Crocodile Capital Partners GmbH Makes New Investment in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Crocodile Capital Partners GmbH acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 30,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $1,051,000. YPF Sociedad Anónima comprises 1.4% of Crocodile Capital Partners GmbH's investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest position.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of YPF. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 3,099.7% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 70,746 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $2,479,000 after acquiring an additional 68,535 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at about $2,548,000. Voloridge Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.8% in the 4th quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 1,587,869 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $67,500,000 after purchasing an additional 467,793 shares in the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at $298,000. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 24.9% in the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 983,901 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $41,826,000 after buying an additional 196,037 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock traded up $0.70 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $35.32. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,231,689 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,090,395. 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 has a market capitalization of $13.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $16.18 and a one year high of $47.43. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $32.95 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $37.13.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. The firm had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate 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.