Dorsey Wright & Associates Has $5.57 Million Stock Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Dorsey Wright & Associates trimmed its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 49.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 130,954 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 127,478 shares during the period. YPF Sociedad Anónima comprises approximately 1.3% of Dorsey Wright & Associates’ portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest holding. Dorsey Wright & Associates’ holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $5,567,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Advisors Preferred LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth about $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $94,000 after acquiring an additional 1,251 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% in the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $163,000 after acquiring an additional 1,119 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on YPF. Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price target (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. StockNews.com cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of 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 research report on Friday, January 10th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $42.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 3.8 %

Shares of YPF stock opened at $35.94 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $14.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. 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 stock has a fifty day moving average price of $36.99 and a 200 day moving average price of $34.49. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43.

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

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.