YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) Shares Down 4.8% - What's Next?

Key Points

• YPF Sociedad Anonima's shares fell 4.8% during trading, closing at $30.23, with a significant decrease in trading volume compared to the average.
• Despite recent declines, investment analysts have generally rated the stock as a "Moderate Buy", with an average price target raised to $43.92.
• The company reported a miss in earnings per share at $0.13 for the last quarter, falling short of expectations by $0.43, though revenues were slightly above estimates.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) dropped 4.8% during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as $30.05 and last traded at $30.23. Approximately 1,182,260 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 39% from the average daily volume of 1,942,865 shares. The stock had previously closed at $31.75.

Analyst Ratings Changes

YPF has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $44.00 to $48.00 in a report on Monday, May 19th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, June 27th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $46.70.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Down 1.0%

The company has a market capitalization of $12.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.84, a PEG ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 1.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.75. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $32.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $33.53.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anonima

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 7,696.0% in the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 7,796 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $245,000 after acquiring an additional 7,696 shares during the period. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 5.2% in the 2nd quarter. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP now owns 317,889 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $10,525,000 after acquiring an additional 15,760 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 161.2% in the 2nd 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 acquiring an additional 350,842 shares during the period. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 13.3% in the 2nd quarter. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. now owns 47,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $1,478,000 after acquiring an additional 5,500 shares during the period. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 55.7% in the 2nd 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 acquiring an additional 1,208,440 shares during the period. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.