YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Stock Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average – What’s Next?

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)’s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $26.85 and traded as high as $43.24. YPF Sociedad Anónima shares last traded at $42.51, with a volume of 877,713 shares.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

YPF has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. UBS Group reissued 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. Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Citigroup cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 25th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $34.23.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 0.3 %

The business’s fifty day moving average is $36.40 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.85. The company has a market cap of $16.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% during the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter valued at about $318,000. Dorsey Wright & Associates lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% during the 3rd 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 in the last quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.7% in the 3rd 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 purchasing an additional 2,992 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at about $4,539,000. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

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.