YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Trading Up 8.5% – Should You Buy?

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)’s stock price rose 8.5% on Friday . The stock traded as high as $29.85 and last traded at $29.93. Approximately 1,659,467 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 21% from the average daily volume of 2,103,829 shares. The stock had previously closed at $27.58.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

YPF has been the subject of a number of research reports. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $42.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 8.6 %

The business’s 50-day moving average price is $34.61 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $35.03. The firm has a market cap of $11.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). The business had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. Equities analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,314,000 after purchasing an additional 230,001 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $94,000 after buying an additional 1,251 shares during the last quarter. Systrade AG raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 80.0% in the 4th quarter. Systrade AG now owns 45,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,913,000 after buying an additional 20,000 shares during the period. Legal Advantage Investments Inc. acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at $213,000. Finally, DGS Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at about $206,000. 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.