YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Sets New 1-Year High - What's Next?

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report)'s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $26.00 and last traded at $25.81, with a volume of 1045726 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $25.11.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently commented on YPF shares. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $20.50 to $24.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. Jefferies Financial Group raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price target for the company from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research note on Friday, August 30th. StockNews.com lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Bank of America increased their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $25.94.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $10.09 billion, a P/E ratio of -12.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.81. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $23.08 and a 200-day moving average price of $21.75. The company has a current ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.90. The business had revenue of $4.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.59 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 22.86% and a negative net margin of 4.57%. On average, analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.34 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of YPF. Blue Trust Inc. bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. Transcendent Capital Group LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter worth $28,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter worth $63,000. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter worth $113,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter worth $185,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by 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.