AdvisorShares Investments LLC Purchases New Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)
AdvisorShares Investments LLC purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF – Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 61,566 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,058,000.
Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth approximately $409,000. Citigroup Inc. boosted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 50.9% during the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 4,753,658 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $58,232,000 after purchasing an additional 1,604,368 shares during the period. Navellier & Associates Inc. boosted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2.9% during the third quarter. Navellier & Associates Inc. now owns 52,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $637,000 after purchasing an additional 1,487 shares during the period. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth approximately $171,000. Finally, Kestra Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth approximately $270,000. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.
YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance
Shares of NYSE YPF traded down $0.08 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $20.02. The stock had a trading volume of 2,129,563 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,495,905. The business’s fifty day moving average is $21.72 and its two-hundred day moving average is $18.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.95 and a quick ratio of 0.73. The company has a market cap of $7.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.82 and a beta of 1.95. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $9.57 and a twelve month high of $24.76.
YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 9th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.68. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 20.70% and a negative net margin of 5.78%. The business had revenue of $4.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.16 billion. As a group, research analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.04 EPS for the current year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages have recently commented on YPF. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $20.00 to $22.90 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 17th. Morgan Stanley upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $10.50 to $22.00 in a report on Thursday, March 21st. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 23rd. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 28th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $21.73.
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YPF Sociedad Anónima 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.
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