YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF Shares Purchased by Ping Capital Management Inc.

Key Points

• Ping Capital Management Inc. has significantly increased its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 88.9%, becoming the second largest position in its portfolio with approximately 1.48 million shares owned.
• Analyst ratings for YPF show a mixed outlook, with a consensus of "Hold" and an average target price of $46.70, while Zacks Research downgraded the stock to a "strong sell."
• YPF's recent earnings report revealed an EPS of $0.13, which missed the consensus estimate by $0.43, highlighting challenges despite a revenue of $3.47 million.

Ping Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 88.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,482,200 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after purchasing an additional 697,600 shares during the period. YPF Sociedad Anonima makes up 11.3% of Ping Capital Management Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Ping Capital Management Inc. owned approximately 0.38% of YPF Sociedad Anonima worth $46,615,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of YPF. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 5.4% in the 1st quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 11,459 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $402,000 after purchasing an additional 582 shares during the last quarter. LWM Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 11.1% during the first quarter. LWM Advisory Services LLC now owns 12,858 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $451,000 after acquiring an additional 1,282 shares during the last quarter. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC lifted its position in 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 worth $218,000 after acquiring an additional 1,401 shares during the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its position in 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 worth $68,000 after acquiring an additional 1,708 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 13.8% during the first quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 14,354 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $503,000 after acquiring an additional 1,745 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on YPF. Zacks Research downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a "hold" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. 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. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $46.70.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of YPF opened at $23.83 on Friday. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 12 month low of $21.40 and a 12 month high of $47.43. The firm's 50 day moving average is $30.17 and its 200-day moving average is $32.19. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.37 billion, a PE ratio of 7.69, a P/E/G ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a current ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.13 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by ($0.43). The business had revenue of $3.47 million for 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%. Equities research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 EPS for the current 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.

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