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 note published on Tuesday.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on YPF. Citigroup upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a neutral rating to a buy rating and set a $20.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 25th. UBS Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a neutral rating to a buy rating and raised their target price for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from an underweight rating to an equal weight rating and raised their target price for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus rating of Hold and an average target price of $20.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF opened at $19.07 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $18.83 and its 200 day moving average price is $16.09. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12-month low of $9.57 and a 12-month high of $22.27. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.50 billion, a PE ratio of -5.69 and a beta of 1.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.56.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.95 by ($0.95). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 17.33% and a negative net margin of 7.58%. The firm had revenue of $4.19 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.47 billion. Equities research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.14 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Claro Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 7.1% during the first quarter. Claro Advisors LLC now owns 18,555 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $367,000 after purchasing an additional 1,226 shares in the last quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 44.0% during the first quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. now owns 389,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $7,712,000 after acquiring an additional 119,000 shares during the period. Systrade AG grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 25.0% during the first quarter. Systrade AG now owns 25,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $495,000 after acquiring an additional 5,000 shares during the period. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in 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 acquiring an additional 9,356 shares during the period. Finally, Fourth Sail Capital LP acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the first quarter worth about $14,576,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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, 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.