LPL Financial LLC Increases Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF

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LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 208.0% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 66,444 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after acquiring an additional 44,874 shares during the quarter. LPL Financial LLC's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima were worth $2,328,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Diversify Advisory Services LLC boosted its position 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 valued at $503,000 after acquiring an additional 1,745 shares in the last quarter. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC boosted its position in 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 acquiring an additional 1,401 shares in the last quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 14.1% during the 1st quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 50,208 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $1,759,000 after acquiring an additional 6,221 shares in the last quarter. GF Fund Management CO. LTD. bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $1,930,000. Finally, North of South Capital LLP boosted its position in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 12.2% during the 1st quarter. North of South Capital LLP now owns 1,387,350 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $48,613,000 after acquiring an additional 150,366 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently commented on YPF shares. Wall Street Zen raised YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, June 27th. Citigroup raised YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price target 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 issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $43.92.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Up 0.3%

NYSE YPF traded up $0.0970 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $31.7670. The stock had a trading volume of 1,434,125 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,409,158. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 1 year low of $20.79 and a 1 year high of $47.43. The stock has a market cap of $12.49 billion, a PE ratio of 10.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 1.79. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $32.96 and a 200 day moving average price of $33.75. 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 (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). YPF Sociedad Anonima had a return on equity of 12.39% and a net margin of 6.32%.The firm had revenue of $3.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.37 million. On average, research analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current year.

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.