YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Given New $20.00 Price Target at The Goldman Sachs Group

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) had its price objective hoisted by The Goldman Sachs Group from $17.40 to $20.00 in a research report report published on Thursday, Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a neutral rating on the oil and gas exploration company’s stock.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on YPF. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note on Tuesday. Citigroup cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a buy rating to a neutral rating and upped their price objective for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an underweight rating to an equal weight rating and upped their price objective for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. Finally, UBS Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a neutral rating to a buy rating and upped their price objective for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $20.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Down 2.1 %

Shares of NYSE:YPF opened at $19.07 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $18.83 and its 200-day moving average price is $16.09. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $9.57 and a one year high of $22.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.56.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.95 by ($0.95). The company had revenue of $4.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 17.33% and a negative net margin of 7.58%. As a group, analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.14 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 8,333.3% in the second quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 5,060 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $75,000 after buying an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 110.1% in the first quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 9,463 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $104,000 after buying an additional 4,959 shares during the last quarter. Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter worth approximately $135,000. Finally, Sei Investments Co. purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the first quarter worth approximately $124,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

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, natural gas, and NGLs. The company's downstream operations include the refining, marketing, and distribution of oil and petroleum products, as well as petroleum derivatives, such as petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, non-fossil fuels, biofuels, and related components; and production of hydrocarbons electric power.