Vident Advisory LLC Takes $298,000 Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Vident Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 7,017 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $298,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% in the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $163,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119 shares in the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth $203,000. Finally, Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth $205,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently commented on the stock. Citigroup raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima 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 report on Monday, May 19th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Hsbc Global Res raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, HSBC raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima 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 report on Monday, April 14th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $41.30.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

NYSE YPF traded down $0.81 on Friday, hitting $35.45. 3,080,217 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,095,866. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The business's fifty day moving average is $33.00 and its 200 day moving average is $37.08. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $16.18 and a 52 week high of $47.43. The company has a market capitalization of $13.94 billion, a PE ratio of 17.90, a P/E/G 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 return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. The firm had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. Research analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

YPF Sociedad Anónima 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.