cimarex Energy Co. is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. Its activities include drilling, completing and operating wells. It operates through the following areas: Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, and Others in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. The company was founded by F. H. Merelli in February 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

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