MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. Has $91.21 Million Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF - Free Report) by 26.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,145,571 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock after acquiring an additional 450,935 shares during the quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. owned about 0.55% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $91,208,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Glenorchy Capital Ltd grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 19.2% during the 4th quarter. Glenorchy Capital Ltd now owns 137,074 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $5,827,000 after buying an additional 22,096 shares during the period. FORA Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth approximately $3,002,000. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,488,000. Duquesne Family Office LLC grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 292.4% during the 4th 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 buying an additional 1,257,616 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 107.6% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 198,416 shares of the oil and gas exploration company's stock worth $8,435,000 after buying an additional 102,838 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company's stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock traded up $0.09 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $35.86. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,350,511 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,113,043. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1-year low of $16.18 and a 1-year high of $47.43. 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 company has a 50-day moving average price of $32.82 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $36.42. The company has a market cap of $14.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.11, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89.

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) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). The firm 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 predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on YPF. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. HSBC upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, April 14th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $40.73.

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.