FIL Ltd Makes New $585,000 Investment in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

FIL Ltd purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 13,680 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $585,000.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares during the period. Advisors Preferred LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth about $44,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% during the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $163,000 after acquiring an additional 1,119 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $94,000 after buying an additional 1,251 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.4% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 21,570 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $917,000 after purchasing an additional 2,215 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday. StockNews.com cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, HSBC raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock traded up $0.51 on Friday, hitting $33.00. 1,411,002 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,121,081. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1-year low of $16.18 and a 1-year high of $47.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $34.24 and a 200 day moving average price of $35.16. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. The business had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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, 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.