Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

VAALCO Energy, Inc. EGY

$5.73 -1.21% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $597.4M

Expensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.06, down 391.6% year over year.
  2. Operating margin narrowed to 9.3% from 25.1% a year earlier.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $349.8M, down 30.2% from a year earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth2Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 3%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 49%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 30%
Quality60Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 36%
  • Gross marginTop 43%
  • Operating marginBottom 40%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 4%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
  • Interest coverTop 39%
Value9Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 11%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 4%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 14%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 39%
Momentum66Positive

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 25%
  • 6-month returnBottom 46%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 26%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 38%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Revisions28Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 7%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 16%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 48%
Stability39Weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 46%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 39%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 44%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-29.8%-30.2%↓
EPS growth (YoY)-347.4%-391.6%↓
Gross margin32.4%37.6%↑
Operating margin25.1%9.3%↓
FCF margin17.9%-71.8%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)-30.2%-29.8%↓Bottom 4%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-391.6%-347.4%↓Bottom 4%
Gross margin37.6%32.4%↑Top 43%
Operating margin9.3%25.1%↓Bottom 40%
Net margin-31.1%7.7%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-71.8%17.9%↓—
Return on invested capital4.2%—Bottom 36%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR0.5%—Bottom 49%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-27.4%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.8%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-47.7 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
2.56×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
6.0×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
5.60%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.33%
Shareholder yield
5.94%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.7%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.9%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
1 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.1%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$7.30
Target vs current price
+27.4%
Analysts with a rating
5
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
80%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 6, 2026-145.5%+0.2%+11.1%+19.2%—
May 7, 2026-4400.0%-1.2%+0.3%-7.1%-12.7%
Mar 12, 2026-200.0%+1.3%+1.1%+4.1%-5.0%
Nov 10, 2025-150.0%+1.0%-1.5%-11.7%+18.1%
Aug 7, 2025+0.0%-2.5%+3.0%+7.9%+4.9%
May 8, 2025+0.0%+5.8%+9.8%+3.4%+10.5%
Mar 13, 2025+40.0%-4.3%+1.8%-13.4%-13.1%
Nov 11, 2024-42.9%-1.4%-6.2%-13.9%-26.9%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 6, 2026-$0.02$0.04-145.5%$135.2M
May 7, 2026-$0.45-$0.01-4400.0%$62.6M
Mar 12, 2026-$0.02$0.02-200.0%$91.0M
Nov 10, 2025-$0.10-$0.04-150.0%$61.0M
Aug 7, 2025$0.02$0.02+0.0%$96.9M
May 8, 2025$0.06$0.06+0.0%$110.3M
Mar 13, 2025$0.07$0.05+40.0%$121.7M
Nov 11, 2024$0.08$0.14-42.9%$140.3M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
EV / EBITDA46.2×——Bottom 14%
EV / Sales1.81×——Top 39%
Free-cash-flow yield-42.06%——Bottom 4%
Earnings yield-18.49%——Bottom 11%

P/E over the past five years

Range 3.3× – 14.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+41.5%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-391.6%
Change in P/E multiple
+127.4%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
183
50-day average slope (20 days)
+5.5%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+4.8%
Distance from 50-day average
-0.9%
Distance from 200-day average
+6.4%
RSI (14)
44.2
Relative volume
0.70×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
38.6%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
14th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.38
Correlation with S&P 500
0.13
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-14.1%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-58.6%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jun 21, 2022Apr 8, 2025-63.9%702 daysNot yet recovered
Jun 25, 2021Aug 19, 2021-38.9%38 days54 days (Nov 4, 2021)
Mar 5, 2021Mar 29, 2021-33.0%16 days49 days (Jun 8, 2021)
Nov 5, 2021Dec 3, 2021-30.4%19 days39 days (Jan 31, 2022)
Apr 18, 2022May 10, 2022-27.6%16 days15 days (Jun 1, 2022)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$597.4M
EPS, diluted (TTM)
-$1.06
Revenue (TTM)
$349.8M
Dividend yield
4.36%
52-week range
$3.36 – $6.72
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$199.1M$354.3M$455.1M$479.0M$359.3M
Gross profit$96.8M$193.5M$186.6M$172.5M$82.2M
Operating income$79.1M$171.3M$158.7M$136.5M$46.6M
Net income$81.8M$51.9M$60.4M$57.8M-$41.4M
EPS (diluted)$1.37$0.73$0.56$0.56-$0.40
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$140.3M$121.7M$110.3M$128.8M$61.0M$91.0M$62.6M$135.2M
Net income$11.0M$11.4M$7.6M$8.3M$1.1M-$58.6M-$93.8M$42.4M
EPS (diluted)$0.10$0.11$0.07$0.08$0.01-$0.56-$0.90$0.39
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$50.1M$128.8M$223.6M$113.7M$212.7M
Capital expenditure-$39.1M-$159.9M-$97.2M-$103.0M-$255.9M
Free cash flow$11.1M-$31.1M$126.4M$10.7M-$43.2M
Dividends paid$0-$9.4M-$26.8M-$26.2M-$26.5M
Net share buybacks-$57,000-$3.5M-$22.9M-$6.4M-$709,000

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$30.4M
Total assets
$968.6M
Total liabilities
$588.2M
Total debt
$65.5M
Net debt
$35.1M
Shareholders’ equity
$380.3M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 21, 2026$0.06Sep 22, 2026
May 22, 2026$0.06Jun 26, 2026
Feb 27, 2026$0.06Mar 27, 2026
Nov 21, 2025$0.06Dec 24, 2025
Aug 22, 2025$0.06Sep 19, 2025
May 23, 2025$0.06Jun 27, 2025
Feb 28, 2025$0.06Mar 28, 2025
Nov 22, 2024$0.06Dec 20, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
8,119,459
Days to cover
6.39
Change vs previous report
-0.7%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.