XTX Topco Ltd Takes Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

XTX Topco Ltd purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 64,242 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,293,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Cetera Advisors LLC raised its position 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 acquiring an additional 1,066 shares during the last quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.2% during the 2nd quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 20,181 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $406,000 after purchasing an additional 1,186 shares during the last quarter. Claro Advisors LLC lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 7.1% in the 1st quarter. Claro Advisors LLC now owns 18,555 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $367,000 after buying an additional 1,226 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, Transcendent Capital Group LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the first quarter worth $28,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently issued reports on YPF shares. Bank of America upped their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday. StockNews.com raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 12th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research report on Friday, August 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 25th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $25.37.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $23.66 on Friday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1 year low of $9.57 and a 1 year high of $24.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.93. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $21.42 and a 200 day moving average price of $21.05. The company has a market cap of $9.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.24, a PEG ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.81.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.90. The company had revenue of $4.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.59 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 4.57% and a positive return on equity of 22.86%. Sell-side analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.68 earnings per share for the current 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.