StockNews.com Lowers YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) to Hold

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. UBS Group upgraded 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 research note on Thursday, February 22nd. Morgan Stanley raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a report on Thursday, March 21st. Finally, Citigroup raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $20.00 target price on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 25th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $19.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of NYSE:YPF traded up $0.04 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $20.26. 2,953,424 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,369,126. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $18.70 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $16.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.56. The stock has a market cap of $7.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.05 and a beta of 1.90. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $9.57 and a fifty-two week high of $22.27.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.95 by ($0.95). The company had revenue of $4.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 17.33% and a negative net margin of 7.58%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.14 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.7% during the second quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 10,573 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $157,000 after acquiring an additional 1,110 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1.1% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 117,556 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,440,000 after acquiring an additional 1,248 shares during the period. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 3.3% during the third quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 44,780 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $549,000 after acquiring an additional 1,414 shares during the period. Navellier & Associates Inc. grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2.9% during the third quarter. Navellier & Associates Inc. now owns 52,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $637,000 after acquiring an additional 1,487 shares during the period. Finally, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth $27,000. 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, natural gas, and NGLs. The company's downstream operations include the refining, marketing, and distribution of oil and petroleum products, as well as petroleum derivatives, such as petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, non-fossil fuels, biofuels, and related components; and production of hydrocarbons electric power.