Axiom Investors LLC DE Acquires New Stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Axiom Investors LLC DE purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 215,590 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $9,165,000. Axiom Investors LLC DE owned about 0.05% of YPF Sociedad Anónima at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter valued at $4,539,000. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC grew its position 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 worth $1,004,000 after acquiring an additional 2,992 shares in the last quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates increased its stake 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 worth $5,481,000 after acquiring an additional 28,617 shares during the last quarter. ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $318,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $5,314,000 after purchasing an additional 230,001 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently issued reports on YPF shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and boosted their price target for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $42.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF stock traded down $3.26 on Friday, reaching $30.29. 3,143,195 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,089,228. 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 1 year low of $16.18 and a 1 year high of $47.43. The company has a market cap of $11.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.27, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $36.36 and a 200 day moving average price of $34.74.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). The firm had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. Equities research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.