Truist Financial Corp acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF – Get Rating) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 40,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $252,000.
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Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.2% during the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,890,706 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $9,132,000 after purchasing an additional 191,180 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.5% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,845,632 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $8,914,000 after purchasing an additional 112,128 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 61.1% during the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,722,921 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $8,322,000 after purchasing an additional 653,516 shares in the last quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 82.9% in the 2nd quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 1,393,236 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $4,542,000 after buying an additional 631,289 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Verition Fund Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 1st quarter worth about $4,830,000. 10.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research firms recently commented on YPF. Itau BBA Securities upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $10.50 price objective on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 25th. Grupo Santander raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 13th. StockNews.com raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 25th. Itaú Unibanco raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to an “outperform” rating and set a $10.50 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 25th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $4.50 to $5.10 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, November 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $7.35.
YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Down 0.5 %
NYSE YPF opened at $12.02 on Friday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12 month low of $2.82 and a 12 month high of $13.11. The company has a 50-day moving average of $9.06 and a 200-day moving average of $6.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 1.04 and a quick ratio of 0.67. The company has a market cap of $4.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 1.43.
YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 9th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.29. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 11.36% and a return on equity of 21.67%. The company had revenue of $5.18 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.54 billion. As a group, equities analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 4.46 earnings per share for the current year.
YPF Sociedad Anónima Company Profile
YPF Sociedad Anónima, an energy company, engages in the oil and gas upstream and downstream activities in Argentina. The company’s upstream operations include the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs. Its downstream operations include the refining, marketing, transportation, and distribution of oil, petroleum products, petroleum derivatives, petrochemicals, LPG, and bio-fuels, as well as in gas separation, natural gas distribution operations, and power generation.
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