Roth Capital Issues Pessimistic Estimate for MGY Earnings

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp (NYSE:MGY) – Research analysts at Roth Capital decreased their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Magnolia Oil & Gas in a report issued on Tuesday, October 14th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.39 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.40. The consensus estimate for Magnolia Oil & Gas’ current full-year earnings is $2.10 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Magnolia Oil & Gas’ Q4 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.65 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.30 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.24 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.34 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.44 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.31 EPS.

Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.03. Magnolia Oil & Gas had a return on equity of 19.34% and a net margin of 27.57%.The company had revenue of $318.98 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $311.58 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.51 earnings per share. Magnolia Oil & Gas’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.3% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on MGY. Mizuho decreased their price target on Magnolia Oil & Gas from $26.00 to $25.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 15th. Citigroup restated a “sell” rating on shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. KeyCorp set a $29.00 price objective on Magnolia Oil & Gas and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Magnolia Oil & Gas from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $26.33.

Magnolia Oil & Gas Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of NYSE:MGY opened at $22.82 on Friday. Magnolia Oil & Gas has a 12-month low of $19.09 and a 12-month high of $29.02. The company has a market capitalization of $4.35 billion, a PE ratio of 11.95, a PEG ratio of 3.02 and a beta of 1.24. The business has a 50 day moving average of $23.94 and a two-hundred day moving average of $23.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Magnolia Oil & Gas Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, August 11th were given a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 11th. Magnolia Oil & Gas’s payout ratio is presently 31.41%.

Institutional Trading of Magnolia Oil & Gas

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas by 4.8% during the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 15,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $391,000 after purchasing an additional 715 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its position in shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas by 1,382.9% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,059,335 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,759,000 after purchasing an additional 987,896 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas by 4.4% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 836,386 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,127,000 after purchasing an additional 35,575 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp increased its position in shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas by 164.9% during the first quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 29,322 shares of the company’s stock worth $741,000 after purchasing an additional 18,254 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Boston Trust Walden Corp increased its position in shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas by 2.8% during the first quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 3,178,608 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,292,000 after purchasing an additional 88,021 shares in the last quarter. 94.73% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Magnolia Oil & Gas

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. engages in the acquisition, development, exploration, and production of oil and natural gas properties. It operates assets located in the Eagle Ford Shale and Austin Chalk formations in South Texas. The company was founded on February 14, 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.