YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF) Competitors

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) and ENI (NYSE:E) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, YPF or E?

YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ENI has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is YPF or E a better dividend stock?

YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. ENI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ENI pays out 89.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend YPF or E?

YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has a consensus price target of $40.73, indicating a potential upside of 39.31%. ENI has a consensus price target of $31.60, indicating a potential upside of 9.99%. Given YPF Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe YPF Sociedad Anónima is more favorable than ENI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YPF Sociedad Anónima	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
ENI	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Is YPF or E more profitable?

YPF Sociedad Anónima has a net margin of 4.15% compared to ENI's net margin of 2.76%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 32.76% beat ENI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YPF Sociedad Anónima	4.15%	32.76%	12.67%
ENI	2.76%	11.03%	4.16%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in YPF or E?

10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of ENI shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of ENI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YPF or E?

YPF Sociedad Anónima received 56 more outperform votes than ENI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.44% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave ENI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 468 67.44%	Underperform Votes 226 32.56%
ENI	Outperform Votes 412 53.72%	Underperform Votes 355 46.28%

Does the media prefer YPF or E?

In the previous week, YPF Sociedad Anónima and YPF Sociedad Anónima both had 11 articles in the media. YPF Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat ENI's score of 0.23 indicating that YPF Sociedad Anónima is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
YPF Sociedad Anónima	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ENI	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, YPF or E?

ENI has higher revenue and earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ENI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$19.12B	0.60	-$1.31B	$5.99	4.88
ENI	$88.43B	0.55	$5.16B	$1.67	17.20

Summary

YPF Sociedad Anónima beats ENI on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.