YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) has received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $27.37.

A number of research firms have weighed in on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $24.00 to $33.00 in a report on Friday. StockNews.com raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research note on Friday, August 30th. Finally, Bank of America raised their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 18th.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 3.5 %

YPF opened at $25.37 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $23.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $21.91. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $9.57 and a twelve month high of $26.00. The company has a market cap of $9.98 billion, a PE ratio of -12.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.90. The firm had revenue of $4.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.59 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 4.57% and a positive return on equity of 22.86%. Sell-side analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.34 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in YPF. Blue Trust Inc. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Transcendent Capital Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 1st quarter valued at $28,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter worth about $63,000. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter valued at about $113,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter valued at about $185,000. 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, 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.