YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Shares Sold by Townsquare Capital LLC

Townsquare Capital LLC trimmed its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 34.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 30,203 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 15,935 shares during the period. Townsquare Capital LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,284,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on YPF shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of 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 research report on Friday, January 10th. Hsbc Global Res raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday. HSBC raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday. Finally, StockNews.com lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF opened at $33.00 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $34.24 and its 200 day moving average price is $35.16. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $16.18 and a fifty-two week high of $47.43. The firm has a market cap of $12.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 company had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts expect 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.