YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Given Average Rating of "Hold" by Brokerages

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from the eight analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $40.73.

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on YPF. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, HSBC raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $35.86 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $16.18 and a fifty-two week high of $47.43. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $32.82 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $36.42. The company has a market cap of $14.10 billion, a PE ratio of 18.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last issued 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). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. The company had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. Analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $5,314,000 after purchasing an additional 230,001 shares in the last quarter. Systrade AG increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 80.0% during the 4th quarter. Systrade AG now owns 45,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $1,913,000 after purchasing an additional 20,000 shares in the last quarter. Legal Advantage Investments Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth about $213,000. DGS Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth about $206,000. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company's stock.

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.

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