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

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the eight analysts that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $41.30.

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Citigroup raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $44.00 to $48.00 in a research report on Monday, May 19th. Wall Street Zen downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Hsbc Global Res raised YPF Sociedad Anónima to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, HSBC raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday, April 14th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 742.6% in the first quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 1,938 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $68,000 after purchasing an additional 1,708 shares in the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the first quarter valued at approximately $89,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% in the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $163,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119 shares in the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $203,000. Finally, Truist Financial Corp purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $243,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $36.28 on Wednesday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43. The company has a market cap of $14.27 billion, a PE ratio of 18.32, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $32.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $37.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. The company had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. On average, equities research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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, 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.