YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Shares Sold by Fourth Sail Capital LP

Fourth Sail Capital LP trimmed its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 10.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 655,562 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 80,605 shares during the quarter. YPF Sociedad Anónima comprises 3.0% of Fourth Sail Capital LP’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest position. Fourth Sail Capital LP’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $13,190,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 25th. Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 28th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 12th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $24.77.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 2.4 %

Shares of YPF opened at $23.87 on Tuesday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $9.57 and a one year high of $24.76. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $21.13 and a 200 day moving average price of $20.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.93. The company has a market capitalization of $9.39 billion, a P/E ratio of -9.32, a P/E/G ratio of 0.10 and a beta of 1.81.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.90. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 22.86% and a negative net margin of 4.57%. The company had revenue of $4.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.59 billion. Sell-side analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.68 EPS for the current fiscal year.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Company 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.