YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Rating Increased to Buy at StockNews.com

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) was upgraded by equities research analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Saturday.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price target (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $34.23.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Down 1.2 %

Shares of YPF opened at $44.06 on Friday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $14.53 and a twelve month high of $45.97. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.25, a PEG ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.94. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $37.16 and its two-hundred day moving average is $27.18.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. Blue Trust Inc. grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 771 shares in the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $63,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $94,000 after acquiring an additional 1,251 shares during the last quarter. Activest Wealth Management acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at $144,000. Finally, Deltec Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth $201,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.