Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp (NYSE: MGY) is an independent exploration and production company focused on the acquisition, development and optimization of onshore oil and gas assets in South Texas. Headquartered in Houston, the company concentrates its efforts on the Eagle Ford Shale, where it holds significant working interests in key producing counties.

The company’s core operations center on horizontal drilling and multi-stage completions designed to extract light crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). By leveraging pad-drilling techniques and centralized infrastructure, Magnolia aims to enhance well performance, reduce per-well costs and accelerate the pace of development on its acreage positions.

Magnolia Oil & Gas maintains an asset base spanning thousands of net leasehold acres across Karnes, DeWitt and La Salle counties. The company’s acreage offers a diverse portfolio of geological targets within the Eagle Ford formation, allowing it to balance oil-weighted production with associated gas and NGL volumes to optimize overall portfolio returns.

Since its initial public offering in early 2022, Magnolia has pursued a disciplined growth strategy under the guidance of a management team with decades of upstream industry experience. The company emphasizes operational efficiency, capital stewardship and a data-driven approach to reservoir evaluation as it seeks to generate sustainable value for shareholders and stakeholders in the communities where it operates.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $23.55 to $24.00
• 50-Day Range: $23.10 to $25.26
• 52-Week Range: $19.09 to $29.02
• Volume: 858,742 shs
• Average Volume: 2.59 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.54 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.47
• Dividend Yield: 2.52%
• Price Target: $26.42
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Magnolia Oil & Gas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Magnolia Oil & Gas scored higher than 74% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 110th out of 269 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Magnolia Oil & Gas has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.13, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a consensus price target of $26.42, representing about 11.2% upside from its current price of $23.77.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Magnolia Oil & Gas has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Magnolia Oil & Gas are expected to grow by 10.00% in the coming year, from $2.10 to $2.31 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Magnolia Oil & Gas is 12.48, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 234.50.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Magnolia Oil & Gas is 12.48, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 76.54.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a PEG Ratio of 3.10. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a P/B Ratio of 2.35. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.84% of the outstanding shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Magnolia Oil & Gas has recently decreased by 1.88%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Magnolia Oil & Gas pays a meaningful dividend of 2.54%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Magnolia Oil & Gas has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Magnolia Oil & Gas is 31.41%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Magnolia Oil & Gas will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.97% next year. This indicates that Magnolia Oil & Gas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.84% of the outstanding shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Magnolia Oil & Gas has recently decreased by 1.88%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.08

News Sentiment

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a news sentiment score of 1.08. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Magnolia Oil & Gas this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for MGY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added Magnolia Oil & Gas to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Magnolia Oil & Gas insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.93% of the stock of Magnolia Oil & Gas is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

94.73% of the stock of Magnolia Oil & Gas is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

MGY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have MGY shares performed this year?

Magnolia Oil & Gas' stock was trading at $23.38 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, MGY stock has increased by 1.6% and is now trading at $23.7650.

How were Magnolia Oil & Gas' earnings last quarter?

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp (NYSE:MGY) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 30th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.03. The company's quarterly revenue was down 5.3% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Magnolia Oil & Gas' major shareholders?

Magnolia Oil & Gas' top institutional investors include GAMMA Investing LLC. Insiders that own company stock include John B Walker, Ltd Enervest, Christopher G Stavros and James R Larson.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas?

Shares of MGY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Magnolia Oil & Gas own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Magnolia Oil & Gas investors own include Waste Connections (WCN), American Water Works (AWK), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), The RMR Group (RMR), AU Optronics (AUOTY), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC) and Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2025
• Record date for 9/2 Dividend: 8/11/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 9/2 Dividend: 8/11/2025
• Dividend Payable: 9/02/2025
• Today: 10/06/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: OIL - US EXP&PROD
• Sub-Industry: Petroleum And Natural Gas
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MGY
• CIK: 1698990
• Web: www.magnoliaoilgas.com
• Phone: (713) 842-9050
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 210
• Year Founded: 2005

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Magnolia Oil & Gas: $26.42
• High Price Target: $34.00
• Low Price Target: $19.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.13
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.91
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.45
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.33
• P/E Growth: 3.1
• Net Income: $366.03 million
• Net Margins: 27.57%
• Pretax Margin: 35.90%
• Return on Equity: 19.34%
• Return on Assets: 13.47%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.20
• Current Ratio: 1.44
• Quick Ratio: 1.44

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.32 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.45
• Cash Flow: $4.23 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.62
• Book Value: $10.10 per share
• Price / Book: 2.36

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 190,820,000
• Free Float: 189,040,000
• Market Cap: $4.54 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.24