Diversify Wealth Management LLC Acquires 2,608 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Diversify Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPFFree Report) by 4.8% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 57,330 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,608 shares during the quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,216,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in YPF. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 771 shares during the period. Cetera Advisors LLC raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 42,492 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $841,000 after purchasing an additional 1,066 shares during the period. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.2% in the 2nd quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 20,181 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $406,000 after purchasing an additional 1,186 shares during the period. Transcendent Capital Group LLC purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 1st quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.9% in the 1st quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 30,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $606,000 after purchasing an additional 1,424 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on YPF. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research report on Friday, August 30th. 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 research report on Wednesday, September 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday. StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 21st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price 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. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $26.09.

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YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF stock opened at $24.53 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $9.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.68, a PEG ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.81. The company’s 50 day moving average is $23.30 and its 200 day moving average is $21.84. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52-week low of $9.57 and a 52-week high of $26.00.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPFGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.90. The company had revenue of $4.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.59 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 4.57% and a positive return on equity of 22.86%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.34 EPS for the current fiscal year.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

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