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VAALCO Energy EGY

US equityMarket cap rank #3611Oil & Gas E&P
$5.79 +$0.01 (+0.17%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $5.68 -1.90%
Open$5.85
Prev close$5.78
Day range$5.74 – $5.92
Volume1.19M
Market cap$609.06M
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield4.32%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership69.7%-0.02 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding209-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)24 buys / 26 sellsNet selling
Short interest7.72% of floatDays to cover 6.4 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share31.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

26%30%35%39%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.47M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$417.4KSuper−$1.1MBig−$44.5KMid−$672.0KSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 27.6% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock8.50%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.92%
  • American Century Investment Management4.90%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.87%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors4.38%
  • Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc.4.01%
  • First Sabrepoint Capital Management, LP3.14%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.86%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund60.60%
  • Hedge Fund5.84%
  • Individual/Insider3.25%
  • Public Company2.19%
  • Private Company0.37%
  • Government Pension Fund0.30%
  • Insurance Company0.28%
  • Family Office/Trust0.10%

Reported short interest has risen from 6.37% to 7.72% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +297,891 0.3%
First Sabrepoint Capital Management, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,900,000 3.1%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,585,649 4.9%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Public Company 2026/Q3 +1,053,332 1.1%
Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +841,960 4.0%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +582,023 4.4%
GAMCO Investors, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +567,118 1.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +558,168 8.5%
Marshall Wace LLP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +538,111 0.5%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +459,517 2.9%
UBS Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +423,392 1.2%
Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +322,380 2.2%
American Century Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +283,591 4.9%
Universal Investment GmbH Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +250,000 1.6%
Charles Schwab Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +194,132 1.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
7 Jun 2026 George Maxwell Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -39,934 $5.53 1,148,142
7 Jun 2026 Ronald Bain Chief Financial Officer Sale to Issuer -14,579 $5.53 432,428
7 Jun 2026 Matthew Powers Executive VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary Sale to Issuer -4,542 $5.53 229,212
7 Jun 2026 Thor Pruckl Chief Operating Officer Sale to Issuer -8,481 $5.53 507,674
7 Jun 2026 Lynn Willis Interim CAO & Controller Sale to Issuer -1,356 $5.53 63,192
4 Jun 2026 George Maxwell Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -100,540 $5.29 1,188,076
4 Jun 2026 Ronald Bain Chief Financial Officer Sale to Issuer -37,335 $5.29 447,007
4 Jun 2026 Matthew Powers Executive VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary Sale to Issuer -12,340 $5.29 233,754
4 Jun 2026 Thor Pruckl Chief Operating Officer Sale to Issuer -24,168 $5.29 516,155
4 Jun 2026 Lynn Willis Interim CAO & Controller Sale to Issuer -2,586 $5.29 64,548
4 Jun 2026 Casey Donohue Executive Vice President of Technical & Business Development Sale to Issuer -4,873 $5.29 92,036
3 Jun 2026 Andrew Fawthrop Independent Chairperson Other Acquisition +23,173 – 527,001
3 Jun 2026 Catherine Stubbs Independent Director Other Acquisition +23,173 – 198,567
3 Jun 2026 George Maxwell Chief Executive Officer Other Acquisition +363,242 – 1,288,616
3 Jun 2026 Edward LaFehr Independent Director Other Acquisition +23,173 – 117,184
3 Jun 2026 Ronald Bain Chief Financial Officer Other Acquisition +173,956 – 484,342
3 Jun 2026 Matthew Powers Executive VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary Other Acquisition +44,377 – 246,094
3 Jun 2026 Thor Pruckl Chief Operating Officer Other Acquisition +76,073 – 540,323
3 Jun 2026 Fabrice Nze-Bekale Independent Director Other Acquisition +23,173 – 100,689
3 Jun 2026 Lynn Willis Interim CAO & Controller Other Acquisition +19,935 – 67,134

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 8,119,459 7.7% 6.4
31 Aug 2026 8,178,804 7.8% 6.5
14 Aug 2026 8,129,118 7.7% 6.2
31 Jul 2026 8,580,741 8.2% 7.9
15 Jul 2026 7,528,040 7.2% 6.1
30 Jun 2026 6,644,078 6.4% 3.5

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