Envestnet Asset Management Inc. Reduces Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lessened its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 37.2% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 64,483 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 38,238 shares during the quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc.'s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $2,741,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the 4th 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. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth about $44,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% in 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. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position 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 worth $94,000 after acquiring an additional 1,251 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.4% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 21,570 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $917,000 after acquiring an additional 2,215 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

YPF has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. HSBC upgraded shares of 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, April 14th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF traded down $0.57 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $31.43. 1,267,468 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,113,202. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1-year low of $16.18 and a 1-year 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 50 day moving average of $33.50 and a 200-day moving average of $35.89. The stock has a market cap of $12.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. The business had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.86 billion. Analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

YPF Sociedad Anónima 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.