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

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) have earned an average rating of “Hold” from the seven research firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $27.37.

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research note on Friday, August 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $24.00 to $33.00 in a report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, StockNews.com lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. Ping Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter valued at $51,676,000. Marshall Wace LLP grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6,194.9% in the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 947,260 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $19,059,000 after purchasing an additional 932,212 shares during the last quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter valued at $12,845,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the second quarter worth about $6,890,000. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,685.6% during the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 312,293 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $6,624,000 after purchasing an additional 294,803 shares during the period. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

NYSE:YPF opened at $40.00 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $25.93 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.73 billion, a PE ratio of 20.20, a PEG ratio of 0.12 and a beta of 1.78. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1 year low of $14.53 and a 1 year high of $40.98.

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.