YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Receives $39.16 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) have been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the seven ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $39.16.

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on YPF shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and set a $38.00 target price (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 20th. Finally, Citigroup cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of YPF. Blue Trust Inc. raised 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 purchasing an additional 771 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,685.6% during 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. Deltec Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth about $201,000. Diversify Wealth Management LLC raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.8% in the 3rd quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 57,330 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,216,000 after buying an additional 2,608 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aigen Investment Management LP raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 105.2% in the 3rd quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP now owns 29,783 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $632,000 after buying an additional 15,266 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $37.90 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $42.06 and its 200 day simple moving average is $31.17. The stock has a market cap of $14.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.14, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.88. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12-month low of $16.18 and a 12-month high of $47.43. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

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, 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.