Ratings YPF Sociedad Anónima

Equities

YPFD

ARP9897X1319

End-of-day quote Buenos Aires S.E. Other stock markets 06:00:00 2024-04-25 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
22,957 ^ARS	+4.36%		+12.16%	+37.56%

Apr. 19	ETF of the week: Diversifying into frontier markets
Apr. 18	Goldman Sachs Raises Price Target on YPF Sociedad Anonima to $20 From $17.40, Maintains Neutral Rating	MT

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental situation
The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to Refinitiv.

Strengths

According to sales estimates from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's, the company is among the best with regard to growth.
The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
Over the last twelve months, the sales forecast has been frequently revised upwards.
Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.

Weaknesses

The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness.
The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 12.03 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
For the last four months, earnings estimated by analysts have been revised downwards with respect to the next two years.
The appreciation potential seems limited due to the average target prices set by the analysts covering the stock.
The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.
Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.

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Sector: Oil & Gas Refining and Marketing

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