52,796 Shares in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Purchased by Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P.

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 52,796 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,244,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 771 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,685.6% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 312,293 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $6,624,000 after acquiring an additional 294,803 shares during the last quarter. Deltec Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter valued at $201,000. Diversify Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.8% in the 3rd quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 57,330 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,216,000 after acquiring an additional 2,608 shares during the period. Finally, Aigen Investment Management LP increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 105.2% during the 3rd quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP now owns 29,783 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $632,000 after purchasing an additional 15,266 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

YPF has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price objective (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $39.16.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

YPF opened at $37.78 on Monday. 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 business has a fifty day simple moving average of $42.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $31.04. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1 year low of $15.80 and a 1 year high of $47.43. The company has a market capitalization of $14.86 billion, a PE ratio of 19.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.88.

About YPF Sociedad Anónima

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.