B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. Sells 15,500 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. reduced its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 37.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & 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 SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. Advisors Preferred LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $44,000. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $103,000 after acquiring an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth about $128,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% in the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $163,000 after acquiring an additional 1,119 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth $203,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have issued reports on YPF. HSBC raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and upped their price target for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Citigroup upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their price objective for the company from $44.00 to $48.00 in a research note on Monday, May 19th. Wall Street Zen lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $41.30.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

NYSE:YPF traded down $0.81 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $35.45. 3,080,217 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,095,866. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $33.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $37.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.94 billion, a PE ratio of 17.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) EPS 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. Analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

YPF Sociedad Anónima 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.