YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Hits New 1-Year High at $22.27

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)’s share price reached a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $22.27 and last traded at $21.83, with a volume of 970271 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $21.48.

Analyst Ratings Changes

YPF has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 16th. UBS Group upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a report on Thursday, February 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $17.40 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, April 18th. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their target price for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a report on Thursday, March 21st. Finally, Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their target price for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 17th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $20.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of $8.64 billion, a PE ratio of -6.42 and a beta of 1.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.56. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $19.36 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $16.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.95 by ($0.95). The business had revenue of $4.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 17.33% and a negative net margin of 7.58%. On average, research analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.38 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 93.5% during the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 16,056 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $197,000 after purchasing an additional 7,760 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 3.3% during the third quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 44,780 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $549,000 after acquiring an additional 1,414 shares in the last quarter. Arlington Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 95.9% in the third quarter. Arlington Capital Management Inc. now owns 126,179 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,546,000 after buying an additional 61,754 shares during the period. Mackenzie Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 46.9% in the third quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 17,263 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $201,000 after buying an additional 5,509 shares during the period. Finally, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently 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.