Amundi Sells 1,573 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF

Amundi lessened its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) by 2.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 57,228 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 1,573 shares during the period. Amundi’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima were worth $1,920,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Voloridge Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 41.8% in the 4th quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 1,587,869 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $67,500,000 after acquiring an additional 467,793 shares during the last quarter. North of South Capital LLP raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 12.2% in the 1st quarter. North of South Capital LLP now owns 1,387,350 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $48,613,000 after acquiring an additional 150,366 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 24.7% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,179,942 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $41,345,000 after acquiring an additional 233,983 shares during the last quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 24.9% in the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 983,901 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $41,826,000 after acquiring an additional 196,037 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alberta Investment Management Corp raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 42.4% in the 1st quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp now owns 329,295 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $11,538,000 after acquiring an additional 98,124 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

YPF has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Citigroup upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $44.00 to $48.00 in a report on Monday, May 19th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, June 27th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anonima has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $46.70.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Trading Down 4.0%

Shares of YPF stock opened at $27.08 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $31.72 and a 200-day moving average of $32.98. The company has a quick ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 12-month low of $21.01 and a 12-month high of $47.43. The firm has a market cap of $10.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.74, a PEG ratio of 0.55 and a beta of 1.91.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by ($0.43). YPF Sociedad Anonima had a return on equity of 12.39% and a net margin of 6.32%.The company had revenue of $3.47 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.37 million. Sell-side analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current year.

YPF Sociedad Anonima 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.