YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) Position Increased by Duquesne Family Office LLC

Duquesne Family Office LLC raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 292.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,687,716 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after buying an additional 1,257,616 shares during the quarter. YPF Sociedad Anónima comprises 1.9% of Duquesne Family Office LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest position. Duquesne Family Office LLC owned approximately 0.43% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $71,745,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of YPF. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares during the period. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth approximately $44,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% during the 4th 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 purchasing an additional 1,119 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $94,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.4% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 21,570 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $917,000 after purchasing an additional 2,215 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

NYSE YPF traded up $2.10 on Monday, reaching $34.80. 2,283,115 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,102,294. The company has a market cap of $13.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.56, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $32.52 and its 200 day simple moving average is $36.21. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12 month low of $16.18 and a 12 month high of $47.43.

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) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). The company had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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, research analysts predict 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.