YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Given Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) has received an average rating of "Moderate Buy" from the eight research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $41.30.

A number of brokerages recently commented on YPF. Citigroup upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their target price for the company from $44.00 to $48.00 in a report on Monday, May 19th. Wall Street Zen downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, HSBC upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and upped their target price for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 742.6% in the first quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 1,938 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $68,000 after acquiring an additional 1,708 shares during the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the first quarter worth $89,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% in the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $163,000 after acquiring an additional 1,119 shares during the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth $203,000. Finally, Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 29.0% in the first quarter. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC now owns 6,234 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $218,000 after acquiring an additional 1,401 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

NYSE:YPF traded up $0.06 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $36.27. The stock had a trading volume of 2,640,356 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,054,893. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $33.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $36.95. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.32, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.85. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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. As a group, analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current year.

About YPF Sociedad Anónima

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.