Virtu Financial LLC Buys 1,424 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Virtu Financial LLC boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 4.9% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 30,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,424 shares during the period. Virtu Financial LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $606,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Sowell Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $229,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 55.1% in the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 535,361 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $9,203,000 after purchasing an additional 190,098 shares during the last quarter. Glenorchy Capital Ltd purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $3,978,000. RWC Asset Management LLP purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $10,745,000. Finally, Todd Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.7% in the 4th quarter. Todd Asset Management LLC now owns 230,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $3,962,000 after purchasing an additional 24,100 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have issued reports on YPF. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 25th. StockNews.com downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 28th. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 23rd. Finally, Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 17th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $22.18.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Down 6.4 %

NYSE:YPF traded down $1.23 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $18.14. 2,738,704 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,221,263. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $20.62 and its 200-day moving average is $19.75. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12-month low of $9.57 and a 12-month high of $24.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.13 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.57 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a current ratio of 0.95, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 9th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.68. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 20.70% and a negative net margin of 5.78%. The company had revenue of $4.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.16 billion. On average, sell-side analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.59 EPS for the current 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.