Wellington Management Group LLP Invests $2.55 Million in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Wellington Management Group LLP bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 59,943 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $2,548,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. North of South Capital LLP increased its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 18.3% during the fourth 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 acquiring an additional 191,486 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 335.6% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,091,392 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $46,395,000 after purchasing an additional 840,842 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth approximately $45,664,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth about $14,394,000. Finally, Fourth Sail Capital LP purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth $5,667,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 2.6 %

NYSE YPF traded up $0.84 during trading on Thursday, hitting $33.33. The stock had a trading volume of 242,476 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,115,745. The company's 50-day moving average price is $34.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $35.16. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12 month low of $16.18 and a 12 month high of $47.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. The company has a market capitalization of $13.11 billion, a PE ratio of 16.89, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) EPS 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 company had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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