Snowden Capital Advisors LLC Buys New Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Snowden Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 16,909 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $719,000.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. Systrade AG grew its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 20,000 shares during the period. Legal Advantage Investments Inc. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $213,000. DGS Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $206,000. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $103,000 after acquiring an additional 336 shares during the period. Finally, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $128,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently issued reports on YPF. HSBC raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and lifted their target price for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Hsbc Global Res raised YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Wall Street Zen lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $44.00 to $48.00 in a report on Monday, May 19th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $41.30.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE YPF traded up $0.38 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $36.50. The company had a trading volume of 1,072,625 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,105,205. The company has a market capitalization of $14.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.43, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. 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 stock's 50-day moving average price is $32.99 and its 200-day moving average price is $36.90.

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) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). The business had revenue of $4.75 billion during 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%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current year.

YPF Sociedad Anónima 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.