YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) Rating Increased to Hold at Wall Street Zen

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) was upgraded by equities researchers at Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a note issued to investors on Friday.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the stock. HSBC raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $44.00 to $48.00 in a research report on Monday, May 19th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anonima presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $41.30.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Trading Down 0.1%

NYSE:YPF opened at $33.35 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 12 month low of $16.18 and a 12 month high of $47.43. The company has a market cap of $13.12 billion, a PE ratio of 7.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 1.85. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $34.03 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $36.56.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 742.6% during the 1st quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 1,938 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $68,000 after buying an additional 1,708 shares in the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima during the 1st quarter valued at $89,000. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima during the 4th quarter valued at $203,000. Truist Financial Corp purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima during the 4th quarter valued at $243,000. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 253.5% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 5,730 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $244,000 after buying an additional 4,109 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

About YPF Sociedad Anonima

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.