YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Upgraded at StockNews.com

StockNews.com upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report released on Wednesday morning.

A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price objective (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $34.23.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $42.64 on Wednesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $34.98 and its 200 day moving average price is $26.20. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $14.53 and a twelve month high of $45.97. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.54, a PEG ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.94.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% in the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 771 shares during the last quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.2% during the second quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 20,181 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $406,000 after buying an additional 1,186 shares in the last quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.8% during the third quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 57,330 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,216,000 after buying an additional 2,608 shares in the last quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.7% in the third quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 47,348 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,004,000 after buying an additional 2,992 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at $63,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Company Profile

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.