VAALCO Energy, Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Chief Operating Officer Pruckl Thor unloaded Company’s shares for reported $40168.0 on Mar 24 ’25. In the deal valued at $3.95 per share,10,169 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Pruckl Thor now holds 174,992 shares worth roughly $0.57 million.
Then, Thor Pruckl bought 10,169 shares, generating $40,208 in total proceeds.
Before that, Maxwell George W.M. bought 4,500 shares. VAALCO Energy, Inc shares valued at $21,060 were divested by the Chief Executive Officer at a price of $4.68 per share. As a result of the transaction, Maxwell George W.M. now holds 369,382 shares, worth roughly $1.2 million.
Stifel initiated its VAALCO Energy, Inc [EGY] rating to a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including ROTH Capital’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid April from “a Neutral” to “a Buy”. ROTH Capital also remained covering EGY and has decreased its forecast on April 12, 2021 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. ROTH Capital started covering the stock on March 24, 2021. It rated EGY as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of EGY
On Tuesday, VAALCO Energy, Inc [NYSE:EGY] saw its stock fall -2.11% to $3.25. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 4.84%. VAALCO Energy, Inc shares have fallen nearly -25.63% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -53.64% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $7.43 was reached on 01/15/25, a 52-week low of $3.00 was recorded on 04/08/25. SMA at 50 days reached $3.91, while 200 days put it at $5.19.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For EGY Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 3.18, which if violated will result in even more drops to 3.12. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 3.35. A further resistance level may holdings at 3.45. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 38.29, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.18, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 73.26%. Stochastics %K at 32.80% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in VAALCO Energy, Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in VAALCO Energy, Inc stocks on 2025-03-31, growing by 48545.0 shares to a total of 4.54 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-28 was 4.49 million shares. There was a rise of 1.07%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on October 18, 2019 when Canaccord Genuity began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $2.70 price target.
