YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Shares Sold by Townsquare Capital LLC

Townsquare Capital LLC trimmed its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 34.5% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 30,203 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 15,935 shares during the quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,284,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. LSV Asset Management grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 24.1% in the fourth quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 218,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $9,288,000 after purchasing an additional 42,500 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth about $2,513,000. FIL Ltd bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at about $585,000. Federated Hermes Inc. acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at about $394,000. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth about $203,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE YPF opened at $33.00 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $34.24 and its 200 day simple moving average is $35.16. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.67, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52-week low of $16.18 and a 52-week high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. The company had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.86 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently issued reports on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Hsbc Global Res raised YPF Sociedad Anónima to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday. HSBC raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research note on Monday. Finally, StockNews.com cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $40.73.

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.