DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main Takes Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 35,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $1,488,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $5,314,000 after purchasing an additional 230,001 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC increased 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 purchasing an additional 1,251 shares in the last quarter. Systrade AG increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 80.0% during the fourth quarter. Systrade AG now owns 45,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $1,913,000 after acquiring an additional 20,000 shares in the last quarter. Legal Advantage Investments Inc. bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth about $213,000. Finally, DGS Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth about $206,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF stock traded down $0.09 during trading on Friday, hitting $35.69. 623,715 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,187,262. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $16.18 and a 52 week high of $47.43. 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 business has a fifty day simple moving average of $32.74 and a 200 day simple moving average of $36.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.02, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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). The company had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 expect 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.