Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp (MGY) reported $324.94 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 2.5%. EPS of $0.41 for the same period compares to $0.52 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $322.2 million, representing a surprise of +0.85%. The company has not delivered EPS surprise, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.41.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average daily production - Total: 100,507.00 BOE/D versus 99,182.01 BOE/D estimated by seven analysts on average.
- Average daily production - Natural Gas: 190,384.00 Mcf/D versus 187,160.70 Mcf/D estimated by six analysts on average.
- Average daily production - Oil: 39,430.00 BBL/D versus 40,162.36 BBL/D estimated by six analysts on average.
- Average daily production - Natural gas liquids: 29,347.00 BBL/D versus 27,789.82 BBL/D estimated by six analysts on average.
- Average sales prices - Natural gas: $2.46 versus the six-analyst average estimate of $2.55.
- Average sales prices - Natural gas liquids: $18.98 versus the five-analyst average estimate of $18.98.
- Average sales prices - Oil: $63.55 versus the five-analyst average estimate of $62.17.
- Total Production: 9,247.00 MBOE compared to the 9,128.21 MBOE average estimate based on three analysts.
- Revenues- Natural gas: $43.17 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $42.88 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +94.4%.
- Revenues- Natural gas liquids: $51.24 million compared to the $48.98 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.2% year over year.
- Revenues- Oil: $230.53 million versus $227.87 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -13.2% change.
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Shares of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp have returned -4.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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