Insigneo Advisory Services LLC Boosts Position in YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF)

Insigneo Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 143.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 93,700 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after buying an additional 55,264 shares during the quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC's holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima were worth $3,283,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of YPF. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. increased its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 191.0% in the 1st quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 153,616 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $5,382,000 after buying an additional 100,820 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 89.4% during the first quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 232,723 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $8,155,000 after acquiring an additional 109,844 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 769.1% during the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 39,103 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $1,370,000 after acquiring an additional 34,604 shares during the period. Crocodile Capital Partners GmbH purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anonima in the first quarter worth $1,051,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 3,099.7% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 70,746 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $2,479,000 after purchasing an additional 68,535 shares during the period. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF traded down $0.55 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $34.73. The company's stock had a trading volume of 869,296 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,045,474. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $33.84 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $36.84. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 52-week low of $16.18 and a 52-week high of $47.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.60. The company has a market cap of $13.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.10, a PEG ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.85.

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.