YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Earns Buy Rating from Analysts at StockNews.com

Analysts at StockNews.com started coverage on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF – Get Rating) in a research note issued on Thursday. The brokerage set a “buy” rating on the oil and gas exploration company’s stock.

Separately, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $5.80 to $6.50 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $7.70.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE YPF opened at $9.27 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 1.04 and a quick ratio of 0.67. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $11.32 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $8.79. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $2.82 and a one year high of $13.11. The firm has a market cap of $3.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.50.

Institutional Trading of YPF Sociedad Anónima

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Claro Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at $155,000. Truist Financial Corp lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 51.6% during the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 61,483 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $565,000 after acquiring an additional 20,933 shares during the period. Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 229.1% during the 4th quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 33,553 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $308,000 after acquiring an additional 23,358 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 1,328,441 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $12,208,000 after acquiring an additional 10,130 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.0% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,664,285 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $24,485,000 after acquiring an additional 263,669 shares during the period. 10.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About YPF Sociedad Anónima

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YPF SA engages in the exploration, production, and distribution of oil and gas. It operates through the following segments: Upstream, Gas and Power, Downstream, Central Administration and Other. The Upstream segment sells petroleum and natural gas. The Gas and Power segment markets natural gas to third parties and downstream segment; and manages commercial and technical LNG Regasification Terminals in Bahia Blanca and Escobar.