YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF Shares Sold by Russell Investments Group Ltd.

Key Points

• Russell Investments Group Ltd. reduced its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 19.5%, selling 130,086 shares during the 1st quarter, leaving it with 537,043 shares valued at approximately $18.8 million.
• Despite the reduction in shares, several other hedge funds increased their positions significantly in YPF, with a standout increase of 742.6% by Sunbelt Securities Inc..
• YPF reported a missed earnings estimate for the last quarter, with earnings per share (EPS) of $0.13 compared to the expected $0.56, while forecasting an average EPS of 7.25 for the current year.

Russell Investments Group Ltd. reduced its position in YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 19.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 537,043 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 130,086 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. owned 0.14% of YPF Sociedad Anonima worth $18,818,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 5.4% in the first quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 11,459 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $402,000 after acquiring an additional 582 shares in the last quarter. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 29.0% during the 1st quarter. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC now owns 6,234 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $218,000 after purchasing an additional 1,401 shares during the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 742.6% in the 1st quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 1,938 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $68,000 after purchasing an additional 1,708 shares in the last quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC grew its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 13.8% during the 1st quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 14,354 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $503,000 after buying an additional 1,745 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 11.4% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 21,570 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $917,000 after buying an additional 2,215 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Performance

YPF stock traded down $1.7880 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $31.9520. 1,811,957 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,426,152. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.75 and a quick ratio of 0.55. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 1 year low of $20.42 and a 1 year high of $47.43. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $33.23 and its 200 day simple moving average is $33.90. The company has a market cap of $12.57 billion, a PE ratio of 10.31, a P/E/G ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.79.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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%. On average, equities analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have weighed in on YPF. Wall Street Zen raised YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, June 27th. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $44.00 to $48.00 in a research report on Monday, May 19th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anonima currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $43.92.

YPF Sociedad Anonima 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.