Raymond James Financial Inc. Buys Shares of 59,112 YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund bought 59,112 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,513,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $94,000 after buying an additional 1,251 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% in the fourth 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. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

YPF has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 target price (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $42.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $35.94 on Friday. 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 firm has a market cap of $14.14 billion, a PE ratio of 18.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $36.99 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $34.49.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last released its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). The business had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. As a group, research analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS 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.