YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Given New $20.00 Price Target at The Goldman Sachs Group

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) had its price objective increased by equities research analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group from $17.40 to $20.00 in a research note issued on Thursday, Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a “neutral” rating on the oil and gas exploration company’s stock. The Goldman Sachs Group’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 3.41% from the stock’s previous close.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. UBS Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a report on Thursday, February 22nd. Citigroup cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a report on Thursday, March 21st. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $20.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 1.4 %

Shares of YPF opened at $19.34 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.61 billion, a PE ratio of -5.77 and a beta of 1.90. 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 quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 0.90. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $18.89 and its 200-day simple moving average is $16.14.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last issued its quarterly 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). The business 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 forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.14 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.7% during the second quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 10,573 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $157,000 after acquiring an additional 1,110 shares during the last quarter. Claro Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 7.1% during the first quarter. Claro Advisors LLC now owns 18,555 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $367,000 after acquiring an additional 1,226 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1.1% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 117,556 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,440,000 after acquiring an additional 1,248 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 3.3% during the third quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 44,780 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $549,000 after acquiring an additional 1,414 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Navellier & Associates Inc. grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2.9% during the third quarter. Navellier & Associates Inc. now owns 52,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $637,000 after acquiring an additional 1,487 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

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, 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.