Federated Hermes Inc. Makes New Investment in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Federated Hermes Inc. purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 9,280 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $394,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of YPF. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised 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 last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in shares of 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 valued at $103,000 after buying an additional 336 shares during the period. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth about $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its stake in 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 period. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have commented on YPF shares. Hsbc Global Res upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. StockNews.com cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of 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. Finally, HSBC raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 1.8 %

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock traded up $0.58 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $33.58. 769,815 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,143,274. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $33.91 and a 200-day moving average price of $35.56. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.96, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. 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 has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. Sell-side analysts anticipate 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.