YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Upgraded to Neutral at Bank of America

Bank of America upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) from an underperform rating to a neutral rating in a research note released on Thursday morning, Marketbeat Ratings reports.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on the company. StockNews.com raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 21st. Morgan Stanley raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an underweight rating to an equal weight rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $10.50 to $22.00 in a report on Thursday, March 21st. Citigroup lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a buy rating to a neutral rating and boosted their target price for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 17th. UBS Group upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a neutral rating to a buy rating and raised their price target for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $20.00 to $22.90 and gave the company a neutral rating in a report on Friday, May 17th. 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.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of Hold and an average target price of $21.07.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF opened at $21.01 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $21.35 and its 200 day moving average price is $18.02. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $9.57 and a fifty-two week high of $24.76. The firm has a market cap of $8.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.21 and a beta of 1.86.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.95 by ($0.95). The company had revenue of $4.19 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 5.78% and a positive return on equity of 20.70%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in YPF. LSV Asset Management lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 231.3% in the third quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 99,400 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,218,000 after buying an additional 69,400 shares during the period. Capital Wealth Planning LLC raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 96.9% in the third quarter. Capital Wealth Planning LLC now owns 91,854 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,125,000 after acquiring an additional 45,198 shares in the last quarter. Trium Capital LLP acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at about $282,000. Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter valued at about $135,000. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 27.2% during the 3rd quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 89,102 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,092,000 after purchasing an additional 19,046 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.