Diversify Advisory Services LLC Cuts Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Diversify Advisory Services LLC decreased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 23.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 12,609 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 3,788 shares during the quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $578,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of YPF. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $94,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $5,314,000 after buying an additional 230,001 shares during the last quarter. ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter valued at about $318,000. Dorsey Wright & Associates grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% in the third quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 258,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $5,481,000 after acquiring an additional 28,617 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Insigneo Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.7% during the third quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 47,348 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,004,000 after acquiring an additional 2,992 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF stock opened at $43.33 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $41.34 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $29.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $14.94 and a one year high of $47.43. The company has a market capitalization of $17.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.88, a P/E/G ratio of 0.20 and a beta of 1.91.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Company 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.