Raymond James Financial Inc. Invests $2.51 Million in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 59,112 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $2,513,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $94,000 after buying an additional 1,251 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $103,000 after buying an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased 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. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on YPF shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and lifted their target price for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, HSBC upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and upped their target price for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 2.8 %

NYSE YPF traded down $0.81 on Monday, reaching $28.29. The company had a trading volume of 344,669 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,090,206. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. The company's fifty day moving average is $32.94 and its 200-day moving average is $36.01. 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 has a 1-year low of $16.18 and a 1-year high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). The firm had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. On average, research analysts forecast 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.