Truist Financial Corp Invests $243,000 in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Truist Financial Corp bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 5,708 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $243,000.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Advisors Preferred LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth approximately $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $94,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares during the period. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth approximately $128,000. Finally, Activest Wealth Management bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth approximately $144,000. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Down 2.1 %

Shares of YPF stock opened at $33.41 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $40.08 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $33.00. The company has a market cap of $13.14 billion, a PE ratio of 16.87, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.88. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $16.18 and a fifty-two week high of $47.43. 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 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.