YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Shares Sold by Banco BTG Pactual S.A.

Banco BTG Pactual S.A. lessened its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 23.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 97,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 30,155 shares during the quarter. YPF Sociedad Anónima makes up about 1.0% of Banco BTG Pactual S.A.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 23rd biggest position. Banco BTG Pactual S.A.’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $4,348,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. William Blair Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $45,664,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,314,000 after purchasing an additional 230,001 shares during the period. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter worth about $4,539,000. North of South Capital LLP lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 18.3% during the fourth quarter. North of South Capital LLP now owns 1,236,984 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $52,584,000 after purchasing an additional 191,486 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fourth Sail Capital LP acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth $5,667,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price objective (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Citigroup lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Bank of America upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $42.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF opened at $37.67 on Wednesday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The company has a market cap of $14.82 billion, a PE ratio of 19.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $37.41 and a 200-day moving average of $34.28.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. The company had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. As a group, equities analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current year.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Company Profile

YPF Sociedad Anónima, an energy company, engages in the oil and gas upstream and downstream activities in Argentina. Its upstream operations include the exploration, exploitation, and production of crude oil, and natural gas. The company’s downstream operations include petrochemical production and crude oil refining; transportation and distribution refined and petrochemical products; commercialization of crude oil, petrochemical products, and specialties.