B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. Has $1.12 Million Stock Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 37.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 26,300 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 15,500 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc.'s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,118,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at $44,000. Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in the 4th 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 last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth about $128,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% during the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $163,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth about $203,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on YPF. Wall Street Zen downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. HSBC raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and raised their price target for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Hsbc Global Res raised YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Finally, Citigroup raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their price target for the stock from $44.00 to $48.00 in a research note on Monday, May 19th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $41.30.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF stock traded down $0.81 during trading on Friday, reaching $35.45. The company had a trading volume of 3,080,217 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,102,271. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $33.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $37.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43. The company has a market capitalization of $13.94 billion, a PE ratio of 17.90, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). The business had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. Sell-side analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current year.

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.