With over 11.07 million YPF ADR (YPF) shares trading Friday and a closing price of $17.25 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $190.95 million. The shares have shown a positive half year performance of 55.97% and its price on 11/24/23 gained nearly 15.00%. Currently, there are 393.26M common shares owned by the public and among those 393.03M shares have been available to trade.
An analysis of what Wall Street brokers have to say about the expected price targets for this stock gives us this picture: 10 analysts who have offered their price forecasts for YPF have a consensus price objective of $13.90. The analysts have set the share’s price value over the next 12 months at a high of $30.00 and a low of $8.00. The average price target is -24.1% below its recent price level and a downside to the estimated low will see the stock lose -115.62% over that period. But an upside of 42.5% will see the stock hit the forecast high price target while median target price for the stock is $12.50.
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Shares of YPF ADR (NYSE: YPF) opened at $15.19, up $0.19 from a prior closing price of $15.00. However, the script later moved the day high at 17.80, up 15.00%. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 68.95% and 16.95% over the past three months. YPF shares are trading 87.70% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 130.61% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $7.20 and touched a high of $16.19 over the same period. YPF has an average intraday trading volume of 2.36 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 55.52%, 45.20%, and 38.49% respectively.
Institutional ownership of YPF ADR (NYSE: YPF) shares accounts for 10.97% of the company’s 393.26M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $6.78B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.81. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 3.78, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $4.57. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 11.21% over the week and 6.43% over the month.
Analysts forecast that YPF ADR (YPF) will achieve an EPS of $0.63 for the current quarter, $0.66 for the next quarter and $4.05 for 2024. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is -$0.07 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $1.52. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $1.19 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to decrease by -46.92%, and -2.61% over the next financial year.
If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 10 brokerage firm advisors rate YPF ADR (YPF) as a “Hold” at a consensus score of 3.70. Specifically, 1 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 4 of the 10 advise that investors “hold,” and 4 rated it as a “Sell.”
Looking at the support for the YPF, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Jefferies stated their Hold rating for the stock in a research note on September 21, 2023, with the firm’s price target at $14.50.
