YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) Issues Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.02 EPS

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.02, Zacks reports. YPF Sociedad Anonima had a return on equity of 12.39% and a net margin of 6.32%.The company had revenue of $3.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.55 billion.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of YPF stock traded down $0.22 during trading on Friday, reaching $36.30. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,128,455 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,292,019. The company has a market capitalization of $14.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.71, a P/E/G ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.73. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 1-year low of $22.82 and a 1-year high of $47.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.75 and a quick ratio of 0.55. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $28.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $31.56.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on YPF. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from $47.00 to $44.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $43.60.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 7,696.0% during the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 7,796 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $245,000 after buying an additional 7,696 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $561,000. Diversify Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 26.0% in the second quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 18,087 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $614,000 after buying an additional 3,733 shares in the last quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 17.3% during the 2nd quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 58,919 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $2,000,000 after buying an additional 8,711 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brevan Howard Capital Management LP boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 5.2% in the 2nd quarter. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP now owns 317,889 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $10,525,000 after buying an additional 15,760 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About YPF Sociedad Anonima

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.