EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC Purchases New Shares in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 9,864 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $419,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Advisors Preferred LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake 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 valued at $94,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake 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 valued at $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares during the period. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% in the 4th 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 acquiring an additional 1,119 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

YPF has been the subject of a number of research reports. UBS Group reiterated 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. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded 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 report on Friday, January 10th. StockNews.com downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $39.16.

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YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF traded up $1.67 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $35.46. The company had a trading volume of 1,673,055 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,095,531. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $47.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The company's 50-day moving average is $38.30 and its 200-day moving average is $33.84. The company has a market capitalization of $13.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.91, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last issued 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 company had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. On average, equities analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS 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, 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.