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: $27.15 to $27.72
• 50-Day Range: $23.46 to $27.59
• 52-Week Range: $21.07 to $32.76
• Volume: 2.96 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.70 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.05
• Dividend Yield: 2.62%
• Price Target: $31.62
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Magnolia Oil & Gas Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Magnolia Oil & Gas scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 8th out of 251 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: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Magnolia Oil & Gas has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 10 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a consensus price target of $31.62, representing about 15.0% upside from its current price of $27.49.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Magnolia Oil & Gas has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Magnolia Oil & Gas are expected to grow by 7.50% in the coming year, from $2.80 to $3.01 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Magnolia Oil & Gas is 12.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 43.12.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Magnolia Oil & Gas is 12.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 19.38.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a P/B Ratio of 3.03. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.74% of the float of Magnolia Oil & Gas has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.22, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Magnolia Oil & Gas has recently increased by 2.25%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Magnolia Oil & Gas pays a meaningful dividend of 2.68%, 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 31.58%. 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 23.92% next year. This indicates that Magnolia Oil & Gas will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.92

News Sentiment

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a news sentiment score of 0.92. 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 0.77 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 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for MGY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 40% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Magnolia Oil & Gas to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $202,360.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0031% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Magnolia Oil & Gas insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $202,360.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.92% 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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/1 Dividend: 5/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/1 Dividend: 5/12/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/1 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Today: 8/19/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• 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: $31.62
• High Price Target: $38.00
• Low Price Target: $26.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.28
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.05
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.82
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $325.25 million
• Net Margins: 28.77%
• Pretax Margin: 36.34%
• Return on Equity: 21.04%
• Return on Assets: 14.46%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.18
• Current Ratio: 1.58
• Quick Ratio: 1.58

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.31 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.96
• Cash Flow: $4.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.48
• Book Value: $9.06 per share
• Price / Book: 3.03

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 236,970,000
• Free Float: 234,789,000
• Market Cap: $6.51 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.72