With 2.33 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.1 million shares. The 52-week range on YPF shows that it touched its highest point at $47.43 and its lowest point at $16.18 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $50.29. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.63.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of YPF was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.81%, but this was down by -15.61% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -17.08% while six-month performance rose 36.57%. The stock gained 74.07% in the past year, while it has lost -24.98% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for YPF yields -2.79 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.96. For the next quarter, that number is 0.85. This implies an EPS growth rate of -17.57% for this year and 20.67% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 393.26 million YPF shares are outstanding with a float of 393.12 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for YPF since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $7486.82595 being high and $6705.59193 being low. For YPF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7217.11421. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
