YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF) Competitors

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) and Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Which has better earnings & valuation, YPF or PSX?

Phillips 66 has higher revenue and earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. Phillips 66 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YPF Sociedad Anónima, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$17.31B	0.91	-$1.31B	$1.98	20.20
Phillips 66	$149.89B	0.37	$7.02B	$7.79	17.11

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YPF or PSX?

Phillips 66 received 342 more outperform votes than YPF Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.99% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 60.88% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 461 67.99%	Underperform Votes 217 32.01%
Phillips 66	Outperform Votes 803 60.88%	Underperform Votes 516 39.12%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in YPF or PSX?

10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Phillips 66 shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend YPF or PSX?

YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus target price of $27.37, indicating a potential downside of 31.57%. Phillips 66 has a consensus target price of $149.69, indicating a potential upside of 12.31%. Given Phillips 66's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Phillips 66 is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YPF Sociedad Anónima	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Phillips 66	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has more risk & volatility, YPF or PSX?

YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor YPF or PSX?

In the previous week, Phillips 66 had 31 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Phillips 66 and 4 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. Phillips 66's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.58 indicating that Phillips 66 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
YPF Sociedad Anónima	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Phillips 66	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is YPF or PSX more profitable?

YPF Sociedad Anónima has a net margin of 4.15% compared to Phillips 66's net margin of 2.24%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 32.76% beat Phillips 66's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YPF Sociedad Anónima	4.15%	32.76%	12.67%
Phillips 66	2.24%	13.12%	5.32%

Summary

Phillips 66 beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.