YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) Receives $43.60 Average Target Price from Analysts

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) have earned an average rating of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $45.00.

YPF has been the subject of a number of research reports. Zacks Research upgraded YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from $47.00 to $44.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 17th.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Trading Down 2.3%

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima stock opened at $35.78 on Wednesday. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a twelve month low of $22.82 and a twelve month high of $47.43. The company has a quick ratio of 0.54, a current ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $32.07 and a 200-day moving average price of $32.19. The firm has a market cap of $14.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -30.32, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 1.44.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.53) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.82 by ($1.35). YPF Sociedad Anonima had a negative net margin of 2.45% and a positive return on equity of 2.88%. The firm had revenue of $4.59 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.55 billion. Equities research analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. RWC Asset Management LLP increased its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 0.4% during the third quarter. RWC Asset Management LLP now owns 117,075 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $2,844,000 after acquiring an additional 519 shares during the last quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 5.4% in the 1st quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 11,459 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $402,000 after purchasing an additional 582 shares during the period. Personal CFO Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 5.9% during the 2nd quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC now owns 10,476 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $329,000 after purchasing an additional 584 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 58.8% during the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 3,034 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 1,123 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 488.3% during the 3rd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 1,353 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 1,123 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

YPF Sociedad Anonima 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.