Are Analysts Too Bullish On YPF ADR (YPF)

YPF ADR (NYSE:YPF) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.20M but it saw 2245269 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 15.12B USD, the company’s current market price of $38.46 came rising about 0.21 while comparing to the previous closing price of $38.38. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $42.30 and as low as $14.53. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $38.18 while lowest mark touched by it was $39.225.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of YPF ADR (YPF) gives us an average price of $35.77, while its current price level is -9.08% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 164.69% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $28.86 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $22.89. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.63% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 5.24%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 71.32 which implies that the stock is in overbought territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the UBS which downgraded the stock as “Neutral” in its note to investors issued on December 04, 2024, recommending a price target of between $30 and $38 for it. Citigroup downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Buy” on November 27, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $33-$44. Citigroup issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $24 and $33.

Over the week, YPF’s stock price is moving -3.15% down while it is 39.91% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 123.73% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 125.04%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in January, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0 while estimate for next year EPS is 5.27. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $4.37T as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $18.61T and seeing the company making $17.16T in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $4.25T for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, YPF ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 393.26M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -5.63% and return on equity (ROE) at -9.39%. It has a 8.23 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.92. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.25 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.78. Its return on asset (ROA) is -3.87% on average.