Core Wealth Partners LLC Invests $363,000 in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Core Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 8,530 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $363,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of YPF. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in 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 worth $103,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Preferred LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 41.3% during the fourth 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 buying an additional 1,119 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 130.3% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,211 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $94,000 after acquiring an additional 1,251 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 11.4% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 21,570 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $917,000 after purchasing an additional 2,215 shares during the period. 10.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

YPF has been the topic of several analyst reports. Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price objective (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Citigroup lowered shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $33.00 to $44.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $42.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $37.67 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $37.41 and its two-hundred day moving average is $34.28. The firm has a market cap of $14.82 billion, a PE ratio of 19.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a quick ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52-week low of $16.18 and a 52-week high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last released its 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.86 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. On average, research analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 7.25 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.