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The price of VAALCO Energy, Inc (NYSE: EGY) closed at $3.86 in the last session, up 1.31% from day before closing price of $3.81. In other words, the price has increased by $1.31 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.67 million shares were traded. EGY stock price reached its highest trading level at $3.87 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $3.7317.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at EGY’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.09 and its Current Ratio is at 1.13. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.19 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.16.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 24 ’25 when Pruckl Thor sold 10,169 shares for $3.95 per share. The transaction valued at 40,168 led to the insider holds 174,992 shares of the business.
Thor Pruckl bought 10,169 shares of EGY for $40,208 on Mar 24 ’25. On Dec 16 ’24, another insider, Maxwell George W.M., who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company, bought 4,500 shares for $4.68 each. As a result, the insider paid 21,060 and bolstered with 369,382 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, EGY now has a Market Capitalization of 410927872 and an Enterprise Value of 430235744. As of this moment, VAALCO’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.93, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.12. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.82 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.79. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.88 whereas that against EBITDA is 1.547.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EGY is 0.87, which has changed by -0.43649638 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11844492 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, EGY has reached a high of $7.43, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $3.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.70%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -11.56%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, EGY traded on average about 944.25K shares per day over the past 3-months and 904370 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 103.82M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 100.93M. Insiders hold about 2.78% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 62.39% stake in the company. Shares short for EGY as of 1749772800 were 3784268 with a Short Ratio of 4.01, compared to 1747267200 on 4288455. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3784268 and a Short% of Float of 3.65.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for EGY is 0.25, which was 0.25 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0656168