VAALCO Energy (EGY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

VAALCO Energy's stock was trading at $4.49 at the start of the year. Since then, EGY shares have increased by 50.8% and is now trading at $6.77.
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VAALCO Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,850,000 shares, an increase of 17.3% from the February 29th total of 2,430,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 970,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 14th 2024.
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VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EGY) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March, 13th. The energy company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.22. The energy company had revenue of $149.15 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $130.53 million. VAALCO Energy had a net margin of 13.26% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.34%.

VAALCO Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.063 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $0.25 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 7th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.06.
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VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.67%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 44.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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3 employees have rated VAALCO Energy Chief Executive Officer Cary Bounds on Glassdoor.com. Cary Bounds has an approval rating of 42% among the company's employees. This puts Cary Bounds in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other VAALCO Energy investors own include Abraxas Petroleum (AXAS), Seanergy Maritime (SHIP), Acasti Pharma (ACST), Micron Technology (MU), Atlantic Power (AT), Palatin Technologies (PTN), CTI BioPharma (CTIC), Nevsun Resources (NSU) and Pulmatrix (PULM).

VAALCO Energy's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Kovack Advisors Inc. (0.22%), Annex Advisory Services LLC (0.21%), Unison Advisors LLC (0.12%), Doliver Advisors LP (0.04%) and Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Lawrence Fawthrop, Bradley Louis Radoff, Edward David Lafehr, George WM Maxwell, Jason Doornik, Ronald Y Bain and Thor Pruckl.
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Shares of EGY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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