Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky Acquires 24,100 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 11.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 230,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after buying an additional 24,100 shares during the period. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky owned 0.06% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $3,962,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at $171,000. Sowell Financial Services LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at $229,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at $270,000. FNY Investment Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at $378,000. Finally, B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter valued at $439,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a report on Thursday, March 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 28th. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 21st. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 23rd. Finally, Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $20.00 to $24.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 17th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $21.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF opened at $20.44 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.95 and a quick ratio of 0.73. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $21.74 and a 200-day moving average of $19.00. The company has a market cap of $8.04 billion, a PE ratio of -7.98 and a beta of 1.95. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $9.57 and a one year high of $24.76.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced 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 negative net margin of 5.78% and a positive return on equity of 20.70%. The business had revenue of $4.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.16 billion. On average, equities research analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.04 EPS for the current fiscal 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.