YPF Price Target Raised by $3

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YPF Price Target Raised by $3

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) is an energy company that engages in upstream and downstream oil and gas activities in Argentina.

On February 12, JPMorgan analyst Rodolfo Angele raised the firm’s price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) from $51 to $54, while maintaining an ‘Overweight’ rating on the shares. The revised target indicates an upside of over 44% from the current levels.

On the same day, YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) signed a joint development agreement with Italian Eni and UAE-based XRG to advance Argentina LNG, a large-scale integrated gas and liquefaction project that will help position the South American country as a long-term global LNG supplier. The project, expected to deliver 12 million tons per annum (tpa) of LNG capacity via two floating facilities, is designed to include production, processing, transportation, and LNG export infrastructure. Under the agreement, the three partners will start front-end engineering and design and perform other key technical, commercial, and financing workstreams.

Horacio Marín, President and CEO of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF), commented:

“This new step marks the formal inclusion of XRG into the project we have been developing together with Eni. These two world-class players allow us to position Argentina LNG as one of the leading LNG projects globally. We will now continue working very intensively to reach FID during 2H26.”

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