YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Shares Sold by Townsquare Capital LLC

Townsquare Capital LLC lessened its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 34.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 30,203 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 15,935 shares during the period. Townsquare Capital LLC's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,284,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth approximately $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $94,000 after acquiring an additional 1,251 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $103,000 after acquiring an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% during the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $163,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Finally, HSBC raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and raised their price target for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

NYSE:YPF traded up $0.57 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $33.57. The stock had a trading volume of 1,064,675 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,110,524. 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 business has a 50 day simple moving average of $33.91 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.56. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $47.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.95, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. The business had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.86 billion. On average, analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share 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.