MGYMagnolia Oil & Gas Corporation

$26.14+17% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: insiders net buying, but heavily shorted (+11% of shares).

1 good, 1 to watch, 1 neutral
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Rangebound, no clear trend. Overbought (RSI 73). Price is −3% vs its 200-day average.

Insider conviction+$325K (90 days to Oct 22, 2026)SEC EDGAR · Oct 22, 2026

Insiders were net buyers over the 90 days ending Oct 22, 2026.

Short interest11% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Heavily shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 4.5% since the previous count, up from 8.4% of shares outstanding three months ago.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

1-year returnmiddle of the market
vs 200-day avgmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How MGY is trading

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation is +17% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 1.4 points ahead of the market.

+17%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
−2.5%

vs 200-day average · below trend, but not far

RSI (14)
73

RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold

Below its 52-week high
19%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$18.98 – $32.17 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$26.14
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+5.7%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
+17%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+44%
vs 50-day average$25.78
+1.4%
52-week high
$32.17
52-week low
$20.99
Annualised volatility
36%
Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
$327K
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+21%
2025−3.8%
2024+12%
2023−7.3%
2022+27%
2021+169%
2020−44%
2019+12%
2018+15%
Average return by calendar month, 2017–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan96 of 9+4.6%
Feb96 of 9+3.7%
Mar96 of 9−0.94%
Apr93 of 9+4.5%
May95 of 9−0.30%
Jun96 of 9+2.1%
Jul105 of 10+2.2%
Aug106 of 10+4.1%
Sep104 of 10−2.8%
Oct104 of 10+0.91%
Nov95 of 9+6.1%
Dec93 of 9−1.3%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.

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