Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC Purchases Shares of 355,476 YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 355,476 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $15,111,000. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC owned approximately 0.09% of YPF Sociedad Anónima at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in the fourth 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. Advisors Preferred LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at about $44,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% in the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $163,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $94,000 after buying an additional 1,251 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.4% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 21,570 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $917,000 after buying an additional 2,215 shares during the period. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 1.6 %

Shares of YPF traded up $0.51 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $33.00. 1,411,002 shares of the company's stock traded hands, 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 firm's fifty day moving average is $34.24 and its 200-day moving average is $35.16. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. 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.

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