Brokerages Set YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Target Price at $21.73

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $22.18.

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on YPF. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 28th. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 21st. Finally, Citigroup cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 17th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. TT International Asset Management LTD lifted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 35.5% in the fourth quarter. TT International Asset Management LTD now owns 4,238,557 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $72,860,000 after acquiring an additional 1,109,483 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2,877.9% in the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,051,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $18,077,000 after purchasing an additional 1,016,286 shares during the period. Fourth Sail Capital LP acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the first quarter worth approximately $14,576,000. RWC Asset Management LLP acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth approximately $10,745,000. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 307.2% during the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 639,116 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $12,655,000 after acquiring an additional 482,178 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 1.5 %

Shares of NYSE:YPF opened at $19.98 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $9.57 and a 52 week high of $24.76. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $20.87 and a 200-day simple moving average of $19.66.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 9th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.68. The business had revenue of $4.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.16 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 20.70% and a negative net margin of 5.78%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.59 EPS for the current year.

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.