YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Receives “Neutral” Rating from UBS Group

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating restated by investment analysts at UBS Group in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. They currently have a $38.00 price objective on the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, up from their prior price objective of $30.00. UBS Group’s price objective would indicate a potential downside of 5.35% from the company’s current price.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Bank of America upped their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. StockNews.com cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. Finally, Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $30.51.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Down 0.2 %

NYSE YPF opened at $40.15 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $28.56 and its 200 day moving average is $23.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.79 billion, a PE ratio of 20.28, a P/E/G ratio of 0.14 and a beta of 1.94. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $14.53 and a twelve month high of $42.30. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Blue Trust Inc. bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the second quarter valued at approximately $63,000. Activest Wealth Management bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter worth approximately $144,000. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at about $185,000. Finally, Deltec Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter worth approximately $201,000. 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.