YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Given New $25.00 Price Target at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) had its price objective hoisted by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $24.00 to $25.00 in a research report report published on Wednesday morning, Benzinga reports. They currently have a neutral rating on the oil and gas exploration company's stock.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on YPF. StockNews.com lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their price target for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research note on Friday, August 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 25th. Finally, Bank of America upped their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock 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 given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $26.09.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:YPF traded down $0.31 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $24.53. The company had a trading volume of 1,775,467 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,068,094. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.93 and a quick ratio of 0.73. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $23.30 and its 200 day moving average price is $21.84. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $9.57 and a fifty-two week high of $26.00.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norden Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter worth $382,000. Private Advisor Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter worth $368,000. Diversify Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter worth $1,179,000. LSV Asset Management boosted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 31.5% during the 1st quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 130,700 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $2,588,000 after acquiring an additional 31,300 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter worth $1,077,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.