Jump Financial LLC Increases Stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Jump Financial LLC increased its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 38.7% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 321,325 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after buying an additional 89,582 shares during the quarter. Jump Financial LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $13,660,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Advisors Preferred LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $44,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $94,000 after buying an additional 1,251 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,427 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $103,000 after buying an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth about $128,000. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 1,119 shares in the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 10.2 %

NYSE:YPF opened at $33.10 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $34.50 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $35.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.72, a PEG 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 (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). The company had revenue of $4.75 billion for 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 anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded 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. HSBC upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating and upped their target price for the company from $21.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price 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.