Insigneo Advisory Services LLC Has $1.63 Million Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Insigneo Advisory Services LLC lessened its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 18.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 38,436 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 8,912 shares during the quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,634,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $94,000 after acquiring an additional 1,251 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in 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 acquiring an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at about $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its stake 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 purchasing an additional 1,119 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 1.6 %

Shares of YPF stock traded up $0.51 during trading on Friday, hitting $33.00. 1,411,002 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,120,223. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $34.14 and its 200 day simple moving average is $35.24. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $47.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.67, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. 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 (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 net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. The company had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. As a group, analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and raised their target price for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. StockNews.com cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. HSBC upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and increased their price target for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $40.73.

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.