VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY): Retirees Don’t Worry About Volatility

VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EGY) currently has a daily average trading volume of 951.20K but it saw 1076213 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 557.08M USD, the company’s current market price of $5.37 came falling about -0.56 while comparing to the previous closing price of $5.40. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $7.51 and as low as $3.85. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $5.33 while lowest mark touched by it was $5.47.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of VAALCO Energy, Inc. (EGY) gives us an average price of $6.16, while its current price level is -28.45% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 39.48% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $6.45 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $5.67. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.98% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.63%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 31.23 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, EGY’s stock price is moving -6.45% down while it is -15.83% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 19.60% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 27.25%.

Currently, VAALCO Energy, Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 104.35M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 14.98% and return on equity (ROE) at 17.99%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 6.60 while having a 7.11 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.22. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.13 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.15. Its return on asset (ROA) is 9.74% on average.