Todd Asset Management LLC Acquires 24,100 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Todd Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 11.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 230,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after purchasing an additional 24,100 shares during the quarter. Todd Asset Management LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $3,962,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $135,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $171,000. JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $187,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 93.5% during the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 16,056 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $197,000 after acquiring an additional 7,760 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently issued reports on YPF shares. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $17.40 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, April 18th. Citigroup cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $20.00 to $24.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 17th. Morgan Stanley raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $10.50 to $22.00 in a report on Thursday, March 21st. UBS Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $18.00 to $27.00 in a report on Thursday, February 22nd. Finally, StockNews.com lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 16th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $20.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 4.6 %

NYSE:YPF traded up $1.02 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $23.38. 2,838,133 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,186,903. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $19.76 and its 200-day moving average is $16.79. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12-month low of $9.57 and a 12-month high of $23.56. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.20 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.98 and a beta of 1.86. The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.95 by ($0.95). The business had revenue of $4.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 7.58% and a positive return on equity of 17.33%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.38 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.