Quantbot Technologies LP Has $1.68 Million Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Quantbot Technologies LP trimmed its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 29.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 79,161 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 32,295 shares during the period. Quantbot Technologies LP’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,679,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Ping Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the second quarter valued at about $51,676,000. Encompass Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.9% in the 2nd quarter. Encompass Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,168,919 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $23,519,000 after buying an additional 168,919 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6,194.9% during the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 947,260 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $19,059,000 after buying an additional 932,212 shares during the period. Discovery Capital Management LLC CT grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.9% during the 2nd quarter. Discovery Capital Management LLC CT now owns 745,379 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $14,997,000 after acquiring an additional 48,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Duquesne Family Office LLC acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $12,845,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on YPF shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Jefferies Financial Group raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. Citigroup cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their price target for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday. Bank of America lifted their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $28.94.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 1.4 %

NYSE YPF opened at $40.25 on Friday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $14.53 and a one year high of $42.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $27.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of $23.49. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.06, a P/E/G ratio of 0.14 and a beta of 1.78.

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.