YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Stake Cut by Quantbot Technologies LP

Quantbot Technologies LP decreased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 61.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 30,153 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 49,008 shares during the period. Quantbot Technologies LP’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,282,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Mirabella Financial Services LLP boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 59.7% in the 3rd quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP now owns 128,483 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $2,725,000 after buying an additional 48,025 shares during the period. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth about $4,539,000. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.7% in the third quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 47,348 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,004,000 after acquiring an additional 2,992 shares during the last quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% in the third quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 258,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,481,000 after acquiring an additional 28,617 shares during the period. Finally, ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter valued at approximately $318,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently issued reports on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price objective (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Citigroup lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $42.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 0.8 %

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $36.23 on Tuesday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $16.18 and a 52 week high of $47.43. The stock has a market cap of $14.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.30, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $37.55 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $34.18. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

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