The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp shares valued at $103,964 were purchased by Ropp Ralph Lewis on Nov 11 ’25. At $23.10 per share, Ropp Ralph Lewis acquired 4,500 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 14,687 shares worth approximately $0.33 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Szabo Shandell purchased 11,731 shares, netting a total of over 249,870 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $21.30 each, the insider now holds 18,095 shares.
Before that, Stavros Christopher G had added 2,500 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $55,138, the CEO & DIRECTOR bought Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp shares for $22.05 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 2,500 shares, worth approximately $20.29 million.
As published in a research note from KeyBanc Capital Markets on October 15, 2025, Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp [MGY] has been rated up from a Sector weight to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $29. Analysts at William Blair started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late August. As of April 22, 2025, UBS has initiated its “Buy” rating for MGY. Earlier on January 31, 2025, Goldman downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for MGY stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing MGY Stock Performance
On last trading session, Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp [NYSE: MGY] plunged -0.66% to $22.74. The stock’s lowest price that day was $22.56, but it reached a high of $22.9416 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.06%. Over the course of the year, Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp shares have dropped approximately -17.04%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $26.84 on 01/17/25 and a 52-week low of $19.09 on 04/09/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp (MGY)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 22.55, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 22.37. In the upper region, resistance lies at 22.93. The next price resistance is at 23.13. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 49.53 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-31 dropping by -1.7 million shares to 21.07 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 22.76 million shares. A decline of -8.05% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 9.88 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 9.88.
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In terms of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 27.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 20.14% from the previous closing price of $22.89. Analysts anticipate Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp stock to reach 29 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 26. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 13, 2025, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $28.
