The Goldman Sachs Group Increases YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Price Target to $20.00

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) had its price objective upped by The Goldman Sachs Group from $17.40 to $20.00 in a research report issued on Thursday, Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a “neutral” rating on the oil and gas exploration company’s stock. The Goldman Sachs Group’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 3.41% from the company’s previous close.

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. Citigroup lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Wednesday. UBS Group upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $20.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 1.4 %

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $19.34 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12-month low of $9.57 and a 12-month high of $22.27. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $18.89 and its 200 day moving average is $16.14. The company has a market capitalization of $7.61 billion, a PE ratio of -5.77 and a beta of 1.90.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.95 by ($0.95). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 7.58% and a positive return on equity of 17.33%. The company had revenue of $4.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.47 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.14 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Helikon Investments Ltd grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 18.5% in the 3rd quarter. Helikon Investments Ltd now owns 11,823,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $144,837,000 after acquiring an additional 1,845,105 shares in the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 50.9% in the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 4,753,658 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $58,232,000 after acquiring an additional 1,604,368 shares in the last quarter. TT International Asset Management LTD grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 35.5% in the 4th quarter. TT International Asset Management LTD now owns 4,238,557 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $72,860,000 after acquiring an additional 1,109,483 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 2,825,934 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $25,970,000 after acquiring an additional 124,317 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.0% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,664,285 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $24,485,000 after acquiring an additional 263,669 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

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, natural gas, and NGLs. The company's downstream operations include the refining, marketing, and distribution of oil and petroleum products, as well as petroleum derivatives, such as petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, non-fossil fuels, biofuels, and related components; and production of hydrocarbons electric power.