Blue Trust Inc. Boosts Stock Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 58.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after buying an additional 771 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $42,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in YPF. Transcendent Capital Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter valued at about $28,000. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter valued at about $63,000. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter valued at about $113,000. SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter valued at about $185,000. Finally, Dark Forest Capital Management LP purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter valued at about $263,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently commented on YPF shares. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th. Citigroup raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $24.00 to $33.00 in a report on Friday. Bank of America boosted their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. Jefferies Financial Group raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $27.37.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

NYSE:YPF opened at $25.37 on Friday. 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 has a 1 year low of $9.57 and a 1 year high of $26.00. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $23.44 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $21.87. The company has a market cap of $9.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -12.08, a PEG ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.81.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.90. The firm had revenue of $4.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.59 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 22.86% and a negative net margin of 4.57%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.34 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.