YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Raised to “Buy” at StockNews.com

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) was upgraded by investment analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Saturday.

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF opened at $44.06 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $17.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.94. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52-week low of $14.53 and a 52-week high of $45.97. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $37.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $27.18.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $94,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $5,314,000 after purchasing an additional 230,001 shares during the period. ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $318,000. Dorsey Wright & Associates lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% in the 3rd quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 258,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,481,000 after buying an additional 28,617 shares during the period. Finally, Insigneo Advisory Services LLC boosted 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 valued at $1,004,000 after buying an additional 2,992 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

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.