YPF ADR (NYSE: YPF) is -14.75% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $16.18 and a high of $47.43 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The YPF stock was last observed hovering at around $35.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.33%.
Currently trading at $36.24, the stock is 13.65% and 10.16% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.73 million and changing 0.92% at the moment leaves the stock 14.04% off its SMA200. YPF registered 59.09% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 23.94%.
The stock witnessed a 9.39% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -0.06%, and is 19.72% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.16% over the week and 4.68% over the month.
Current P/E ratio is 6.04 and Fwd P/E is 8.25. Profit margin for the company is 12.06%. Distance from 52-week low is 123.98% and -23.59% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.21%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -46.51% this year
The shares outstanding are 393.26M, and float is at 393.12M with Short Float at 1.32%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is TT INTERNATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD with over 5.98 million shares valued at $120.33 million. The investor’s holdings represent 1.5444 of the YPF Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is HELIKON INVESTMENTS LTD with 5.55 million shares valued at $111.73 million to account for 1.4341 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are MORGAN STANLEY which holds 3.52 million shares representing 0.9085 and valued at over $70.78 million, while CITIGROUP INC holds 0.8081 of the shares totaling 3.13 million with a market value of $62.96 million.
