YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Rating Lowered to Hold at StockNews.com

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) was downgraded by StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report released on Tuesday.

Several other brokerages have also commented on YPF. Citigroup upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $20.00 price objective for the company in a report on Thursday, January 25th. UBS Group upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $20.10.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 3.8 %

Shares of NYSE YPF opened at $19.48 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.56 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 has a market capitalization of $7.66 billion, a PE ratio of -5.81 and a beta of 1.90. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $18.77 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $16.07.

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

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of YPF. Helikon Investments Ltd grew its position in 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 valued at $144,837,000 after purchasing an additional 1,845,105 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 50.9% during 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 purchasing an additional 1,604,368 shares during the last quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 426.5% during 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 purchasing an additional 1,194,483 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 287.5% during 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 purchasing an additional 1,183,673 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TT International Asset Management LTD grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 35.5% during 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 purchasing an additional 1,109,483 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.