Magnolia Oil & Gas reports Q2 EPS 48c, consensus 42c

Reports Q2 revenue $280.3M, consensus $293.3M. Reports Q2 production 7,451 MBOE vs. 6,752 MBOE last year. The company states: “Total production in the second quarter of 2023 grew 10% compared to the prior-year second quarter and 3% sequentially to 81.9 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day. Production exceeded our guidance due to better well performance from our Giddings asset. Production at Giddings and Other was 57.5 Mboe/d, providing overall growth of 30% compared to last year’s second quarter, including oil production growth of 35%.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.”