YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Receives $40.73 Consensus PT from Analysts

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) have earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the eight brokerages that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $40.73.

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, HSBC upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 0.9 %

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $31.96 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.57 billion, a PE ratio of 16.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $33.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $35.76. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12 month low of $16.18 and a 12 month high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). The company had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. On average, analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 26.6% in the 4th quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 2,145,571 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $91,208,000 after buying an additional 450,935 shares in the last quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at about $89,009,000. Duquesne Family Office LLC grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 292.4% in the fourth quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC now owns 1,687,716 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $71,745,000 after purchasing an additional 1,257,616 shares during the period. Voloridge Investment Management LLC increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.8% during the fourth quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 1,587,869 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $67,500,000 after purchasing an additional 467,793 shares during the last quarter. Finally, North of South Capital LLP raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 18.3% during the fourth quarter. North of South Capital LLP now owns 1,236,984 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $52,584,000 after purchasing an additional 191,486 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other 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, 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.