YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.06 EPS

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) announced its earnings results on Friday. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.06, Zacks reports. YPF Sociedad Anonima had a return on equity of 12.39% and a net margin of 6.32%.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Down 0.6%

YPF Sociedad Anonima stock traded down $0.22 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $36.30. 2,128,455 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,292,019. The company has a market cap of $14.28 billion, a PE ratio of 11.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.72. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a fifty-two week low of $22.82 and a fifty-two week high of $47.43. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $28.37 and its 200-day moving average price is $31.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.75 and a quick ratio of 0.55.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from $47.00 to $44.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 17th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Zacks Research raised YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $43.60.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 7,696.0% during the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 7,796 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $245,000 after buying an additional 7,696 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima during the first quarter valued at about $561,000. Diversify Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 26.0% during the second quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 18,087 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $614,000 after acquiring an additional 3,733 shares during the last quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 17.3% in the second quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 58,919 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $2,000,000 after acquiring an additional 8,711 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brevan Howard Capital Management LP boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 5.2% in the second quarter. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP now owns 317,889 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $10,525,000 after purchasing an additional 15,760 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About YPF Sociedad Anonima

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.