LWM Advisory Services LLC Makes New $492,000 Investment in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

LWM Advisory Services LLC 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 11,576 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $492,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of YPF. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $42,000 after acquiring an additional 771 shares during the period. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted 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 purchasing an additional 1,251 shares during the period. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth $128,000. Finally, Activest Wealth Management bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at $144,000. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF traded up $0.22 on Wednesday, hitting $35.64. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,246,242 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,166,067. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $41.01 and a 200 day moving average price of $32.53. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $16.18 and a fifty-two week high of $47.43. The company has a market capitalization of $14.02 billion, a PE ratio of 18.00, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

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.