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Employees: 281
Size VAALCO Energy (EGY) is a United States Energy company (Oil & Gas Production) with a market value of $566M, the 2610th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $5.38 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.9%, against -13.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 25.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.5%); the operating margin is 9.1% (peer median 18.7%).
Valuation It trades at 18.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 8.5× (5th most expensive of 20).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.9 points below its cost of capital (6.1% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 7.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 18 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $350M | $359M | $479M | $455M | $354M |
| Revenue growth | — | -25% | +5% | +28% | — |
| Gross profit | $70.2M | $82.2M | $172M | $185M | $193M |
| EBITDA | $136M | $157M | $280M | $281M | $228M |
| Net income | -$110M | -$41.9M | $57.8M | $59.7M | $51.3M |
| Free cash flow | -$131M | -$40.2M | $10.7M | $126M | -$33.1M |
| Capital expenditure | $327M | $253M | $103M | $97.2M | $160M |
| Total debt | $262M | $146M | $98.2M | $90.8M | $89.1M |
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| Measure | EGY | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -10.3% | -9.7% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -3.9% | -13.4% | 10th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -19.9% | -29.5% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -25.5% | +4.5% | lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 9.1% | 18.7% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 18.9× | 8.5× | 5th most expensive of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.9 pp | +0.8 pp | 7th lowest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.9× | 4.0× | 5th most expensive of 19 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.7× | 1.1× | 7th most indebted of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAALCO Energy EGY | United States | $566M | -4% | -25% | 9% | 18.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Gulf Keystone Petroleum GKP.L | United Kingdom | $557M | +1% | +6% | 8% | 9.5× | n/a | n/a |
| GeoPark GPRK | United States | $613M | +1% | -5% | 24% | 9.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Vitesse Energy VTS | United States | $623M | -17% | +11% | 12% | 42.9× | 13.4% | +21.5% |
| Obsidian Energy OBE.TO | Canada | $653M | -21% | -22% | 22% | 4.1× | n/a | n/a |
| W&T Offshore WTI | United States | $479M | -17% | +20% | 5% | 498.4× | 3.9% | +7.7% |
| EnQuest ENQ.L | United Kingdom | $671M | +40% | +3% | 17% | 8.9× | -9.1% | +3.8% |
| SandRidge Energy SD | United States | $463M | -13% | +30% | 42% | 5.9× | -12.8% | +7.0% |
| Granite Ridge Resources GRNT | United States | $698M | +6% | +15% | 21% | 5.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Tong Petrotech 300164.SZ | China | $705M | -41% | -12% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Surge Energy SGY.TO | Canada | $730M | +7% | +3% | 27% | 6.1× | -6.3% | +20.2% |
| BW Offshore BWO.OL | Norway | $747M | -25% | -17% | 23% | 8.5× | 5.5% | -8.7% |
| Karoon Energy KAR.AX | Australia | $763M | -23% | -20% | 28% | 4.6× | -10.4% | +22.5% |
| Cavvy Energy CVVY.TO | Canada | $413M | +29% | +43% | 4% | 8.1× | 11.0% | -3.3% |
| Core Laboratories CLB | United States | $405M | -33% | 0% | 7% | 13.8× | 11.0% | +1.6% |
| Capricorn Energy CNE.L | United Kingdom | $397M | +29% | +34% | 42% | 21.4× | -19.1% | +218.6% |
| Shamaran Petroleum SNM.OL | Norway | $381M | n/a | -5% | 45% | 7.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Amplitude Energy AEL.AX | Australia | $368M | +8% | +7% | -10% | 8.8× | -19.1% | +16.8% |
| Diversified Energy DEC | United States | $899M | -19% | +109% | 15% | 2.1× | -0.5% | +32.3% |
| HighPeak Energy HPK | United States | $903M | +23% | -13% | 16% | 24.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Meren Energy MER.TO | Canada | $921M | -19% | +388% | 22% | 5.8× | -16.4% | n/a |