YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Stock Rating Upgraded by Bank of America

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) was upgraded by research analysts at Bank of America from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, MarketBeat Ratings reports.

A number of other research analysts have also commented on the company. StockNews.com raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and upped their price target for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research report on Thursday, March 21st. UBS Group raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $20.00 to $22.90 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, May 17th. Finally, Citigroup lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 17th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $21.07.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $21.75 on Thursday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $9.57 and a 52 week high of $24.76. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $21.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of $17.92. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. The stock has a market cap of $8.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.50 and a beta of 1.86.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.95 by ($0.95). The firm had revenue of $4.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 20.70% and a negative net margin of 5.78%. On average, research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. LSV Asset Management boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 231.3% during the 3rd quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 99,400 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,218,000 after purchasing an additional 69,400 shares during the last quarter. Capital Wealth Planning LLC boosted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 96.9% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Wealth Planning LLC now owns 91,854 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,125,000 after buying an additional 45,198 shares during the last quarter. Trium Capital LLP purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter worth $282,000. Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter worth $135,000. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP boosted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 27.2% in the 3rd quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 89,102 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,092,000 after buying an additional 19,046 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.