Cetera Investment Advisers Decreases Stock Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Cetera Investment Advisers trimmed its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 13.3% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 55,038 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 8,416 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers’ holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $2,340,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Advisors Preferred LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Blue Trust Inc. increased its position 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 valued at $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $128,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% during 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 purchasing an additional 1,119 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $203,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently weighed in on YPF. Hsbc Global Res raised YPF Sociedad Anónima to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. StockNews.com downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, HSBC raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and boosted 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 assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $35.86 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $32.82 and its two-hundred day moving average is $36.59. The company has a market capitalization of $14.10 billion, a PE ratio of 18.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $16.18 and a 52 week high of $47.43.

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

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.