YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) have been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the eight brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $41.30.

YPF has been the topic of several analyst reports. HSBC upgraded YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded YPF Sociedad Anonima to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Wall Street Zen downgraded YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the company from $44.00 to $48.00 in a research note on Monday, May 19th.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Trading Down 0.1%

YPF Sociedad Anonima stock opened at $35.46 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $13.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.27, a P/E/G ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.85. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $33.58 and a 200-day moving average of $36.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.60. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anonima in the 4th quarter valued at about $89,009,000. Duquesne Family Office LLC lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 292.4% during the fourth quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC now owns 1,687,716 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $71,745,000 after acquiring an additional 1,257,616 shares during the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima during the fourth quarter worth approximately $45,664,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 2,092.6% in the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 945,959 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $40,213,000 after purchasing an additional 902,815 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 335.6% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,091,392 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $46,395,000 after purchasing an additional 840,842 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

YPF Sociedad Anonima 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.