Company Analysis

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (MGY)

NYSE: MGY · Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2017
Grade6.5
◀ Past 6.8● Present 7.3▶ Future 5.0

The grade of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.5/10
◀ Past6.840% of the headline
● Present7.335% of the headline
▶ Future5.025% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+15.9% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 7 of 8.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation's 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $403 million in fiscal 2017 to $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 15.9% a year; it rose in 4 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 43% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 7 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span15.9%top 34% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 18% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak42.5%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.4% a year. 11% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 5 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 59th percentile among 61 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 11% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 7 sales and 5 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $431 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 32% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 31%: owes 31¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 80th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation earned about 17 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 31 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 16% of its family
  • return on equitytop 17% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 38% of 76 in its family; net margin 25.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation's standing among 76 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 46% by size; a net margin of 25.7% ranks in the top 12%; revenue growth of -8.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 44% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.31Btop 46% of its family
  • net margin25.7%top 12% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-8.2%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 24% of 51 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 76th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Stavros, Christopher G (CEO & CHAIRMAN, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-02-15, 3.7 years (top 41% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.2 years (top 15%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (top 17%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 10 peopletop 17% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.2 yearstop 15% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.7 yearstop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 21% of 74 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $267 million against debt of $393 million leaves -4.4% of its assets as net cash, top 37% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 67% of revenue (top 5%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-4.4%top 37% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue67.0%top 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 36% of 72 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -8.2% a year over the last three filed years against 15.9% over all 8, slowing (bottom 22% of its family); the newest year grew -0.3% (top 49%) (its annual reports). Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Oil and Condensate at $918 million (70%), Natural Gas Liquids Reserves at $204 million (16%), Natural Gas Reserves at $190 million (14%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-24.1 points a yearbottom 22% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-0.3%top 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 46% of 69 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 69 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 13.1% above the $1.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 43% of its family); net income of $337 million against a prior three-year average of $630 million (bottom 43%); a net margin of 25.7% against 42.7% before (bottom 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace13.1%top 43% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-47%bottom 43% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-17.0 pointsbottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MGY · research, not advice