LSV Asset Management Buys 42,500 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

LSV Asset Management grew its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 24.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 218,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after purchasing an additional 42,500 shares during the period. LSV Asset Management owned about 0.06% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $9,288,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in YPF. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth $2,513,000. FIL Ltd bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at about $585,000. Federated Hermes Inc. acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $394,000. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $203,000. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 253.5% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 5,730 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $244,000 after acquiring an additional 4,109 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

YPF has been the subject of several research analyst reports. StockNews.com downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. HSBC upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday. 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 report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 1.6 %

Shares of YPF stock traded up $0.51 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $33.00. 1,411,002 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,121,081. The company has a market cap of $12.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $34.24 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $35.16. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1-year low of $16.18 and a 1-year high of $47.43.

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) EPS 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 analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. On average, research analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS 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.