YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Downgraded by StockNews.com to Hold

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report released on Monday.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on YPF. Citigroup lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Bank of America upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $38.00 target price (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $39.16.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock traded down $0.65 during trading on Monday, reaching $36.42. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,154,607 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,201,217. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $41.19 and its 200-day moving average price is $32.43. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43. The firm has a market cap of $14.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of YPF. Voloridge Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.8% in the 4th quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 1,587,869 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $67,500,000 after buying an additional 467,793 shares during the period. Vident Advisory LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at $298,000. Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 24.9% in the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 983,901 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $41,826,000 after acquiring an additional 196,037 shares during the last quarter. Tidal Investments LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth about $522,000. Finally, Snowden Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth about $719,000. 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.