Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp shares valued at $249,870 were purchased by Szabo Shandell on May 02 ’25. At $21.30 per share, Szabo Shandell acquired 11,731 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 18,095 shares worth approximately $0.44 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Stavros Christopher G purchased 2,500 shares, netting a total of over 55,138 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $22.05 each, the insider now holds 892,372 shares.
Before that, Millican Steve had added 195,293 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $4,714,373, the Officer bought Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp shares for $24.14 each.
As published in their initiating research note from UBS on April 22, 2025, Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp [MGY] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $26. Analysts at Goldman downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late January. As of January 13, 2025, BofA Securities has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for MGY. Earlier on October 15, 2024, Siebert Williams Shank downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for MGY stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing MGY Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp [NYSE: MGY] plunged -0.89% to $24.38. The stock’s lowest price that day was $24.165, but it reached a high of $24.64 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.61%. Over the course of the year, Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp shares have dropped approximately -8.35%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp (MGY)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 59.51 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 2025-07-15 dropping by -2.11 million shares to 26.54 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 28.65 million shares. A decline of -7.93% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 8.94 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 8.94.
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In terms of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 29 in the next 12 months, up nearly 17.89% from the previous closing price of $24.6. Analysts anticipate Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp stock to reach 30 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 25. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 01, 2024, Wells Fargo assigned a price target of “an Underweight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $22.
