MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp
Last updated: Mar 16, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 3/4 quarters. Q1 2025: $51M, Q1 2024: $46M, Q3 2020: $10M, Q2 2020: $0M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $51M vs trailing avg $19M (+176%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-183M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Missing shares repurchased or outstanding data
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
2 open-market purchases by 2 insiders
- Ropp Ralph Lewis () bought 4,500 shares at $23.10 on 2025-11-11
- Szabo Shandell () bought 11,731 shares at $21.30 on 2025-05-02
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 4 quarters
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $10M (net selling)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
Company buying back stock while insiders sold 29.6x more than bought. 3 C-suite officers among sellers
- Corales Brian (SVP & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER) sold 33,000 shares on 2026-03-09
- Yang Timothy D. (EVP, CHIEF LEGAL & COMM & SEC) sold 150,000 shares on 2026-03-09
- Stavros Christopher G (CEO & CHAIRMAN) sold 119,954 shares on 2026-03-09