Brokerages Set YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Price Target at $25.94

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) has been assigned an average rating of "Hold" from the seven ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $25.94.

YPF has been the subject of several analyst reports. Bank of America boosted their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $20.50 to $24.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, September 25th. StockNews.com downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, October 21st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ping Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter valued at about $51,676,000. Encompass Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.9% during the second quarter. Encompass Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,168,919 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $23,519,000 after purchasing an additional 168,919 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6,194.9% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 947,260 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $19,059,000 after purchasing an additional 932,212 shares during the last quarter. Discovery Capital Management LLC CT lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.9% during the second quarter. Discovery Capital Management LLC CT now owns 745,379 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $14,997,000 after purchasing an additional 48,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 307.2% during the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 639,116 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $12,655,000 after purchasing an additional 482,178 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Down 2.6 %

YPF traded down $0.67 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $24.84. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,503,979 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,069,493. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $23.23 and its 200-day moving average price is $21.81. 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 has a market cap of $9.77 billion, a PE ratio of -11.83, a PEG ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.81. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $9.57 and a twelve month high of $26.00.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.90. The company had revenue of $4.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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.

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.