Atlas Capital Advisors LLC Has $373,000 Stock Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Atlas Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 98.9% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 18,819 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,356 shares during the quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $373,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter valued at $171,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth about $270,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 458,781 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,622,000 after buying an additional 6,186 shares during the period. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 15.6% in the 3rd quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 69,975 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $857,000 after buying an additional 9,440 shares during the period. Finally, Banque Pictet & Cie SA bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,299,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 2.1 %

Shares of YPF stock opened at $20.71 on Friday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52-week low of $9.57 and a 52-week high of $24.76. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $21.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $19.20. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 9th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.68. The company had revenue of $4.31 billion during 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 6.12 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.