VAALCO Energy

EGY

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

Also trades as: EGY.L

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Strong

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Mixed

Valuation

Data not available

Dividends

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

VAALCO Energy is a small oil and gas company that finds and pumps crude oil from wells it operates in Africa and Canada. Its main product is crude oil, which it sells to refiners and trading companies. The company is best known for its long-running operations in Gabon, West Africa, where it has worked for decades.

VAALCO makes money by selling the oil it produces, so its revenue rises and falls with global oil prices. It operates primarily in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Canada, and has a market value of roughly $600 million, making it a small player in the energy industry. The company's thin operating margin of under 2% shows how sensitive its profits are to oil price swings, and its biggest risk is that falling crude prices could quickly erase earnings and limit its ability to fund new drilling projects.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

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Revenue Growth

+5.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+389.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

3.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~1 months

$40M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

VAALCO Energy has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

66.4%

Premium pricing power — 66.4% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

32.3%

Excellent — 32.3% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

8.5%

Below par — 8.5% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

-30.2%

Shrinking sales (-30.2% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-391.4%

Earnings shrinking (-391.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-71.8%

Burning cash (-71.8%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

5.98x

Adequate interest coverage (6.0x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

4.44%

no trend

Healthy income — 4.44% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+0.0%

no trend

Dividend flat

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