Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2026)

Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY) reported Return on Capital Employed of 16.37% for Q1 2026, down 423.0% on a YoY basis from 5.07% in Q1 2025, and down 2.13% quarter-over-quarter from 16.73% in Q4 2025.

Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY) Return on Capital Employed (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Magnolia Oil & Gas has reported Return on Capital Employed for 10 years, with the latest figure at 16.37% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 423.0% year-over-year to 16.37%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 16.37% (down 423.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 17.06%, down 343.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 16.37%, down from 16.73% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 58.32% in Q2 2022, with the low at 16.37% in Q1 2026.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 30.33% across 5 years, with a median of 22.07% in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed surged 3778 bps — and 2023, when it sank 3244 bps.
  • Magnolia Oil & Gas' Return on Capital Employed stood at 51.22% in 2022, then sank by 56 bps to 22.37% in 2023, then slipped by 9 bps to 20.27% in 2024, then declined by 17 bps to 16.73% in 2025, then declined by 2 bps to 16.37% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 16.37% (Q1 2026), 16.73% (Q4 2025), and 18.23% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Woodside Energy 669.86 Bn 663.92 Bn - 13.66%
2 Canadian Natural Resources 393.48 Bn 393.48 Bn 6.72 Bn -
3 Conocophillips 143.01 Bn 136.64 Bn 9.48 Bn 22.41%
4 Eog Resources 72.59 Bn 68.74 Bn - 15.04%
5 Occidental Petroleum 55.93 Bn 52.75 Bn 4.87 Bn 19.02%
6 Diamondback Energy 54.41 Bn 60.57 Bn 4.22 Bn -0.44%
7 Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V 35.45 Bn 34.84 Bn 472.36 Mn 23.41%
8 Eqt 32.44 Bn 35.79 Bn 2.98 Bn 12.16%
9 Vermilion Energy 31.35 Bn 31.16 Bn 370.10 Mn 34,022.25%
10 Magnolia Oil & Gas 5.05 Bn 4.93 Bn 340.30 Mn 16.37%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 16.37%
Dec 31, 2025 16.73%
Sep 30, 2025 18.23%
Jun 30, 2025 19.28%
Mar 31, 2025 20.60%
Dec 31, 2024 20.27%
Sep 30, 2024 20.67%
Jun 30, 2024 22.07%
Mar 31, 2024 21.88%
Dec 31, 2023 22.37%
Sep 30, 2023 25.77%
Jun 30, 2023 32.83%
Mar 31, 2023 42.63%
Dec 31, 2022 51.22%
Sep 30, 2022 58.21%
Jun 30, 2022 58.32%
Mar 31, 2022 48.21%
Dec 31, 2021 41.62%
Sep 30, 2021 32.80%
Jun 30, 2021 22.43%