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Magnolia Oil & Gas (Magnolia Oil & Gas) Graham Number : $20.98 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Magnolia Oil & Gas Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-29), the stock price of Magnolia Oil & Gas is $26.365. Magnolia Oil & Gas's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $20.98. Therefore, Magnolia Oil & Gas's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.26.

The historical rank and industry rank for Magnolia Oil & Gas's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

MGY' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31   Med: 1   Max: 1.54
Current: 1.26

During the past 8 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Magnolia Oil & Gas was 1.54. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 1.00.

MGY's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
68.92% of 650 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.86 vs MGY: 1.26

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Magnolia Oil & Gas Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Magnolia Oil & Gas's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Magnolia Oil & Gas Graham Number Chart

Magnolia Oil & Gas Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 8.15 7.19 15.61 29.49 20.93

Magnolia Oil & Gas Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 29.49 28.78 26.31 23.72 20.98

Competitive Comparison of Magnolia Oil & Gas's Graham Number

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Magnolia Oil & Gas's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Magnolia Oil & Gas's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Magnolia Oil & Gas's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Magnolia Oil & Gas's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Magnolia Oil & Gas Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Magnolia Oil & Gas's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*9.236*2.107)
=20.93

Magnolia Oil & Gas's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*9.236*2.119)
=20.98

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Magnolia Oil & Gas  (NYSE:MGY) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Magnolia Oil & Gas's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=26.365/20.98
=1.26

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Magnolia Oil & Gas (Magnolia Oil & Gas) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Nine Greenway Plaza, Suite 1300, Houston, TX, USA, 77046
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, development, exploration, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquid (NGL) reserves. The Company's oil and natural gas properties are located in Karnes County and the Giddings area in South Texas, where the Company targets the Eagle Ford Shale and Austin Chalk formations. Its objective is to generate stock market value over the long term through consistent organic production growth, high full-cycle operating margins, and an efficient capital program with short economic paybacks. The company's operating segment is acquisition, development, exploration, and production of oil and natural gas properties located in the United States.
Executives
James R Larson director CSI COMPRESSCO LP, 1735 HUGHES LANDING BLVD STE 200, THE WOODLANDS TX 77380
Enervest, Ltd. director, 10 percent owner 1001 FANNIN STREET, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77002
John B Walker director, 10 percent owner NINE GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 1300, HOUSTON TX 77046
Brian Corales officer: SVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORPORATION, NINE GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 1300, HOUSTON TX 77046
Stephen I Chazen director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 1700 E. PUTNAM AVE, SUITE 500, OLD GREENWICH CT 06870
Enervest Energy Institutional Fund Xiv-c, L.p. 10 percent owner 1001 FANNIN STREET, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Angela M Busch director 1 ECOLAB PLACE, SAINT PAUL MN 55102
Enervest Management Gp, L.c. 10 percent owner 1001 FANNIN STREET, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Enervest Investment Services, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 1001 FANNIN STREET, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Enervest Energy Institutional Fund Xiv-wic, L.p. 10 percent owner 1001 FANNIN STREET, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Enervest Energy Institutional Fund Xiv-3a, L.p. 10 percent owner 1001 FANNIN STREET, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Enervest Energy Institutional Fund Xiv-2a, L.p. 10 percent owner 1001 FANNIN STREET, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Enervest Energy Institutional Fund Xiv-a, L.p. 10 percent owner 1001 FANNIN STREET, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Enervest Energy Institutional Fund Xiv-c-aiv, L.p. 10 percent owner 1001 FANNIN STREET, SUITE 800, HOUSTON TX 77002
Michael G. Macdougall director 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300, FORT WORTH TX 76102