Aquatic Capital Management LLC Makes New $3.66 Million Investment in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Aquatic Capital Management LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 86,113 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $3,661,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of 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 valued at $46,395,000 after purchasing an additional 840,842 shares during the period. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at $2,927,000. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,244,000. Fourth Sail Capital LP acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth approximately $5,667,000. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $103,000 after buying an additional 336 shares during the period. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have commented on YPF shares. HSBC upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and upped their price objective for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a report 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. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 1.9 %

Shares of NYSE YPF traded down $0.57 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $29.24. 1,745,666 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,107,079. The company has a market cap of $11.50 billion, a PE ratio of 14.77, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $33.07 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $35.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data 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). The firm had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. On average, equities analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS 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.