YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Lowered to Hold at StockNews.com

StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report issued on Tuesday.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on YPF. Morgan Stanley raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from an underweight rating to an equal weight rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. Citigroup upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a neutral rating to a buy rating and set a $20.00 price target for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 25th. Finally, UBS Group upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a neutral rating to a buy rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 22nd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of Hold and an average price target of $19.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $20.26 on Tuesday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $9.57 and a 52 week high of $22.27. The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. The stock has a market cap of $7.97 billion, a PE ratio of -6.05 and a beta of 1.90. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $18.70 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $16.05.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.95 by ($0.95). The company had revenue of $4.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 7.58% and a positive return on equity of 17.33%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.14 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Hennessy Advisors Inc. increased its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 44.0% in the 1st quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. now owns 389,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $7,712,000 after buying an additional 119,000 shares during the period. Systrade AG increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 25.0% in the first quarter. Systrade AG now owns 25,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $495,000 after acquiring an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 98.9% during the first quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 18,819 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $373,000 after acquiring an additional 9,356 shares in the last quarter. Fourth Sail Capital LP purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the first quarter worth $14,576,000. Finally, B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 66.8% during the fourth quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 59,700 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,026,000 after purchasing an additional 23,900 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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, natural gas, and NGLs. The company's downstream operations include the refining, marketing, and distribution of oil and petroleum products, as well as petroleum derivatives, such as petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, non-fossil fuels, biofuels, and related components; and production of hydrocarbons electric power.