YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Shares Purchased by Headlands Technologies LLC

Headlands Technologies LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 938.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 26,281 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after buying an additional 23,749 shares during the quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,117,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in 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 acquiring an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its holdings 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 valued at $163,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the fourth 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 in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.4% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 21,570 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $917,000 after buying an additional 2,215 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Down 10.7 %

YPF stock traded down $3.58 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $29.97. 5,314,025 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,083,481. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12-month low of $16.18 and a 12-month high of $47.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.13, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $36.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $34.86. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have recently commented on YPF. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and raised their price target for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $42.02.

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.