In yesterday’s Wall Street session, YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) shares traded at $14.05, down -7.26% from the previous session.
As of this writing, 11 analysts cover YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF). The consensus rating among analysts is ‘Hold’. As we calculate the median target price by taking the range between a high of $81.65 and a low of $6.00, we find $12.50. Given the previous closing price of $15.15, this indicates a potential downside of -17.49 percent. YPF stock price is now 14.16% away from the 50-day moving average and 38.91% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $10.59B.
There are 4 analysts who have given it a hold rating, whereas 3 have given it a buy rating. Brokers who have rated the stock have averaged $18.25 as their price target over the next twelve months.
With the price target maintained at $10.50, Itau BBA recently Upgraded its rating from Market Perform to Outperform for YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE: YPF).
A total of 99.50% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
There have been several recent changes in the stakes of large investors in YPF stock. A new stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima shares was purchased by TT INTERNATIONAL during the first quarter worth $41,487,000. OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP invested $19,366,000 in shares of YPF during the first quarter. In the first quarter, CAUSEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima valued at approximately $8,882,000. ROKOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLP acquired a new stake in YPF for approximately $5,984,000. ICON ADVISERS INC/CO purchased a new stake in YPF valued at around $4,215,000 in the second quarter. In total, there are 129 active investors with 50.80% ownership of the company’s stock.
Thursday morning saw YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE: YPF) opened at $15.09. During the past 12 months, YPF Sociedad Anonima has had a low of $2.82 and a high of $15.98. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 1.00, and a quick ratio of 0.60. The fifty day moving average price for YPF is $12.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $10.15 for the stock.
The latest earnings results from YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE: YPF) was released for Mar, 2023. According to the Oil & Gas Integrated Company, earnings per share came in at $1.19, beating analysts’ expectations of $0.85 by 0.34. This compares to $0.67 EPS in the same period last year. The net profit margin was 10.90% and return on equity was 19.00% for YPF. The company reported revenue of $4.24 billion for the quarter, compared to $3.76 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue rose 12.71 percent. For the current quarter, analysts expect YPF to generate $4.57B in revenue.
Moreover, the firm recently paid out its quarterly dividend on 07/18/2019. Investors who held shares on 07/10/2019 were paid a $0.139629 dividend.
YPF Sociedad Anonima(YPF) 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. Its gas and power operations include transportation, commercialization, and distribution of natural gas; operation of regasification terminals; conditioning, processing, and separation of natural gas; and power generation. The company had interests in 116 oil and gas fields; approximately 606 million barrels (mmbbl) of oil; and approximately 2,826 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas. It also had a retail distribution network of 1,658 YPF-branded service stations; and 17 exploration permits. In addition, the company owns and operates three refineries with combined annual refining capacity of approximately 119.7 mmbbl; approximately 2,800 kilometers of crude oil pipelines with approximately 640,000 barrels of aggregate daily transportation capacity of refined products; and crude oil tankage of approximately 7 mmbbl, as well as maintains terminal facilities at five Argentine ports. Further, it participates in 21 power generation plants with an aggregate installed capacity of 3,091 megawatts; offers diesel, fertilizers, lubricants, phytosanitary products, and ensiling bags; and supplies diesel, gasoline, fuel oil, coal, asphalts, paraffin, and sulfur, CO2, decanted oil, and aromatic extract. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
