YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Receives $21.73 Consensus PT from Brokerages

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the seven brokerages that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $22.18.

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 21st. Bank of America upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 23rd. Citigroup lowered 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 research report on Wednesday, April 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 28th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $19.68 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.95, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. The company has a market cap of $7.74 billion, a PE ratio of -7.69 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a 50 day moving average of $21.02 and a 200-day moving average of $19.63. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1-year low of $9.57 and a 1-year high of $24.76.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 9th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.68. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 20.70% and a negative net margin of 5.78%. The firm had revenue of $4.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.16 billion. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Blue Trust Inc. bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter valued at about $26,000. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter worth approximately $185,000. Cetera Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2.6% in the first quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 42,492 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $841,000 after acquiring an additional 1,066 shares during the last quarter. Virtu Financial LLC increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.9% during the 1st quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 30,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $606,000 after purchasing an additional 1,424 shares during the period. Finally, Caxton Associates LP bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter worth approximately $3,760,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.