YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Cut to “Hold” at StockNews.com

StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report report published on Tuesday morning.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Bank of America upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price target (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $39.16.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 0.2 %

Shares of NYSE YPF opened at $35.54 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.98 billion, a PE ratio of 17.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1 year low of $16.18 and a 1 year high of $47.43. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $37.91 and its 200-day moving average is $33.86.

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

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in YPF. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $94,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $128,000. Finally, Activest Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter valued at approximately $144,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

YPF Sociedad Anónima 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.