YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) has earned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the seven brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $39.16.

A number of research firms have commented on YPF. StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research note on Friday. Bank of America upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price objective (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE YPF opened at $45.88 on Friday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1 year low of $14.53 and a 1 year high of $47.43. The firm has a market cap of $18.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.17, a PEG ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.91. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $39.21 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $28.04. 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 Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. Marshall Wace LLP increased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6,194.9% in the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 947,260 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $19,059,000 after purchasing an additional 932,212 shares in the last quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the second quarter worth $12,845,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at about $6,890,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,685.6% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 312,293 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $6,624,000 after purchasing an additional 294,803 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position 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 purchasing an additional 230,001 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

About YPF Sociedad Anónima

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.