Analysts Set YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Target Price at $25.94

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) have been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $27.37.

YPF has been the subject of several recent research reports. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $24.00 to $33.00 in a report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research note on Friday, August 30th.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Blue Trust Inc. purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Transcendent Capital Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter worth $28,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter worth $63,000. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the first quarter valued at $113,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the second quarter valued at about $185,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $26.59 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $23.63 and its 200 day simple moving average is $21.99. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12 month low of $9.57 and a 12 month high of $26.85. The company has a market cap of $10.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -12.66, a PEG ratio of 0.10 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a current ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 0.73 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. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 22.86% and a negative net margin of 4.57%. The company had revenue of $4.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.59 billion. Sell-side analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.79 EPS for the current year.

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.