Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp Buys Shares of 4,765 YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 4,765 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $203,000.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake 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 valued at $94,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% in the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 3,829 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $163,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on YPF shares. StockNews.com downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $42.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF opened at $29.63 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $35.01 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $34.95. 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 market capitalization of $11.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.96, a P/E/G ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.58. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 1 year low of $16.18 and a 1 year high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($1.25). The company had revenue of $4.75 billion for 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%. As a group, analysts anticipate 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.