YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) has been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the six research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Three investment 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 brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $42.02.

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on YPF shares. Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price objective (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. StockNews.com lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research note on Friday, January 10th.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of NYSE:YPF opened at $37.37 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $37.12 and a 200 day moving average price of $34.32. The company has a market capitalization of $14.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.87, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12-month low of $16.18 and a 12-month high of $47.43. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. The firm had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.86 billion. Sell-side analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter valued at approximately $4,539,000. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.7% during the 3rd quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 47,348 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,004,000 after purchasing an additional 2,992 shares in the last quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% during the 3rd quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 258,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $5,481,000 after purchasing an additional 28,617 shares during the period. ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at about $318,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,314,000 after purchasing an additional 230,001 shares during the period. 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, 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.