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Vaalco Energy Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Vaalco Energy Inc had return on equity of -8.8% and a net margin of -11.5%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin−44.4%12.5%93.6%3.0%−71.7%41.1%14.6%13.3%12.2%−11.5%−31.1%
Return on equity—194.4%163.6%2.3%−56.3%79.5%17.0%12.8%11.9%−8.8%−26.4%
Return on assets−32.8%12.0%79.9%1.4%−27.3%40.5%9.3%7.2%6.6%−4.4%−11.6%
Effective tax rate—50.3%———−37.1%57.9%59.8%58.2%——
Dividends ÷ net income—————0.0%18.0%44.4%44.8%——

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $969m
Short-term assets $89mLonger-term assets $880m
What it owes, and who funded it · $969m
Short-term liabilities $204mLonger-term liabilities $384mShareholders' equity $380m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $89m of assets due within a year against $204m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $89m short-term assets against $384m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $30m of cash against $177m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 47% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 0% to 47% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $196m of operating cash flow against $177m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Vaalco Energy Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

55 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Vaalco Energy's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 10 / 20

    Net income has been a median 6.8% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 9 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 28.6%; its worst year was -24.2%.

  • Cash conversion 15 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 9 years, at a median 11.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 80.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Vaalco Energy Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Vaalco Energy Inc.