B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. Has $1.03 Million Stock Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 66.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 59,700 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after purchasing an additional 23,900 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,026,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Citigroup Inc. raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 50.9% in the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 4,753,658 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $58,232,000 after acquiring an additional 1,604,368 shares in the last quarter. TT International Asset Management LTD raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 35.5% in the 4th quarter. TT International Asset Management LTD now owns 4,238,557 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $72,860,000 after acquiring an additional 1,109,483 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2,877.9% in the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,051,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $18,077,000 after acquiring an additional 1,016,286 shares in the last quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.0% in the 3rd quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 883,850 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $10,827,000 after acquiring an additional 50,173 shares in the last quarter. Finally, RWC Asset Management LLP acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $10,745,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have commented on the company. StockNews.com raised 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 research note on Thursday, May 23rd. UBS Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $20.00 to $22.90 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, May 17th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 28th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $21.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 1.1 %

NYSE YPF opened at $20.77 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $8.17 billion, a PE ratio of -8.11 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. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $21.70 and its 200 day simple moving average is $19.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.95 and a quick ratio of 0.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 9th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.68. The firm had revenue of $4.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.16 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 20.70% and a negative net margin of 5.78%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About YPF Sociedad Anónima

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.