B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. Sells 9,500 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. trimmed its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 18.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 41,800 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after selling 9,500 shares during the period. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $900,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in YPF. ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter valued at about $318,000. Dorsey Wright & Associates lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% during the third quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 258,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,481,000 after acquiring an additional 28,617 shares during the last quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 6.7% in the third quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 47,348 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,004,000 after acquiring an additional 2,992 shares in the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth $4,539,000. Finally, Mirabella Financial Services LLP lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 59.7% during the 3rd quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP now owns 128,483 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $2,725,000 after purchasing an additional 48,025 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

YPF has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday. Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their target price for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $34.23.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $44.88 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $32.07 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $25.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $14.53 and a fifty-two week high of $45.97. The company has a market cap of $17.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.13 and a beta of 1.94.

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.