YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Receives $27.37 Consensus PT from Analysts

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) have received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the seven analysts that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $27.37.

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Bank of America boosted 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. StockNews.com downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. Citigroup raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $24.00 to $33.00 in a research note on Friday, November 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on 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, Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research report on Friday, August 30th.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF opened at $39.26 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $26.26 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $23.04. The stock has a market cap of $15.44 billion, a PE ratio of 19.83, a P/E/G ratio of 0.14 and a beta of 1.78. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1-year low of $14.53 and a 1-year high of $42.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 771 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 42,492 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $841,000 after acquiring an additional 1,066 shares in the last quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.2% during the 2nd quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 20,181 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $406,000 after acquiring an additional 1,186 shares in the last quarter. Transcendent Capital Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.9% in the 1st quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 30,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $606,000 after purchasing an additional 1,424 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.