YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Price Target Raised to $25.60 at The Goldman Sachs Group

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) had its target price lifted by The Goldman Sachs Group from $22.90 to $25.60 in a research report report published on Thursday, Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a neutral rating on the oil and gas exploration company’s stock.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on YPF. Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a buy rating to a neutral rating and upped their price target for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 17th. StockNews.com raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report on Tuesday, May 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a neutral rating in a report on Tuesday, May 28th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an underperform rating to a neutral rating in a report on Thursday, May 23rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $22.18.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF opened at $19.68 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $21.02 and a 200 day moving average price of $19.63. The company has a current ratio of 0.95, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52-week low of $9.57 and a 52-week high of $24.76.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 9th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.68. The firm had revenue of $4.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.16 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 5.78% and a positive return on equity of 20.70%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2,877.9% during the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,051,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $18,077,000 after buying an additional 1,016,286 shares in the last quarter. Fourth Sail Capital LP purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the first quarter worth approximately $14,576,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 307.2% in 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 in the last quarter. RWC Asset Management LLP purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth approximately $10,745,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 55.1% in the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 535,361 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $9,203,000 after purchasing an additional 190,098 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other 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.