Mariner LLC Makes New $398,000 Investment in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Mariner LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 9,357 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $398,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in YPF. Advisors Preferred LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $94,000 after acquiring an additional 1,251 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $103,000 after acquiring an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at about $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% during the 4th 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 during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on YPF shares. HSBC upgraded 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 research note on Monday, April 14th. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $40.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Down 1.5 %

Shares of YPF stock traded down $0.45 on Thursday, reaching $29.82. 427,593 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,102,794. The business's 50 day moving average price is $32.61 and its 200 day moving average price is $35.96. The company has a market capitalization of $11.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.06, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $16.18 and a twelve 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 the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). The company had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Company 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.