YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Shares Sold by Diversify Advisory Services LLC

Diversify Advisory Services LLC cut its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 27.7% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 16,397 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 6,286 shares during the period. Diversify Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $348,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of YPF. Blue Trust Inc. purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter worth $26,000. Transcendent Capital Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 1st quarter valued at $28,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter worth $63,000. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter worth about $113,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter valued at about $185,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

YPF has been the subject of several research analyst reports. StockNews.com cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research note on Friday, August 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $26.09.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

YPF opened at $24.51 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $23.37 and a 200 day moving average price of $21.86. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1 year low of $9.57 and a 1 year high of $26.00. The stock has a market cap of $9.64 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.70, a P/E/G ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.93 and a quick ratio of 0.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.90. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 4.57% and a positive return on equity of 22.86%. The business had revenue of $4.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.59 billion. Equities research analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.34 earnings per share for the current year.

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.