Barclays PLC Boosts Stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Barclays PLC boosted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 53.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 30,642 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after purchasing 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.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position 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 acquiring an additional 336 shares during the last quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at $44,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in 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 increased its stake in shares of 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 worth $94,000 after buying an additional 1,251 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.4% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 21,570 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $917,000 after purchasing an additional 2,215 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

YPF stock opened at $29.04 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $11.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.67, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $32.94 and a two-hundred day moving average of $35.94. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12 month low of $16.18 and a 12 month high of $47.43. 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 issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). The business had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal 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.

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