Avos Capital Management LLC Buys Shares of 13,919 YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF)

Key Points

• Avos Capital Management LLC has made a new investment of approximately $488,000 in YPF Sociedad Anonima, acquiring 13,919 shares of the company.
• YPF's stock has a market capitalization of $13.49 billion and is currently rated as a "Moderate Buy", with a price target averaging $43.92 by Wall Street analysts.
• Despite strong revenue reports, YPF Sociedad Anonima missed earnings estimates by $0.43 in its latest quarterly earnings, reporting an EPS of $0.13.

Avos Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 13,919 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $488,000. YPF Sociedad Anonima accounts for approximately 0.3% of Avos Capital Management LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 28th biggest holding.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 742.6% during the first quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 1,938 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $68,000 after buying an additional 1,708 shares during the period. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 29.0% during the first quarter. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC now owns 6,234 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $218,000 after buying an additional 1,401 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 253.5% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 5,730 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $244,000 after buying an additional 4,109 shares during the period. NorthRock Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima during the fourth quarter valued at about $259,000. Finally, Vident Advisory LLC purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima during the fourth quarter valued at about $298,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on YPF. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, June 27th. HSBC raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Finally, Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $44.00 to $48.00 in a research note on Monday, May 19th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $43.92.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:YPF traded down $0.39 on Tuesday, reaching $33.91. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,274,460 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,442,536. The company has a market cap of $13.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.94, a PEG ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 1.79. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 52-week low of $20.42 and a 52-week high of $47.43. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $33.37 and a 200 day simple moving average of $34.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.75.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by ($0.43). The firm had revenue of $3.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.37 million. YPF Sociedad Anonima had a return on equity of 12.39% and a net margin of 6.32%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

YPF Sociedad Anonima 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.