374,276 Shares in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Acquired by D1 Capital Partners L.P.

D1 Capital Partners L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 374,276 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $15,910,000. D1 Capital Partners L.P. owned 0.10% of YPF Sociedad Anónima as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 335.6% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,091,392 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $46,395,000 after purchasing an additional 840,842 shares during the period. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth approximately $2,927,000. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth approximately $2,244,000. Fourth Sail Capital LP purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth approximately $5,667,000. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 336 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Hsbc Global Res raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. HSBC raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and raised their target price for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 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 research note on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and raised their target price for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 0.7 %

YPF traded down $0.23 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $31.22. 470,336 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,118,101. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $33.50 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $35.89. The company has a market cap of $12.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.77, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $16.18 and a fifty-two week high of $47.43. 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 (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 firm had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. As a group, analysts forecast 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.