Strategic Financial Concepts LLC Buys Shares of 68,866 YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Strategic Financial Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 68,866 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $2,927,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at about $205,000. Activest Wealth Management boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 685.4% in the fourth quarter. Activest Wealth Management now owns 53,272 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $2,265,000 after acquiring an additional 46,489 shares during the period. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,244,000. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Finally, Deltec Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 42.1% in the fourth quarter. Deltec Asset Management LLC now owns 13,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $574,000 after acquiring an additional 4,000 shares during the period. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on YPF shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and lifted their target price for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 20th. UBS Group restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $38.00 target price (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Bank of America upgraded 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 report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $39.16.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

NYSE:YPF traded up $0.33 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $37.49. 975,802 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,171,757. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43. The company has a market capitalization of $14.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.87, a P/E/G ratio of 0.17 and a beta of 1.88. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $41.81 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $31.77. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Company 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.