YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Shares Sold by Globeflex Capital L P

Globeflex Capital L P reduced its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 39.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 299,315 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 192,184 shares during the quarter. YPF Sociedad Anónima makes up approximately 1.1% of Globeflex Capital L P's investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest position. Globeflex Capital L P owned approximately 0.08% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $12,724,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 230,001 shares in the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter worth approximately $4,539,000. North of South Capital LLP increased its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 18.3% during the 4th quarter. North of South Capital LLP now owns 1,236,984 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $52,584,000 after purchasing an additional 191,486 shares during the period. Fourth Sail Capital LP bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at $5,667,000. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth $2,927,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

YPF has been the topic of several research reports. Citigroup lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and raised their price target for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and set a $38.00 target price (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $39.16.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 4.9 %

YPF traded up $1.67 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $35.46. The stock had a trading volume of 1,673,055 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,095,531. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $38.30 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $33.84. 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 twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $47.43. The company has a market capitalization of $13.95 billion, a PE ratio of 17.91, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last posted 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). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. The business had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. On average, research analysts predict 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.