Reviewing YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) & Teekay (NYSE:TK)

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) and Teekay (NYSE:TK) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for YPF Sociedad Anonima and Teekay, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YPF Sociedad Anonima	0	3	4	0	2.57
Teekay	0	0	0	0	0.00

YPF Sociedad Anonima currently has a consensus price target of $43.92, suggesting a potential upside of 32.80%. Given YPF Sociedad Anonima’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe YPF Sociedad Anonima is more favorable than Teekay.

Profitability

This table compares YPF Sociedad Anonima and Teekay’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YPF Sociedad Anonima	8.62%	16.78%	6.76%
Teekay	10.96%	5.67%	5.08%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anonima shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Teekay shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Teekay shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

YPF Sociedad Anonima has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teekay has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares YPF Sociedad Anonima and Teekay”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
YPF Sociedad Anonima	$19.29 billion	0.67	$2.35 billion	$4.29	7.71
Teekay	$1.22 billion	0.54	$133.77 million	$1.41	5.13

YPF Sociedad Anonima has higher revenue and earnings than Teekay. Teekay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YPF Sociedad Anonima, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

YPF Sociedad Anonima beats Teekay on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About YPF Sociedad Anonima

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. Its gas and power operations include transportation, commercialization, and distribution of natural gas; operation of regasification terminals; conditioning, processing, and separation of natural gas; and power generation. The company had interests in oil and gas fields. It also had a retail distribution network and retail service stations. In addition, the company owns and operates refineries, as well as maintains terminal facilities Argentine ports. Further, it participates in power generation plants; offers diesel, fertilizers, lubricants, phytosanitary products, and ensiling bags; and supplies diesel, gasoline, fuel oil, coal, asphalts, paraffin, and sulfur, CO2, decanted oil, and aromatic extract. The company was incorporated in 1977 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

About Teekay

Teekay Corporation engages in the international crude oil and other marine transportation services worldwide. The company owns and operates crude oil and refined product tankers. It also provides ship-to-ship support services; tanker commercial management operation services; and operational and maintenance marine services. As of March 1, 2024, the company operated a fleet of approximately 53 owned and chartered-in vessels. It serves energy and utility companies, major oil traders, large oil consumers and petroleum product producers, government agencies, and various other entities that depend upon marine transportation. Teekay Corporation was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.