YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Hits New 52-Week High at $22.27

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $22.27 and last traded at $21.83, with a volume of 970271 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $21.48.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently commented on YPF shares. Morgan Stanley upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and upped their target price for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $17.40 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 18th. Citigroup cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 17th. StockNews.com lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 16th. Finally, UBS Group raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a report on Thursday, February 22nd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $20.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 2.2 %

The firm’s fifty day moving average is $19.36 and its two-hundred day moving average is $16.58. The firm has a market cap of $8.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.42 and a beta of 1.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.56.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.95 by ($0.95). The firm had revenue of $4.19 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 17.33% and a negative net margin of 7.58%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.38 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of YPF. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 1st quarter valued at about $3,646,000. Norden Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 1st quarter worth approximately $382,000. Claro Advisors LLC lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 7.1% during the first quarter. Claro Advisors LLC now owns 18,555 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $367,000 after purchasing an additional 1,226 shares during the last quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 44.0% during the first quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. now owns 389,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $7,712,000 after buying an additional 119,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Systrade AG grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 25.0% in the first quarter. Systrade AG now owns 25,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $495,000 after buying an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors 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.