YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Sets New 12-Month High at $21.37

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $21.37 and last traded at $21.30, with a volume of 1174844 shares. The stock had previously closed at $20.23.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on YPF shares. Morgan Stanley raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and lifted their price target for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a report on Thursday, March 21st. Citigroup upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $20.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 25th. Finally, UBS Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their price target for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 22nd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $19.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 4.0 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 0.90. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $18.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $15.53. The company has a market cap of $8.27 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.18 and a beta of 1.90.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.95 by ($0.95). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 17.33% and a negative net margin of 7.58%. The company had revenue of $4.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.47 billion. Equities research analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.14 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 8,333.3% during the second quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 5,060 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $75,000 after buying an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth about $88,000. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 110.1% in the 1st quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 9,463 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $104,000 after acquiring an additional 4,959 shares during the last quarter. Finally, FinTrust Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at about $110,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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, natural gas, and NGLs. The company's downstream operations include the refining, marketing, and distribution of oil and petroleum products, as well as petroleum derivatives, such as petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, non-fossil fuels, biofuels, and related components; and production of hydrocarbons electric power.