Analysts Set YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Price Target at $40.73

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the eight brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $40.73.

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on YPF. StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, HSBC upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 335.6% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,091,392 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $46,395,000 after purchasing an additional 840,842 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $2,927,000. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $2,244,000. Fourth Sail Capital LP bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $5,667,000. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

NYSE:YPF opened at $31.43 on Tuesday. 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 has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $47.43. The company has a fifty day moving average of $33.50 and a 200-day moving average of $35.89. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.87, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. The company had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 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.