VAALCO Energy, Inc (NYSE:EGY) does about 886.27K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 872263 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 531.16M USD. Its current market price is $5.12, marking a decrease of -2.10% compared to the previous close of $5.23. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $7.51 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $4.03.
VAALCO Energy, Inc (EGY) has a 20-day trading average at $5.38 and the current price is -31.78% off the 52-week high compared with 27.05% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $5.69 and its 200-day simple moving average is $6.01. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 3.57%, which decreases to 3.52% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 35.17 to suggest the stock is neutral.
The consensus objective for the share price is $9.05, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 43.43% over the period.
The current price level is -4.81%, -10.09%, and -14.77% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the EGY price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. VAALCO Energy, Inc (EGY) stock is down -4.12% over the week and -5.19% over the past month. Its price is 14.03% year-to-date and 12.53% over the past year.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 43.43 percent from here.
Outstanding shares total 104.35M with insiders holding 2.10% of the shares and institutional holders owning 61.23% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 15.65% and return on equity of 19.01%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 5.95 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 12.49. The beta has a value of 1.18. Price to book ratio is 1.06 and price to sales ratio is 1.05.
