231,432 Shares in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Purchased by Glenorchy Capital Ltd

Glenorchy Capital Ltd acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 231,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,978,000. YPF Sociedad Anónima makes up about 1.5% of Glenorchy Capital Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. Barclays PLC raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 8,333.3% in the 2nd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 5,060 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $75,000 after purchasing an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at about $135,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at about $171,000. Finally, JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at about $187,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

YPF has been the subject of several analyst reports. Morgan Stanley raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 17th. UBS Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. StockNews.com downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 16th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $17.40 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 18th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $20.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 0.4 %

YPF traded up $0.08 on Tuesday, reaching $20.87. 1,562,498 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,350,929. The company’s 50 day moving average is $18.97 and its 200-day moving average is $16.27. The company has a market cap of $8.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.22 and a beta of 1.90. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $9.57 and a twelve month high of $22.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 0.90.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.95 by ($0.95). The business had revenue of $4.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 17.33% and a negative net margin of 7.58%. Equities analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.14 earnings per share for the current year.

YPF Sociedad Anónima 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, natural gas, and NGLs. The company's downstream operations include the refining, marketing, and distribution of oil and petroleum products, as well as petroleum derivatives, such as petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, non-fossil fuels, biofuels, and related components; and production of hydrocarbons electric power.