Fourth Sail Capital LP Invests $5.67 Million in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Fourth Sail Capital LP acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm acquired 133,312 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,667,000. YPF Sociedad Anónima makes up 1.7% of Fourth Sail Capital LP’s holdings, making the stock its 17th biggest holding.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of YPF. North of South Capital LLP lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 18.3% during the 4th quarter. North of South Capital LLP now owns 1,236,984 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $52,584,000 after buying an additional 191,486 shares in the last quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% during the third quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 258,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $5,481,000 after acquiring an additional 28,617 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,314,000 after acquiring an additional 230,001 shares in the last quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the third quarter valued at $4,539,000. Finally, Mirabella Financial Services LLP grew its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 59.7% during the 3rd quarter. Mirabella Financial Services LLP now owns 128,483 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $2,725,000 after purchasing an additional 48,025 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on YPF shares. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price target (up previously from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 24th. Bank of America upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. Citigroup lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $39.16.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of NYSE:YPF opened at $34.98 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $40.60 and a 200-day simple moving average of $32.74. 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. The company has a market capitalization of $13.76 billion, a PE ratio of 17.67, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.88.

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.