Weiss Ratings Reiterates Hold (C) Rating for YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF)

Key Points

• Weiss Ratings has reiterated a Hold (C) rating for YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF), while other analysts issued varying recommendations, including a downgrade from Zacks Research to Strong Sell.
• YPF's stock recently traded down 2.0% to $23.52, and it has a market capitalization of $9.25 billion with a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.58.
• The company recently reported earnings of $0.13 per share, missing expectations by ($0.43), while revenue met analyst forecasts with $3.47 million.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "hold (c)" rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Weiss Ratings in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday,Weiss Ratings reports.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Zacks Research lowered YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "hold" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. Wall Street Zen upgraded YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, June 27th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $46.70.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Trading Down 2.0%

YPF Sociedad Anonima stock traded down $0.47 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $23.52. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,187,532 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,120,424. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.25 billion, a PE ratio of 7.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.48 and a beta of 1.72. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 1 year low of $21.78 and a 1 year high of $47.43. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67. The stock's fifty day moving average is $29.60 and its two-hundred day moving average is $31.94.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by ($0.43). The business had revenue of $3.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.37 million. YPF Sociedad Anonima had a return on equity of 12.39% and a net margin of 6.32%. On average, analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 194.9% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,898,315 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $154,052,000 after buying an additional 3,237,154 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 55.7% in the second quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 3,379,408 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $106,282,000 after buying an additional 1,208,440 shares in the last quarter. Ping Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 88.9% in the second quarter. Ping Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,482,200 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $46,615,000 after buying an additional 697,600 shares in the last quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 23.0% in the first quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC now owns 2,075,390 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $72,722,000 after buying an additional 387,674 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 161.2% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 568,507 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $17,880,000 after buying an additional 350,842 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.

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