YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF Shares Acquired by LPL Financial LLC

LPL Financial LLC lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) by 208.0% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 66,444 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after acquiring an additional 44,874 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima were worth $2,328,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 3,099.7% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 70,746 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $2,479,000 after purchasing an additional 68,535 shares during the last quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 191.0% during the first quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 153,616 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,382,000 after buying an additional 100,820 shares during the last quarter. FORA Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima in the 4th quarter valued at $3,002,000. Barclays PLC raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 53.8% in the 4th quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 30,642 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,303,000 after acquiring an additional 10,720 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 107.6% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 198,416 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $8,435,000 after acquiring an additional 102,838 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on YPF. Wall Street Zen raised YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, June 27th. Citigroup upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $44.00 to $48.00 in a report on Monday, May 19th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $43.92.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Up 2.2%

YPF Sociedad Anonima stock opened at $33.71 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $33.32 and its 200 day moving average price is $33.92. The company has a quick ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67. The firm has a market cap of $13.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 1.79. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 52 week low of $20.42 and a 52 week high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by ($0.43). YPF Sociedad Anonima had a return on equity of 12.39% and a net margin of 6.32%. The company had revenue of $3.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.37 million. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current 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.