Snowden Capital Advisors LLC Acquires Shares of 16,909 YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Snowden Capital Advisors LLC purchased 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 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 16,909 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $719,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. NorthRock Partners LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth approximately $259,000. Miura Global Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,551,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 26.6% during the 4th quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 2,145,571 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $91,208,000 after buying an additional 450,935 shares during the period. Glenorchy Capital Ltd grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 19.2% during the 4th quarter. Glenorchy Capital Ltd now owns 137,074 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $5,827,000 after buying an additional 22,096 shares during the period. Finally, FORA Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth approximately $3,002,000. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 0.5%

NYSE YPF traded up $0.19 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $36.12. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,451,761 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,112,656. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $32.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $36.73. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month 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 has a market capitalization of $14.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.24, a PEG 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) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. The business had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. Analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

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.