Marshall Wace LLP Acquires 199,304 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Marshall Wace LLP grew its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 72.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 473,498 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after purchasing an additional 199,304 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP owned about 0.12% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $20,128,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Advisors Preferred LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at about $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $94,000 after buying an additional 1,251 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $103,000 after buying an additional 336 shares during 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. increased its position in 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 worth $163,000 after acquiring an additional 1,119 shares during the period. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Hsbc Global Res upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, HSBC upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and upped their price target for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research report 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 data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 1.2 %

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock traded down $0.40 on Thursday, hitting $32.26. The company had a trading volume of 1,519,935 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,115,239. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $33.82 and a 200-day moving average of $35.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.29, 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 current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly 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). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. The business had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. Research analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current year.

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.