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VAALCO Energy, Inc.

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VAALCO Energy, Inc.

EGY·NYSE·Energy & Transportation·CIK 0000894627

We are an independent energy company based in Houston, Texas, focused on acquiring, exploring, developing, and producing crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Our portfolio is diversified and primarily focused on Africa, with production, development, and exploration assets in Gabon, Egypt, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria. Prior to the Canada Asset Divestment, we also had producing properties in Canada. Our business strategy aims to maximize the value of our current resources and expand into new development opportunities within our strategically complementary asset base. We work to increase shareholder value by controlling operating costs and capital expenditures, maximizing reserve recoveries, and making disciplined strategic acquisitions that align with our objectives. Specifically, we focus on maintaining production and lowering costs to increase margins, managing capital expenditures for drilling programs to be funded by cash on hand and operations, operating safely and complying with environmental standards, optimizing production through well and infrastructure management, maximizing cash flow and income, planning for additional property development, maintaining a strong balance sheet with conservative leverage, opportunistically hedging against price changes, and actively pursuing strategic mergers and acquisitions of similar properties to diversify our portfolio.

VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EGY) is a publicly traded company in the Energy & Transportation sector. Wiseek has independently scored 18 items for EGY at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-10, rated 8/10. Across its 18 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 12 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for EGY spans 10-Q, 8-K, DEF 14A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Higher Oil Prices and Baobab Restart Drive VAALCO to $42.4M Q2 Profit
  • VAALCO Swings to $42M Q2 Profit as Production and Prices Surge
  • VAALCO Swings to $42.4M Q2 Profit, Raises Production Outlook on Côte d'Ivoire Restart
  • VAALCO Energy Projects Significant Production Boost and Strong Sales in 2H
  • VAALCO Energy's New Gabon Well Exceeds 4,700 Net BOPD, Boosting Production

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$359.27M
Net Income
-$41.39M
Diluted EPS
-$0.40
Op. Cash Flow
$212.67M
Operating Income
-$20.61M
Cash & Equivalents
$58.9M
Total Debt
$60M
Debt / Equity
0.14×
Net Margin
-11.5%
Shares Outstanding
104.26M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-03-20 · accession 0000894627-26-000017

Short Interest & Short Volume

6.39 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 8,119,459 shares in EGY as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 0.7% decrease from the prior period — about 6.4 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 58.0% of EGY volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)8,119,459 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 0.7%
Days to cover6.39 at avg daily volume of 1,269,958
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)58.0% of 302,307 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume55.1%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for EGY, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-06-04.

Long Term Incentive Plan Amended · Significant Share Increase for Awards

⚠ A more recent filing has been published for this ticker since this signal was computed; it may not yet be reflected — see the filings below.

A filing-implied signal, not a realized share count. How Wiseek tracks dilution →

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$5.76 +0.03% today
52-week range · as of 2026-08-10 $3.36 – $6.72
Market cap
$602.75M
Volume
961.7K (0.7× avg)
3-mo avg 1.3M
Live data · 2026-10-04 15:04 UTC · Market closed

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EGY
Aug 10, 2026, 4:14 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.81
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: -$0.050 (-0.86%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Aug 06, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.42
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.340 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Aug 06, 2026, 4:41 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.45
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.310 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Aug 06, 2026, 4:35 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $5.42
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.340 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Jun 15, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.44
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.320 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Jun 04, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $5.61
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.150 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
May 11, 2026, 4:12 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $6.06
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: -$0.300 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
May 08, 2026, 4:06 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.60
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.160 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
May 07, 2026, 4:52 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $5.80
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: -$0.035 (-0.60%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
May 07, 2026, 4:47 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.55
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.210 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Apr 24, 2026, 6:02 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $6.25
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: -$0.490 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Apr 21, 2026, 4:24 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.93
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: -$0.1701 (-3%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Apr 21, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.37
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.3866 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Mar 16, 2026, 5:11 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $5.54
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.220 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Mar 12, 2026, 5:07 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $5.40
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.3553 (+7%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Mar 12, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $5.00
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.760 (+15%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Feb 10, 2026, 4:39 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $4.89
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$0.870 (+18%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
EGY
Jan 15, 2026, 6:15 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $4.17
Real-time Price: $5.76 info
Change: +$1.59 (+38%) info
Market Cap: $602.749M info
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