YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) has received an average rating of “Hold” from the six ratings firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $19.43.

Several research analysts have commented on the stock. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. Citigroup upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $20.00 target price for the company in a report on Thursday, January 25th. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and upped their price target for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research report on Thursday, March 21st. Finally, UBS Group upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 22nd.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $20.26 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $18.70 and its 200-day simple moving average is $16.05. The company has a market capitalization of $7.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.05 and a beta of 1.90. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1 year low of $9.57 and a 1 year high of $22.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 0.90.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in YPF. Helikon Investments Ltd grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 18.5% during 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 purchasing an additional 1,845,105 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. grew its stake in 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 valued at $58,232,000 after acquiring an additional 1,604,368 shares during the last quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC grew its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 426.5% in the 4th quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 1,474,531 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $25,347,000 after acquiring an additional 1,194,483 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 287.5% in the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,595,394 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $14,662,000 after acquiring an additional 1,183,673 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TT International Asset Management LTD grew its stake in 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 valued at $72,860,000 after acquiring an additional 1,109,483 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.