Marshall Wace LLP Grows Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Marshall Wace LLP boosted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 6,194.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 947,260 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after acquiring an additional 932,212 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP owned 0.24% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $19,059,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hennessy Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 44.0% during the first quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc. now owns 389,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $7,712,000 after purchasing an additional 119,000 shares in the last quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,234,000. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 914.9% during the 4th quarter. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. now owns 124,222 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $2,113,000 after acquiring an additional 111,982 shares in the last quarter. Fourth Sail Capital LP purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the first quarter valued at $14,576,000. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 1st quarter valued at $1,077,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have commented on YPF shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $20.50 to $24.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 12th. Bank of America increased their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $25.94.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

YPF stock opened at $21.68 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $21.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $21.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.93. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $9.57 and a one year high of $24.76. The firm has a market cap of $8.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.47, a PEG ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.81.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.90. The company had revenue of $4.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.59 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 4.57% and a positive return on equity of 22.86%. On average, equities analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.12 EPS 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.