Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 9,882 YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF

Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund acquired 9,882 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $311,000.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of YPF. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 3,099.7% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 70,746 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $2,479,000 after buying an additional 68,535 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 769.1% during the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 39,103 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,370,000 after buying an additional 34,604 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 89.4% during the 1st quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 232,723 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $8,155,000 after buying an additional 109,844 shares during the period. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 191.0% during the 1st quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 153,616 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $5,382,000 after buying an additional 100,820 shares during the period. Finally, Insigneo Advisory Services LLC grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 143.8% during the 1st quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 93,700 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $3,283,000 after buying an additional 55,264 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Performance

NYSE YPF opened at $26.44 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $29.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of $31.74. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 12-month low of $22.82 and a 12-month high of $47.43. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67. The company has a market cap of $10.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.53, a PEG ratio of 0.52 and a beta of 1.72.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by ($0.43). YPF Sociedad Anonima had a net margin of 6.32% and a return on equity of 12.39%. The business had revenue of $3.47 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.37 million. Sell-side analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, June 27th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima in a research report on Wednesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $46.70.

YPF Sociedad Anonima 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.