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VAALCO Energy, Inc (NYSE: EGY) closed the day trading at $3.37 down -1.75% from the previous closing price of $3.43. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.75 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.65 million shares were traded. EGY stock price reached its highest trading level at $3.41 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $3.36.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of EGY, let’s look at its different ratios. 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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. 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 354116224 and an Enterprise Value of 405319200. As of this moment, VAALCO’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 6.05, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.36. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.72 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.69. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.829 whereas that against EBITDA is 1.458.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EGY is 0.84, which has changed by -0.43833333 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11936104 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 -5.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -29.63%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, EGY traded about 989.73K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, EGY traded about 934980 shares per day. A total of 103.82M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 102.34M. Insiders hold about 1.42% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 62.50% stake in the company. Shares short for EGY as of 1745971200 were 4566870 with a Short Ratio of 4.61, compared to 1743379200 on 4542644. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4566870 and a Short% of Float of 4.4099998000000005.
Dividends & Splits
EGY’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.25, up from 0.25 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.072886296
