AdvisorShares Investments LLC Sells 24,860 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

AdvisorShares Investments LLC lowered its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 47.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 27,855 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 24,860 shares during the period. AdvisorShares Investments LLC's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,184,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Advisors Preferred LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth approximately $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in 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 valued at $94,000 after buying an additional 1,251 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in 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 last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% during 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 last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock traded down $0.20 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $29.04. 1,752,451 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,106,401. 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 market cap of $11.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $32.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $35.86. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $16.18 and a 52 week high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. Equities analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. StockNews.com downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, HSBC upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $40.73.

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.