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VAALCO Energy, Inc. (EGY)

Energy | Oil & Gas E&P | Houston, United States | NYSE
6.16 USD +0.15 (2.496%) ⇧ (Oct. 16, 2026, 1:10 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:33 a.m. EDT

The investment case for VAALCO is currently fractured by severe operational and financial distress. While the company boasts a 'strong buy' analyst recommendation based on a projected turnaround, the underlying reality is stark: the business is burning cash with negative free cash flow of nearly $100 million and negative operating income. The payout ratio of 92.6% on a shrinking earnings base indicates the dividend is likely unsustainable and risks being cut if the turnaround fails to materialize quickly. The 4.17% yield is a trap for income investors seeking safety, as it masks the deteriorating fundamentals. On the short end, the stock shows slight resilience, trading above its 50-day average, but the overwhelming options activity—specifically the heavy put positioning—signals that market participants are pricing in significant downside risk rather than a smooth recovery. Until the company demonstrates sustained positive cash generation and a credible path to profitability without diluting shareholders, the risk-reward profile remains skewed against the buyer.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.061885
AutoTheta0.061922
MSTL0.063219
AutoETS0.065911

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 43%
H-stat 2.01
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.216
Excess Kurtosis -0.38
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-20
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-20
Debt to Equity Ratio 68.829
Revenue per Share 3.353
Market Cap 647,981,312
Forward P/E 48.63
Beta 0.22
Profit Margins -31.11%
Website https://www.vaalco.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:33 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume relative to calls, particularly in the January 2027 expiration where out-of-the-money puts dominate open interest. This suggests a fear of further downside or a lack of conviction in a near-term recovery, despite the stock trading above its 50-day moving average.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.06% 5.18% 5.45% 4.63%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-21 0.063 1.060606
2026-05-22 0.063 1.101399
2026-02-27 0.063 1.223301
2025-11-21 0.063 1.789773
2025-08-22 0.063 1.590909
2025-05-23 0.063 1.962617
2025-02-28 0.063 1.575000
2024-11-22 0.063 1.164510
2024-08-23 0.063 0.995261
2024-05-16 0.063 1.021070
2024-03-07 0.063 1.482353
2023-11-22 0.063 1.369565
2023-08-24 0.063 1.412556
2023-05-23 0.063 1.551724
2023-03-23 0.063 1.500000
2022-11-21 0.033 0.633397
2022-08-23 0.033 0.626186
2022-05-24 0.033 0.518053
2022-02-17 0.033 0.594595
2009-07-22 0.001 0.021053
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.25
dividendYield 4.16
exDividendDate 2026-08-21
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.25
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.041597337
lastDividendValue 0.063
lastDividendDate 2026-08-21
dividendDate 2026-09-22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.6199461
Address1 2,500 CityWest Boulevard
Address2 Suite 400
All Time High 15.5
All Time Low 0.124
Ask 6.19
Ask Size 5,700
Audit Risk 9
Average Analyst Rating 1.0 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,162,560
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,260,968
Average Volume 1,260,968
Average Volume10Days 1,162,560
Beta 0.221
Bid 6.18
Bid Size 1,600
Board Risk 1
Book Value 3.616
City Houston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 6.16
Current Ratio 0.436
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 6.2
Day Low 6.06
Debt To Equity 68.829
Display Name VAALCO Energy
Dividend Date 1,790,035,200
Dividend Rate 0.25
Dividend Yield 4.16
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,107,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,107,600
Earnings Growth 3.896
Earnings Quarterly Growth 4.065
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,046,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,254,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,254,400
Ebitda 88,373,000
Ebitda Margins 0.25263
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.772
Enterprise To Revenue 2.469
Enterprise Value 863,588,608
Eps Current Year -0.503
Eps Forward 0.12667
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.04
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,270,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 5.9144
Fifty Day Average Change 0.24559975
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.041525725
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 61.994614
Fifty Two Week High 6.72
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.55999994
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.08333333
Fifty Two Week Low 3.365
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.7949998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.83060914
Fifty Two Week Range 3.365 - 6.72
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 728,317,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.69
Float Shares 101,775,149
Forward Eps 0.12667
Forward P E 48.6303
Free Cashflow -96,645,624
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 281
Fullday Change 0.14999962
Fullday Change Percent 2.4958339
Fullday Price 6.16
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.58027
Gross Profits 202,987,008
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.032479998
Held Percent Institutions 0.72579
Implied Shares Outstanding 105,191,778
Industry Oil & Gas E&P
Industry Disp Oil & Gas E&P
Industry Key oil-gas-e-p
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,270,400
Last Dividend Value 0.063
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary VAALCO Energy, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in Gabon, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, and Canada. It holds 58.8% interest in the Etame production sharing contract related to the Etame Marin block covering an area of approximately 46,200 gross acres located offshore in the Republic of Gabon in West Africa. The company also holds 100% interest in the Eastern Desert, which contains West Gharib, West Bakr, and Northwest Gharib merged concessions covering an area of approximately 45,067 acres, as well as Western Desert, which contains the South Ghazalat concession covering an area of approximately 7,340 acres located in Egypt. In addition, it holds 27.4% non-operated working interest in CI-40 in the deepwater producing Baobab field in Block CI-40, offshore Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa. Further, the company owns production and working interests in Cardium light oil and Mannville liquids-rich gas assets in Harmattan, within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, approximately 80 kilometers north of Calgary, Alberta; and a 60% working interest in an undeveloped portion of block P offshore Equatorial Guinea. VAALCO Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Long Name VAALCO Energy, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 647,981,312
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_416628
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -109,443,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 614,319,983
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 6.06
Operating Cashflow 196,092,992
Operating Margins 0.47506002
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.9259
Peg Ratio 3.98
Phone 713 623 0801
Previous Close 6.01
Price Eps Current Year -12.24652
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.7035398
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.8523543
Profit Margins -0.31108
Quick Ratio 0.298
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.0
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.14999962
Regular Market Change Percent 2.4958339
Regular Market Day High 6.2
Regular Market Day Low 6.06
Regular Market Day Range 6.06 - 6.2
Regular Market Open 6.06
Regular Market Previous Close 6.01
Regular Market Price 6.16
Regular Market Time 1,792,170,642
Regular Market Volume 392,372
Return On Assets -0.0100300005
Return On Equity -0.24402
Revenue Growth 0.395
Revenue Per Share 3.353
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 105,191,778
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.07
Shares Short 7,365,263
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 8,178,804
Short Name VAALCO Energy, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0719
Short Ratio 5.35
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol EGY
Target High Price 10.5
Target Low Price 9.9
Target Mean Price 10.2
Target Median Price 10.2
Total Cash 30,394,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.289
Total Debt 261,780,000
Total Revenue 349,815,008
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.25
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.041597337
Trailing Eps -1.04
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 5.49975
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.6602497
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.120050855
Type Disp Equity
Volume 392,372
Website https://www.vaalco.com
Zip 77,042