Blue Trust Inc. Acquires 336 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 16.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after purchasing an additional 336 shares during the quarter. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $103,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,685.6% during the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 312,293 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $6,624,000 after buying an additional 294,803 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,314,000 after acquiring an additional 230,001 shares during the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth about $4,539,000. Mirabella Financial Services LLP boosted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 59.7% during the third quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP now owns 128,483 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $2,725,000 after purchasing an additional 48,025 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dorsey Wright & Associates grew its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% in the third quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 258,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,481,000 after purchasing an additional 28,617 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on YPF shares. Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. StockNews.com raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price objective (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $39.16.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

NYSE:YPF opened at $39.29 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $14.94 and a fifty-two week high of $47.43. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $42.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $30.76. The company has a market capitalization of $15.45 billion, a PE ratio of 19.84, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.88.

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.