YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Downgraded by StockNews.com

StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report released on Monday morning.

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a neutral rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the company a neutral rating in a research note on Thursday, July 25th. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from an underperform rating to a neutral rating in a research report on Thursday, May 23rd. Finally, Citigroup cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a buy rating to a neutral rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 17th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $22.18.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

NYSE:YPF opened at $19.93 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 0.95, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $9.57 and a twelve month high of $24.76. The company has a market capitalization of $7.84 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.79 and a beta of 1.89. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $20.69 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $19.75.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 9th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.16 billion. As a group, research analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Blue Trust Inc. bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at $26,000. Transcendent Capital Group LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter worth about $28,000. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter valued at about $113,000. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter valued at about $185,000. Finally, Sowell Financial Services LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at about $229,000. 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.