YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Shares Acquired by Prospera Financial Services Inc

Prospera Financial Services Inc raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 60.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 71,251 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after acquiring an additional 26,936 shares during the quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,511,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Blue Trust Inc. increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% during the third 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 in the last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2.6% during the first quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 42,492 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $841,000 after buying an additional 1,066 shares during the last quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings 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 valued at $406,000 after buying an additional 1,186 shares in the last quarter. Transcendent Capital Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 1st quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.9% in the first quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 30,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $606,000 after purchasing an additional 1,424 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

YPF has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their target price for the stock from $24.00 to $33.00 in a research note on Friday, November 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 25th. StockNews.com cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price target for the company from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research report on Friday, August 30th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $27.37.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF stock traded up $2.53 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $40.00. 6,456,995 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,145,449. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. The stock has a market cap of $15.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.33, a PEG ratio of 0.12 and a beta of 1.78. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $14.53 and a fifty-two week high of $40.98. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $25.93 and its 200-day moving average price is $22.94.

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.