Quantbot Technologies LP Decreases Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF

Key Points

• Quantbot Technologies LP has reduced its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 68.1%, owning 9,631 shares valued at $337,000 after selling 20,522 shares in the first quarter.
• Analysts have upgraded YPF shares, with Citigroup moving its rating from "neutral" to "buy" and raising the price target from $44.00 to $48.00.
• YPF Sociedad Anonima reported a missed EPS estimate of $0.13, falling short of the consensus of $0.56, with revenues of $3.47 million for the quarter.

Quantbot Technologies LP decreased its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 68.1% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,631 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 20,522 shares during the period. Quantbot Technologies LP's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima were worth $337,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 742.6% in the first quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 1,938 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $68,000 after buying an additional 1,708 shares in the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima in the first quarter worth about $89,000. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 29.0% in the first quarter. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC now owns 6,234 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $218,000 after buying an additional 1,401 shares in the last quarter. LGT Group Foundation purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima in the first quarter worth about $238,000. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 253.5% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 5,730 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $244,000 after buying an additional 4,109 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

YPF has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their price target for the stock from $44.00 to $48.00 in a report on Monday, May 19th. Wall Street Zen raised YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, June 27th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $46.70.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Price Performance

Shares of NYSE YPF traded down $0.32 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $30.52. 1,788,921 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,642,034. The company has a market cap of $12.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.84, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.91. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.55 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 business's fifty day moving average price is $32.42 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $33.44.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56 by ($0.43). The firm had revenue of $3.47 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.37 million. YPF Sociedad Anonima had a net margin of 6.32% and a return on equity of 12.39%. As a group, research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal 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.