YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Receives $18.92 Average Target Price from Brokerages

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPFGet Free Report) have received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the five research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $18.92.

A number of research analysts have issued reports on YPF shares. UBS Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $8.50 to $16.00 in a research report on Monday, December 4th. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $20.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 25th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $8.50 to $17.10 in a research report on Monday, November 27th.

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YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 2.0 %

NYSE:YPF opened at $19.36 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $17.13 and a 200 day moving average of $15.01. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $9.29 and a 52 week high of $19.68. The company has a quick ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.61 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.78 and a beta of 1.89.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of YPF. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 8,333.3% in the 2nd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 5,060 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $75,000 after purchasing an additional 5,000 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter worth about $88,000. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 110.1% in the 1st quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 9,463 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $104,000 after purchasing an additional 4,959 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FinTrust Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $110,000. 10.21% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About YPF Sociedad Anónima

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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, natural gas, and NGLs. The company's downstream operations include the refining, marketing, and distribution of oil and petroleum products, as well as petroleum derivatives, such as petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, non-fossil fuels, biofuels, and related components; and production of hydrocarbons electric power.

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