JPMorgan Chase & Co. Has $46.40 Million Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 335.6% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,091,392 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after acquiring an additional 840,842 shares during the quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. owned 0.28% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $46,395,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of YPF. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $94,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% during the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $163,000 after buying an additional 1,119 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised 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 cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $42.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 8.6 %

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock traded up $2.38 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $29.96. 3,342,024 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,112,545. The company has a market cap of $11.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $16.18 and a 52 week high of $47.43. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $34.61 and its 200 day simple moving average is $35.03. 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 posted its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). The company had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. Equities analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.