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EGY vs SHEL

Side-by-side comparison of VAALCO Energy Inc. (EGY) and Shell PLC (SHEL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both EGY and SHEL operate in Oil & Gas Production (Energy), so they compete in similar markets.
  • SHEL is the larger of the two at $248.15B, about 449.9x EGY ($551.5M).
  • Over the past year, EGY is up 53.8% and SHEL is up 25.6% - EGY leads by 28.2 points.
  • SHEL has been more active in the news (14 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for EGY).
  • SHEL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 1 for EGY).
PerformanceEGY+53.78%SHEL+25.56%
2025-06-06+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricEGYSHEL
Company
VAALCO Energy Inc.
Shell PLC
Price
$5.29-5.70%
$85.39-1.56%
Market cap
$551.5M
$248.15B
1M return
-12.42%
-2.05%
1Y return
+53.78%
+25.56%
Industry
Oil & Gas Production
Oil & Gas Production
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2022
News (4w)
3
14
Recent ratings
1
25
EGY

VAALCO Energy Inc.

VAALCO Energy, Inc., an independent energy company, acquires, explores for, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas. The company holds Etame production sharing contract related to the Etame Marin block located offshore in the Republic of Gabon in West Africa. It also owns interests in an undeveloped block offshore Equatorial Guinea, West Africa. VAALCO Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

SHEL

Shell PLC

Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure necessary to deliver gas to market. The company also markets and trades natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil, electricity, carbon-emission rights; and markets and sells LNG as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles and marine vessels. In addition, it trades in and refines crude oil and other feed stocks, such ase low-carbon fuels, lubricants, bitumen, sulphur, gasoline, diesel, heating oil, aviation fuel, and marine fuel; produces and sells petrochemicals for industrial use; and manages oil sands activities. Further, the company produces base chemicals comprising ethylene, propylene, and aromatics, as well as intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, propylene oxide, solvents, detergent alcohols, ethylene oxide, and ethylene glycol. Additionally, it generates electricity through wind and solar resources; produces and sells hydrogen; and provides electric vehicle charging services, as well as electricity storage. The company was formerly known as Royal Dutch Shell plc and changed its name to Shell plc in January 2022. Shell plc was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.