YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Short Interest Update

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 4,740,000 shares, a decrease of 36.1% from the November 15th total of 7,420,000 shares. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,230,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Blue Trust Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter worth $63,000. Activest Wealth Management bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter worth about $144,000. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at approximately $185,000. Finally, Deltec Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth $201,000. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on YPF. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price target (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $34.23.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 1.4 %

YPF stock traded up $0.60 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $44.56. 2,174,396 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,267,637. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $31.62 and its 200-day moving average price is $24.91. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $14.53 and a one year high of $44.96. The company has a market cap of $17.53 billion, a PE ratio of 22.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.94.

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.