VAALCO Energy, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US91851C2017

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Steven P Guidry. Insiders are officers, directors, or significant investors in a company. It is illegal for insiders to make trades in their companies based on specific, non-public information. This does not mean it is illegal for them to make any trades in their own companies. However, they must report all trades to the SEC via a Form 4. Despite these restrictions, academic research suggests that insiders - in general - tend to outperform the market in their own companies.

Average Trade Profitability

The average trade profitability is the average return of all the open market purchases made by the insider in the last three years. To calculate this, we examine every open-market, unplanned purchase made by the insider, excluding all trades that were marked as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. We then calculate the average performance of those trades over 3, 6, and 12 months, averaging each of those durations to generate a final performance metric for each trade. Finally, we average all of the performance metrics to calculate a performance metric for the insider. This list only includes insiders that have made at least three trades in the last two years.

If this insiders trade profitability is "N/A", then the insider either has not made any open-market purchases in the last three years, or the trades they’ve made are too recent to calculate a reliable performance metric.

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Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate Steven P Guidry has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:EGY / VAALCO Energy, Inc. Chief Executive Officer, Director 352,125
US:MRO / Marathon Oil Corporation V.P. - Business Development 13,058
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Steven P Guidry. Non-planned trade are trades that were not made as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock performance is charted as cumulative percent change in share price. For example, if an insider trade was made on January 1, 2019, the chart will show the daily percent change of the security to the present day. If the share price were to go from $10 to $15 during this time, the cumulative percent change in share price would be 50%. A change in price from $10 to $20 would be 100%, and a change in price of $10 to $5 would be -50%.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine how closely the insider’s trades correlate to excess returns (positive or negative) in the share price in order to see if the insider is timing their trades to profit from insider information. Consider the situation where an insider was doing this. In this situation, we would expect either (a) positive returns after purchases, or (b) negative returns after sales. In the case of (a), the PURCHASE chart would show a series of upwardly sloping curves, indicating positive returns after each purchase transaction. In the case of (b), the SALE chart would show a series of downward sloping curves, indicating negative returns after each sale transaction.

However, this alone is not enough to draw conclusions. If, for example, the share price of the company was in a non-cyclical climb over many years, then we would expect all the post-purchase plots to be upwardly sloping. Likewise, non-cyclical declines over many years would result in downward sloping post-trade plots. Neither of these charts would suggest insider trading activity.

The strongest indicator would be a situation where the share price was extremely cyclical, and there were both positive signals in the PURCHASE chart and negative plots on the SALE chart. This situation would be highly suggestive of an insider that was timing trades to their financial advantage.

Insider Purchases EGY / VAALCO Energy, Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in EGY / VAALCO Energy, Inc.. This analysis helps to understand if the insider consistently generates abnormal returns, and is worth following. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market purchases that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Max
Price at
Max
Max
Profit ($)
Max Return (%)
2015-03-20 EGY Guidry Steven P 9,680 3.0970 9,680 3.0970 29,979 6 3.22 1,192 3.97
2013-11-22 EGY Guidry Steven P 33,600 6.0450 33,600 6.0450 203,112

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

EGY / VAALCO Energy, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales EGY / VAALCO Energy, Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in EGY / VAALCO Energy, Inc.. A consistent pattern of loss avoidance may suggest that future sale transactions may predict declines in price. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market sales that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Min
Price at
Min
Max Loss
Avoided ($)
Max Loss
Avoided (%)
2015-03-04 EGY Guidry Steven P 3,031 5.0600 3,031 5.0600 15,337 345 1.06 -12,123 -79.05

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

EGY / VAALCO Energy, Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Steven P Guidry as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

File Date Tran Date Form Ticker Security Code 10b5-1 Shares Remaining Shares Percent
Change
Share
Price
Tran
Value
Remaining
Value
2016-03-22 2016-03-18 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
A - Award 352,125 352,125
2016-03-22 2016-03-18 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Stock Appreciation Right
A - Award 352,125 352,125
2016-03-07 2016-03-04 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,031 213,290 -1.40 1.19 -3,607 253,815
2016-03-04 2016-03-03 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
F - Taxes -6,558 216,321 -2.94 1.18 -7,738 255,259
2015-10-27 2015-10-21 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
F - Taxes -5,470 222,879 -2.40 2.01 -10,995 447,987
2015-05-12 2015-03-04 4/A EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
S - Sale -3,031 218,669 -1.37 5.06 -15,337 1,106,465
2015-03-23 2015-03-20 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
P - Purchase 9,680 228,349 4.43 3.10 29,979 707,197
2015-03-05 2015-03-04 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
F - Taxes -3,031 218,669 -1.37 5.06 -15,337 1,106,465
2015-03-05 2015-03-03 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Non-Statutory Stock Option (right to buy)
A - Award 233,350 233,350
2015-03-05 2015-03-03 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 60,250 221,700 37.32
2015-01-23 2014-03-04 4/A EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 27,850 161,450 20.85
2014-03-06 2014-03-04 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 27,850 127,850 27.85
2014-03-06 2014-03-04 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Non Qualified Stock Options (Right to buy)
A - Award 185,676 185,676
2013-11-25 2013-11-22 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
P - Purchase 33,600 133,600 33.60 6.04 203,112 807,612
2013-10-23 2013-10-21 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Non Qualified Stock Options (Right to buy)
A - Award 200,000 200,000
2013-10-23 2013-10-21 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Non Qualified Stock Options (Right to buy)
A - Award 200,000 200,000
2013-10-23 2013-10-21 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Non Qualified Stock Options (Right to buy)
A - Award 200,000 200,000
2013-10-23 2013-10-21 4 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
A - Award 100,000 100,000
2013-10-21 3 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
0
2013-10-21 3 EGY VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
Common Stock
0
2013-10-02 2013-09-30 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -13,663 13,058 -51.13
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)
M - Exercise -23,412 0 -100.00
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)
M - Exercise -11,705 0 -100.00
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Stock Appreciation Right
M - Exercise -1,270 0 -100.00
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
S - Sale -23,412 26,721 -46.70 36.25 -848,708 968,650
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
M - Exercise 23,412 50,133 87.62 19.03 445,530 954,024
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
S - Sale -11,705 26,721 -30.46 36.54 -427,654 976,265
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
M - Exercise 11,705 38,426 43.81 18.32 214,436 703,958
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
S - Sale -657 26,721 -2.40 36.53 -24,001 976,132
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
F - Taxes -247 27,378 -0.89 36.63 -9,048 1,002,843
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
D - Sale to Issuer -366 27,625 -1.31 36.63 -13,407 1,011,891
2013-09-16 2013-09-12 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
M - Exercise 1,270 27,991 4.75 10.53 13,373 294,741
2013-07-30 2013-07-29 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
F - Taxes -435 26,708 -1.60 36.09 -15,699 963,894
2013-02-28 2013-02-26 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 25,300 25,300
2013-02-28 2013-02-26 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
A - Award 4,500 27,120 19.89
2012-10-02 2012-10-01 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
F - Taxes -313 22,607 -1.37 29.85 -9,343 674,811
2012-07-30 2012-07-27 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
F - Taxes -420 22,906 -1.80 26.70 -11,214 611,590
2012-03-15 2012-03-13 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
S - Sale -4 23,310 -0.02 33.74 -120 786,487
2012-03-01 2012-02-28 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)
A - Award 23,700 23,700
2012-03-01 2012-02-28 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
A - Award 4,400 23,302 23.28
2011-12-13 2011-12-09 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
S - Sale -652 18,886 -3.34 27.28 -17,781 515,217
2011-10-04 2011-10-03 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
F - Taxes -431 19,538 -2.16 20.84 -8,982 407,173
2011-08-02 2011-08-01 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
F - Taxes -739 19,951 -3.57 30.89 -22,828 616,288
2011-07-28 2011-07-27 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
A - Award 3,175 20,690 18.13
2011-07-28 2011-07-27 4 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
A - Award 4,762 17,515 37.34
2011-07-06 3 MRO MARATHON OIL CORP
Marathon Oil Corporation Common Stock
12,753
P
Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security
S
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
A
Grant, award, or other acquisition of securities from the company (such as an option)
C
Conversion of derivative
D
Sale or transfer of securities back to the company
F
Payment of exercise price or tax liability using portion of securities received from the company
G
Gift of securities by or to the insider
K
Equity swaps and similar hedging transactions
M
Exercise or conversion of derivative security received from the company (such as an option)
V
A transaction voluntarily reported on Form 4
J
Other (accompanied by a footnote describing the transaction)