Strategic Financial Concepts LLC Purchases New Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Strategic Financial Concepts LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 68,866 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,927,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of YPF. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 771 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,685.6% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 312,293 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $6,624,000 after acquiring an additional 294,803 shares during the period. Deltec Asset Management LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth about $201,000. Diversify Wealth Management LLC increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 57,330 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,216,000 after purchasing an additional 2,608 shares during the period. Finally, Aigen Investment Management LP raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 105.2% in the 3rd quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP now owns 29,783 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $632,000 after purchasing an additional 15,266 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on YPF shares. Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price target (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $39.16.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF stock opened at $37.78 on Monday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $15.80 and a fifty-two week high of $47.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.08, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.88. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $42.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.04.

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.