Banco Santander S.A. Buys Shares of 13,433 YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Banco Santander S.A. bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 13,433 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $270,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Blue Trust Inc. bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the second quarter worth $26,000. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at about $185,000. Cetera Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2.6% during the first quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 42,492 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $841,000 after purchasing an additional 1,066 shares during the period. Virtu Financial LLC lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.9% during the 1st quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 30,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $606,000 after purchasing an additional 1,424 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Caxton Associates LP acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $3,760,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 3.4 %

YPF stock traded up $0.73 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $22.46. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,453,438 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,147,041. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $20.41 and its 200 day moving average price is $20.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.93 and a quick ratio of 0.73. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $9.57 and a twelve month high of $24.76. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.83 billion, a P/E ratio of -8.49, a PEG ratio of 0.09 and a beta of 1.89.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have commented on YPF. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 28th. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 12th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 23rd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $22.18.

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.