Aigen Investment Management LP Reduces Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Aigen Investment Management LP trimmed its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 65.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 10,406 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 19,377 shares during the period. Aigen Investment Management LP's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $442,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at about $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during 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. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $103,000 after buying an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $128,000. Finally, Activest Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at $144,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

YPF has been the subject of a number of research reports. Citigroup downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and boosted their target price for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. StockNews.com raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their target price for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. UBS Group restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $38.00 price objective (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $39.16.

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YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF traded up $0.25 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $31.81. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,333,207 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,123,106. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.06, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $47.43. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $39.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is $33.32. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly 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). The company had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS 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.