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 report report published on Monday morning.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $20.50 to $24.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 25th. Bank of America upped their target price on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research note on Friday, August 30th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $25.94.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Down 0.5 %

YPF opened at $24.87 on Monday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12 month low of $9.57 and a 12 month high of $25.89. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $22.89 and a 200-day moving average price of $21.69. The firm has a market cap of $9.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.84, a PEG ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.81. The company has a current ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.90. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 4.57% and a positive return on equity of 22.86%. The business had revenue of $4.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.59 billion. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.34 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of YPF. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC lifted 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 purchasing an additional 9,356 shares during the period. Systrade AG boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 25.0% in the 1st quarter. Systrade AG now owns 25,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $495,000 after acquiring an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 119,000 shares during the last quarter. Claro Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 7.1% in the first quarter. Claro Advisors LLC now owns 18,555 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $367,000 after acquiring an additional 1,226 shares during the period. Finally, Norden Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the first quarter worth $382,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.