YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) have earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the six analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $19.43.

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on YPF. UBS Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $18.00 to $27.00 in a report on Thursday, February 22nd. StockNews.com raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Morgan Stanley raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research report on Thursday, March 21st. Finally, Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $20.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 25th.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $21.61 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $8.50 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.45 and a beta of 1.90. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $18.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $15.83. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1-year low of $9.57 and a 1-year high of $22.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.56.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.95 by ($0.95). The company had revenue of $4.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 17.33% and a negative net margin of 7.58%. Analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.14 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 260.4% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 313,202 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,513,000 after purchasing an additional 226,287 shares during the period. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 31.0% in the first quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 55,621 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $269,000 after purchasing an additional 13,170 shares during the period. Great West Life Assurance Co. Can raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 40.1% in the first quarter. Great West Life Assurance Co. Can now owns 46,841 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $240,000 after purchasing an additional 13,400 shares during the period. Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 359.9% in the first quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 79,111 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $382,000 after purchasing an additional 61,911 shares during the period. Finally, Cibc World Markets Corp purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the first quarter valued at approximately $1,543,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

About YPF Sociedad Anónima

YPF Sociedad Anónima, an energy company, engages in the oil and gas upstream and downstream activities in Argentina. Its upstream operations include the exploration, exploitation, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs. The company's downstream operations include the refining, marketing, and distribution of oil and petroleum products, as well as petroleum derivatives, such as petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, non-fossil fuels, biofuels, and related components; and production of hydrocarbons electric power.