Encompass Capital Advisors LLC Reduces Stock Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Encompass Capital Advisors LLC reduced its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 27.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,000,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after selling 371,953 shares during the period. YPF Sociedad Anónima accounts for about 1.6% of Encompass Capital Advisors LLC's holdings, making the stock its 22nd biggest holding. Encompass Capital Advisors LLC owned 0.25% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $42,510,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. FORA Capital LLC purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $3,002,000. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,488,000. Duquesne Family Office LLC raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 292.4% during the 4th quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC now owns 1,687,716 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $71,745,000 after buying an additional 1,257,616 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 107.6% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 198,416 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $8,435,000 after buying an additional 102,838 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2,092.6% during the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 945,959 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $40,213,000 after buying an additional 902,815 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

YPF has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. StockNews.com downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. HSBC raised 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 report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res raised YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a report 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

NYSE YPF traded up $0.47 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $36.38. The stock had a trading volume of 2,000,819 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,188,315. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52-week low of $16.18 and a 52-week high of $47.43. The company has a market cap of $14.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.37, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $32.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $36.28. 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 announced its 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 company had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. Equities analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS 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.