Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: MGY) reported Q2 EPS of $0.48, $0.05 better than the analyst estimate of $0.43. Revenue for the quarter came in at $280.29 million versus the consensus estimate of $291.39 million.

Operational Update

Second quarter 2023 total company production volumes averaged 81.9 Mboe/d, representing growth of more than 10 percent over the prior-year second quarter and 3 percent sequentially. Production was higher than guidance due to better well performance from our Giddings asset. Production from Giddings and Other increased by 30 percent compared to last year’s second quarter to 57.5 Mboe/d with oil production growing 35 percent over the same period. Magnolia’s second quarter 2023 capital spending of $86.1 million was below our earlier guidance. The reduction in our capital outlays as well as the decline in our cash operating costs is indicative of both lower oilfield services and material costs and our ability to lower expenses throughout the business.

Additional Guidance

We currently expect our total D&C capital for 2023 to be in the range of $425 to $440 million, and lower than our previous guidance of $440 to $460 million, representing approximately a 14 percent reduction from our initial annual capital budget. In addition, we are increasing our full-year 2023 production growth to a range of 7 to 8 percent compared to our earlier guidance of 5 to 7 percent. This increase is due to better well performance at our Giddings asset.

We expect our D&C capital expenditures to average approximately $100 million per quarter during the back half 2023 and with some small amount of variability subject to the timing of our activity. Our total oil and gas production for the third quarter is expected to be similar to second quarter levels. Oil price differentials are anticipated to be approximately a $3.00 per barrel discount to Magellan East Houston and Magnolia remains completely unhedged for all its oil and natural gas production. The fully diluted share count for the third quarter of 2023 is expected to be approximately 210 million shares, which is approximately 4 percent lower than third quarter 2022 levels.

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