YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Reaches New 12-Month High – Time to Buy?

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)’s share price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $46.69 and last traded at $46.62, with a volume of 1245152 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $45.01.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Citigroup lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 target price (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $34.23.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 2.7 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. The company has a market capitalization of $18.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.34, a PEG ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.91. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $37.55 and its 200-day simple moving average is $27.39.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Dorsey Wright & Associates grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% during the third quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 258,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,481,000 after buying an additional 28,617 shares during the last quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 60.8% in the third quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 71,251 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,511,000 after purchasing an additional 26,936 shares during the last quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 59.7% during the third quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP now owns 128,483 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $2,725,000 after purchasing an additional 48,025 shares during the period. Squarepoint Ops LLC acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $6,890,000. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6,194.9% during the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 947,260 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $19,059,000 after buying an additional 932,212 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima 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, 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.