Barclays PLC Grows Stock Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Barclays PLC increased its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 53.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 30,642 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after acquiring an additional 10,720 shares during the period. Barclays PLC's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,303,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of YPF. William Blair Investment Management LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $45,664,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position 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 valued at $46,395,000 after purchasing an additional 840,842 shares during the last quarter. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $15,111,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth approximately $14,394,000. Finally, Axiom Investors LLC DE purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $9,165,000. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised 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. StockNews.com cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. HSBC raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and upped their target price for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock traded up $1.06 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $31.90. The company had a trading volume of 1,149,971 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,100,464. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43. The firm has a market cap of $12.55 billion, a PE ratio of 16.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $32.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $36.00.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last released 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 company had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.86 billion. On average, analysts anticipate 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.