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

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) has received an average recommendation of “Hold” from the six research firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $20.58.

YPF has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. StockNews.com downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 16th. Citigroup lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $17.40 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 18th. Morgan Stanley raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research report on Thursday, March 21st. Finally, UBS Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 22nd.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of YPF. Helikon Investments Ltd lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 18.5% during the third quarter. Helikon Investments Ltd now owns 11,823,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $144,837,000 after purchasing an additional 1,845,105 shares in the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. boosted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 50.9% in the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 4,753,658 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $58,232,000 after buying an additional 1,604,368 shares during the last quarter. TT International Asset Management LTD lifted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 35.5% in the fourth quarter. TT International Asset Management LTD now owns 4,238,557 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $72,860,000 after acquiring an additional 1,109,483 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2,877.9% in the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,051,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $18,077,000 after acquiring an additional 1,016,286 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.0% in the third quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 883,850 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $10,827,000 after purchasing an additional 50,173 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 2.1 %

Shares of NYSE:YPF opened at $23.88 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. The firm has a market cap of $9.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.13 and a beta of 1.86. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $19.88 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $16.92. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12-month low of $9.57 and a 12-month high of $24.37.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.95 by ($0.95). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 17.33% and a negative net margin of 7.58%. The company had revenue of $4.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.47 billion. On average, research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.37 EPS for the current year.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Company Profile

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, and natural gas. The company's downstream operations include petrochemical production and crude oil refining; transportation and distribution refined and petrochemical products; commercialization of crude oil, petrochemical products, and specialties.