YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Receives $39.16 Average Price Target from Analysts

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) has received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the seven brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $39.16.

YPF has been the topic of several analyst reports. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and set a $38.00 price target (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. StockNews.com lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday. Citigroup cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of NYSE YPF opened at $45.01 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $17.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.73, a PEG ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.91. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $39.57 and a 200 day simple moving average of $28.27. 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 has a 52 week low of $14.53 and a 52 week high of $47.43.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter valued at $63,000. Capital Wealth Planning LLC raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 22.6% during the second quarter. Capital Wealth Planning LLC now owns 68,068 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,370,000 after buying an additional 12,555 shares during the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at about $1,293,000. Oaktree Fund Advisors LLC grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 184.2% during the second quarter. Oaktree Fund Advisors LLC now owns 167,902 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $3,378,000 after buying an additional 108,815 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Discovery Capital Management LLC CT increased its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.9% during the second quarter. Discovery Capital Management LLC CT now owns 745,379 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $14,997,000 after acquiring an additional 48,000 shares during the period. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.