Capital Wealth Planning LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Capital Wealth Planning LLC trimmed its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 68.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 35,801 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 76,170 shares during the quarter. Capital Wealth Planning LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,522,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Advisors Preferred LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $44,000. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% in 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 during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% in the 4th 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 last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of 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 worth $163,000 after buying an additional 1,119 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on YPF. UBS Group reissued 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of 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 report on Friday, January 10th. Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 24th. Finally, Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $39.16.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 1.5 %

Shares of YPF opened at $34.98 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $40.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $32.66. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $47.43. The stock has a market cap of $13.76 billion, a PE ratio of 17.67, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.88. 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 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.