Atria Investments Inc Sells 5,053 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF

Atria Investments Inc lowered its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) by 20.5% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 19,596 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 5,053 shares during the quarter. Atria Investments Inc’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima were worth $616,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Ping Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 88.9% in the second quarter. Ping Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,482,200 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $46,615,000 after acquiring an additional 697,600 shares during the period. Duquesne Family Office LLC boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 23.0% in the 1st quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC now owns 2,075,390 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $72,722,000 after purchasing an additional 387,674 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 24.7% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,179,942 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $41,345,000 after purchasing an additional 233,983 shares during the period. Graham Capital Management L.P. increased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 1,933.0% during the 1st quarter. Graham Capital Management L.P. now owns 150,221 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $5,264,000 after purchasing an additional 142,832 shares during the period. Finally, Alberta Investment Management Corp raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 42.4% during the first quarter. Alberta Investment Management Corp now owns 329,295 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $11,538,000 after buying an additional 98,124 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on YPF shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on YPF Sociedad Anonima from $47.00 to $44.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Zacks Research upgraded YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anonima has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $43.60.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Price Performance

YPF Sociedad Anonima stock opened at $36.30 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $28.37 and a 200 day simple moving average of $31.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.75 and a quick ratio of 0.55. The company has a market capitalization of $14.28 billion, a PE ratio of 11.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.83 and a beta of 1.73. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a one year low of $22.82 and a one year high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $3.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.55 billion. YPF Sociedad Anonima had a return on equity of 12.39% and a net margin of 6.32%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About YPF Sociedad Anonima

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.