FORA Capital LLC Makes New Investment in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

FORA Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 70,618 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $3,002,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,488,000. Duquesne Family Office LLC grew its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 292.4% in the fourth 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 acquiring an additional 1,257,616 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 107.6% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 198,416 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock valued at $8,435,000 after acquiring an additional 102,838 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its holdings in shares of 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 worth $40,213,000 after acquiring an additional 902,815 shares during the period. Finally, Absolute Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. bought a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $2,821,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have commented on YPF shares. HSBC raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th. StockNews.com lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, April 14th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 1.7 %

NYSE:YPF opened at $30.79 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve month high of $47.43. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $32.54 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.00.

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 firm had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. Equities research analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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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