Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp’s recently made public that its Director Ropp Ralph Lewis acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.1 million on Nov 11 ’25. In the deal valued at $23.10 per share,4,500 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Ropp Ralph Lewis now holds 14,687 shares worth roughly $0.33 million.
Then, Szabo Shandell bought 11,731 shares, generating $249,870 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $21.30, the Director now owns 18,095 shares.
Before that, Stavros Christopher G bought 2,500 shares. Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp shares valued at $55,138 were divested by the CEO & DIRECTOR at a price of $22.05 per share. As a result of the transaction, Stavros Christopher G now holds 892,372 shares, worth roughly $20.08 million.
BMO Capital Markets initiated its Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp [MGY] rating to an Outperform in a research note published on January 09, 2026; the price target was $27. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Mizuho’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid December from “a Neutral” to “an Outperform”. KeyBanc Capital Markets also remained covering MGY and has increased its forecast on October 15, 2025 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “Sector weight” rating. William Blair started covering the stock on August 25, 2025. It rated MGY as “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of MGY
On Tuesday, Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp [NYSE:MGY] saw its stock jump 1.35% to $22.5. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 4.70%. Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp shares have fallen nearly -9.57% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 2.79% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp stocks on 2025-12-31, dropping by -0.5 million shares to a total of 21.66 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 22.16 million shares. There was a decline of -2.33%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on April 22, 2025 when UBS began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $26 price target.
