Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. Takes Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 3,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $128,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of YPF. Squarepoint Ops LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 2nd quarter worth $6,890,000. Dark Forest Capital Management LP bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter worth about $263,000. Scientech Research LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 2nd quarter valued at about $418,000. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 43.3% in the 2nd quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 51,300 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,032,000 after purchasing an additional 15,500 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. lifted its position 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 purchasing an additional 771 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Down 3.5 %

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $39.54 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $42.04 and a 200 day moving average price of $29.85. The company has a market capitalization of $15.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.20 and a beta of 1.91. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $14.94 and a 52 week high of $47.43. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

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.