VAALCO ENERGY INC EGY
COM NEW · Common Stock · CUSIP 91851C201
- SectorEnergy
- IndustryCrude Petroleum & Natural Gas
- HeadquartersHouston, TX
- Founded1985
- Websitevaalco.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($2.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 104.3m as of 2025-11-04, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $3.64. Options: 7 managers hold calls ($3.5m notional), 4 hold puts ($342.9k).
Trends to Q4 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 139 |
| Q4 2022 | 174 |
| Q1 2023 | 168 |
| Q2 2023 | 147 |
| Q3 2023 | 164 |
| Q4 2023 | 161 |
| Q1 2024 | 187 |
| Q2 2024 | 210 |
| Q3 2024 | 214 |
| Q4 2024 | 202 |
| Q1 2025 | 195 |
| Q2 2025 | 179 |
| Q3 2025 | 177 |
| Q4 2025 | 174 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 109 | 68 |
| Q2 2024 | 119 | 85 |
| Q3 2024 | 104 | 97 |
| Q4 2024 | 96 | 102 |
| Q1 2025 | 97 | 91 |
| Q2 2025 | 91 | 102 |
| Q3 2025 | 79 | 92 |
| Q4 2025 | 78 | 90 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $3.5m | $907.9k | 0.26 |
| Q2 2025 | $945.5k | $774.7k | 0.82 |
| Q3 2025 | $2.0m | $2.7m | 1.34 |
| Q4 2025 | $3.5m | $342.9k | 0.10 |
Biggest buyers
| UBS Group AG | Added | +806.3k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | New | +450.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO | Added | +427.7k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC | New | +270.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +226.3k |
| Rothschild Wealth LLC | New | +145.7k |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. | New | +106.0k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | Added | +99.0k |
| Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, LLC | Added | +98.5k |
| EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS, LLC | New | +73.0k |
Biggest sellers
| FIRST SABREPOINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Reduced | -390.0k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -283.5k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -237.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -226.8k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Reduced | -202.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Sold out | -197.0k |
| Ancora Advisors LLC | Reduced | -180.0k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -174.0k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -153.3k |
| Unison Advisors LLC | Sold out | -138.4k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.3m362.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $890.0k244.5k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $509.6k140.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $285.4k78.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $236.6k65.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $158.0k43.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $83.7k23.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $217.7k59.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $99.7k27.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Unchanged | $25.1k6.9k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $364100 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-10-17 | 7.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (4.9%, 2026-07-31), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | $21.1k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $40.2k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q4 2025.
Holders, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.3m $30.1m | Added +72.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.3m $26.6m | Added +226.3k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.8m $17.3m | Added +20.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.6m $13.2m | Reduced -91.7k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.3m $12.1m | Reduced -12.7k |
| KORNITZER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC /KS 0.24% of their portfolio | 3.2m $11.8m | Added +28.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.1m $11.2m | Added +7.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $9.2m | Reduced -4.6k |
| Tieton Capital Management, LLC 2.24% of their portfolio | 1.8m $6.5m | Reduced -9.7k |
| FIRST SABREPOINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 2.26% of their portfolio | 1.5m $5.5m | Reduced -390.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $5.1m | Reduced -226.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $4.8m | Added +806.3k |
| CSM Advisors, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.1m $4.0m | Added +1.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $4.0m | Reduced -283.5k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 937.3k $3.4m | Reduced -153.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 866.4k $3.2m | Reduced -269 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 798.3k $2.9m | Reduced -58.3k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.02% of their portfolio | 638.2k $2.3m | Reduced -96.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 617.2k $2.2m | Added +51.8k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 537.7k $2.0m | Added +427.7k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 537.3k $2.0m | Reduced -81.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 495.8k $1.8m | Added +8.0k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 450.0k $1.6m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 384.4k $1.4m | Unchanged |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 376.2k $1.4m | Added +35.7k |
| Values First Advisors, Inc. 0.65% of their portfolio | 342.9k $1.2m | Reduced -70.3k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 336.6k $1.2m | Added +28.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 330.4k $1.2m | Added +8.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 278.1k $1.0m | Added +12.5k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 270.0k $982.8k | New |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 251.6k $915.8k | Reduced -35.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 249.0k $906.4k | Reduced -1.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 207.6k $755.8k | Added +28.8k |
| Pinnacle Holdings, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 206.8k $752.8k | Added +2.0k |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 184.5k $671.7k | Reduced -180.0k |
| Kovack Advisors, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 183.0k $666.1k | Reduced -27.1k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 175.8k $639.8k | Added +43.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 161.5k $587.8k | Added +15.6k |
| Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 159.0k $578.9k | Added +98.5k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 147.7k $538.0k | Added +42.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 146.1k $532.0k | Reduced -134.1k |
| Perritt Capital Management Inc 0.89% of their portfolio | 145.7k $530.2k | Added +3.0k |
| Rothschild Wealth LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 145.7k $530.2k | New |
| MORGAN DEMPSEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 145.2k $528.6k | Added +4.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.6k $490.0k | Reduced -21.2k |
| Diametric Capital, LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 130.0k $473.2k | Reduced -15.7k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.9k $454.7k | Added +35.7k |
| Koss-Olinger Consulting, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 117.2k $427.0k | Reduced -13.5k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 117.1k $426.2k | Unchanged |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 116.4k $423.8k | Added +99.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.1k $400.8k | Unchanged |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.5k $387.5k | Reduced -237.6k |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. 0.02% of their portfolio | 106.0k $385.8k | New |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.7k $377.5k | Reduced -202.9k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.6k $344.3k | Reduced -119.1k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.7k $326.5k | Reduced -1.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.8k $323.3k | Added +7.8k |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.2k $317.4k | Unchanged |
| Ethic Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.3k $292.4k | Reduced -101.8k |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.4k $285.5k | Added +1.9k |
| EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.0k $265.7k | New |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.2k $251.9k | Reduced -36.7k |
| FINANCIAL CONSULATE, INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 66.9k $243.5k | Added +8.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.3k $208.7k | Reduced -19.9k |
| Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.6k $195.0k | Unchanged |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.8k $192.3k | Reduced -10.1k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.0k $189.2k | Reduced -28.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.6k $187.8k | Unchanged |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.4k $187.0k | Added +14.2k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.2k $186.3k | Added +29.6k |
| Lakewood Asset Management LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 51.2k $186.3k | Added +3.4k |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 50.8k $185.0k | New |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.0k $177.9k | Unchanged |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 48.1k $175.2k | Added +11.7k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.0k $174.9k | Reduced -565 |
| Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 46.7k $170.1k | New |
| Metis Global Partners, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.3k $168.5k | Unchanged |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.1k $157.0k | Reduced -17.5k |
| NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.4k $146.9k | Unchanged |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.3k $146.7k | Reduced -16.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.8k $141.4k | New |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.2k $131.8k | Added +22.6k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.6k $129.7k | Added +9.3k |
| COLDSTREAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.9k $127.0k | Added +473 |
| MANGROVE PARTNERS IM, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 34.8k $126.7k | New |
| Mutual Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.7k $126.2k | New |
| DOLIVER ADVISORS, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 34.6k $126.0k | Reduced -850 |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.4k $121.6k | Reduced -196 |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.9k $119.6k | Reduced -3.1k |
| GF FUND MANAGEMENT CO. LTD. 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.3k $113.9k | Added +3.1k |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.1k $113.3k | Reduced -209 |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.8k $112.0k | Unchanged |
| DDFG, Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 30.2k $110.1k | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.3k $95.7k | Added +10.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.5k $89.3k | Added +5.3k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.2k $88.0k | Added +37 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.2k $88.1k | Reduced -46.7k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.1k $84.1k | Added +11.5k |
| OXFORD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 23.0k $83.7k | Not comparable |
| Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.7k $82.5k | Added +1.2k |