Wellington Management Group LLP Buys New Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Wellington Management Group LLP bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 59,943 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $2,548,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in YPF. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at about $89,009,000. Duquesne Family Office LLC boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima 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 valued at $71,745,000 after purchasing an additional 1,257,616 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at about $45,664,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 2,092.6% during the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 945,959 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $40,213,000 after acquiring an additional 902,815 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 335.6% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,091,392 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $46,395,000 after acquiring an additional 840,842 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of YPF stock opened at $33.85 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $13.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.85. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $32.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $37.08. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12-month low of $16.18 and a 12-month high of $47.43. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). The business had revenue of $4.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a return on equity of 32.76% and a net margin of 4.15%. On average, equities analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 EPS for the current year.

About YPF Sociedad Anónima

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.

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