YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Raised to Buy at StockNews.com

StockNews.com upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note issued to investors on Saturday morning.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Citigroup lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price objective (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $34.23.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF opened at $44.06 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12 month low of $14.53 and a 12 month high of $45.97. The company’s fifty day moving average is $37.16 and its 200-day moving average is $27.18. The firm has a market cap of $17.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.94.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $94,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,314,000 after buying an additional 230,001 shares during the last quarter. ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter valued at about $318,000. Dorsey Wright & Associates lifted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% in the third quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 258,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,481,000 after buying an additional 28,617 shares during the period. Finally, Insigneo Advisory Services LLC grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.7% during the third quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 47,348 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,004,000 after buying an additional 2,992 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

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.