Barclays PLC Has $422,000 Stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Barclays PLC reduced its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 33.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 19,922 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 9,938 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $422,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 771 shares during the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at about $63,000. Activest Wealth Management acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth about $144,000. Deltec Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth about $201,000. Finally, Dark Forest Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter valued at about $263,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $38.00 price objective (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. StockNews.com raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Citigroup lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Five research 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, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $34.23.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 1.2 %

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $44.06 on Friday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12 month low of $14.53 and a 12 month high of $45.97. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $37.16 and a 200 day simple moving average of $27.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The stock has a market cap of $17.33 billion, a PE ratio of 22.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.94.

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.