BNP Paribas Financial Markets Boosts Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 2,092.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 945,959 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after acquiring an additional 902,815 shares during the quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets owned 0.24% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $40,213,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth $89,009,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at about $45,664,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 335.6% during the 4th 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 acquiring an additional 840,842 shares during the period. Lord Abbett & CO. LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth approximately $24,953,000. Finally, D1 Capital Partners L.P. purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth approximately $15,910,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 0.6 %

Shares of YPF opened at $30.37 on Thursday. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1-year low of $16.18 and a 1-year high of $47.43. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $32.61 and its 200-day moving average price is $35.96. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.34, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last issued 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). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. The company had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.86 billion. Sell-side analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current 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.

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