VAALCO Energy, Inc (NYSE:EGY) shares, rose in value, with the stock price up by 2.96% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $3.48.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $3.38, falling within a range of $3.385 and $3.52. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.747 whereas the PE ratio was 6.25 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $7.43, and the low was $3.00. On the whole, EGY has fluctuated by -13.65% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of VAALCO Energy, Inc currently standing at about $361.03 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Mar-13. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.25, with its dividend yield at 7.18%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 347.07M, with a low estimate of 105.14M and a high estimate of 105.14M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 105.14M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that EGY’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 0.22, with the price of EGY currently trading nearly -2.14% and -10.29% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 46.12, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 5.38% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 5.70%. Furthermore, VAALCO Energy, Inc (EGY)’s beta value is 0.88, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.22.
A comparison of VAALCO Energy, Inc (EGY) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. EGY showed an intraday change of 2.96% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -48.90%%.
Data on historical trading for VAALCO Energy, Inc (NYSE:EGY) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 1.2 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 966.57K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 103.74 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 1.44% of VAALCO Energy, Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 61.51% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 4.54 million shares as on 2025-03-31, resulting in a short ratio of 3.86. According to the data, the short interest in VAALCO Energy, Inc (EGY) stood at 443.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-31; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-28 reached 4.49 million. The stock has fallen by -20.37% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the EGY stock heading into the next quarter.
