Capital Wealth Planning LLC Cuts Stock Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Capital Wealth Planning LLC lowered its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 51.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 44,173 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 47,681 shares during the quarter. Capital Wealth Planning LLC's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $759,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of YPF. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 93.5% during the third quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 16,056 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $197,000 after purchasing an additional 7,760 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. grew its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 3.3% in the third quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 44,780 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $549,000 after purchasing an additional 1,414 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp increased its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 46.9% in the third quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 17,263 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $201,000 after buying an additional 5,509 shares during the last quarter. Helikon Investments Ltd raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 18.5% during the third quarter. Helikon Investments Ltd now owns 11,823,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $144,837,000 after buying an additional 1,845,105 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $187,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:YPF traded down $0.20 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $23.44. The stock had a trading volume of 1,503,412 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,348,871. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 0.95. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $20.91 and its 200 day simple moving average is $17.61. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.16 and a beta of 1.86. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1-year low of $9.57 and a 1-year high of $24.76.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.95 by ($0.95). The company had revenue of $4.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 5.78% and a positive return on equity of 20.70%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.45 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

YPF has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and boosted their price target for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 17th. UBS Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and increased their target price for the stock from $18.00 to $27.00 in a report on Thursday, February 22nd. StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 16th. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $20.00 to $22.90 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $21.07.

About YPF Sociedad Anónima

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.