Compound Planning Inc. Takes Position in YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF

Key Points

• Compound Planning Inc. acquired 11,740 shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima for approximately $411,000, marking a significant investment in the oil and gas exploration company.
• YPF has seen an uptick in hedge fund activity, with major firms like Hsbc Holdings PLC and Fox Run Management increasing their stakes significantly during the first quarter.
• Analysts predict a favorable outlook for YPF, with Citigroup upgrading the stock from "neutral" to "buy" and setting a new price target of $48.00, while the consensus rating remains a "Moderate Buy."

Compound Planning Inc. purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 11,740 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $411,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 26.6% in 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 last quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 292.4% in 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 during the last quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima 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 buying an additional 467,793 shares during the last quarter. North of South Capital LLP boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 12.2% in the 1st quarter. North of South Capital LLP now owns 1,387,350 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $48,613,000 after buying an additional 150,366 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP boosted its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 24.9% in the 4th 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 last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, June 27th. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their price objective for the company from $44.00 to $48.00 in a report on Monday, May 19th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $46.70.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Performance

NYSE YPF traded down $0.32 during trading on Monday, hitting $30.52. 1,788,921 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,642,034. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.84, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 1.91. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 12-month low of $21.01 and a 12-month high of $47.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.75. The business has a 50 day moving average of $32.42 and a 200-day moving average of $33.44.

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

YPF Sociedad Anonima 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.