Fiera Capital Corp Acquires New Stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF

Fiera Capital Corp acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 101,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,176,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Crocodile Capital Partners GmbH raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 100.0% in the 2nd quarter. Crocodile Capital Partners GmbH now owns 60,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,887,000 after acquiring an additional 30,000 shares during the last quarter. Banco Santander S.A. boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 92.0% in the 1st quarter. Banco Santander S.A. now owns 34,858 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,221,000 after buying an additional 16,707 shares during the last quarter. Ping Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 88.9% in the 2nd quarter. Ping Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,482,200 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $46,615,000 after buying an additional 697,600 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 24.7% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,179,942 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $41,345,000 after acquiring an additional 233,983 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Compound Planning Inc. purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima during the 1st quarter worth about $411,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from $47.00 to $44.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $43.60.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF stock opened at $38.55 on Friday. 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 $15.16 billion, a PE ratio of 12.44, a P/E/G ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.73. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $29.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.75. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 52 week low of $22.82 and a 52 week high of $47.43.

About YPF Sociedad Anonima

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.