YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Stock Rating Lowered by StockNews.com

StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note released on Wednesday morning.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Bank of America raised their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $30.51.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 4.4 %

YPF stock opened at $38.38 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $28.88 and its two-hundred day moving average is $23.95. The company has a market capitalization of $15.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.14 and a beta of 1.94. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $14.53 and a 52 week high of $42.30.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% in the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 771 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2.6% during the first quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 42,492 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $841,000 after purchasing an additional 1,066 shares during the last quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.2% during the second quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 20,181 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $406,000 after purchasing an additional 1,186 shares during the last quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.8% in the third quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 57,330 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,216,000 after acquiring an additional 2,608 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Insigneo Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.7% in the third quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 47,348 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,004,000 after acquiring an additional 2,992 shares during the last quarter. 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.