RWC Asset Management LLP Makes New $10.75 Million Investment in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

RWC Asset Management LLP acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 625,081 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,745,000. RWC Asset Management LLP owned 0.16% of YPF Sociedad Anónima at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at $135,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at $171,000. JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. acquired a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 3rd quarter valued at $187,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 93.5% in the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 16,056 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $197,000 after buying an additional 7,760 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have commented on YPF shares. UBS Group raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $18.00 to $27.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $17.40 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 18th. Morgan Stanley raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $10.50 to $22.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 21st. Citigroup lowered YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 17th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 16th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $20.58.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 4.6 %

Shares of YPF stock traded up $0.93 on Friday, reaching $21.17. 1,508,582 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,189,117. The stock has a market cap of $8.33 billion, a PE ratio of -6.32 and a beta of 1.90. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $9.57 and a one year high of $22.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.90 and a quick ratio of 0.56. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $19.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $16.46.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 6th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $2.00 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.95 by ($0.95). The company had revenue of $4.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.47 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 7.58% and a positive return on equity of 17.33%. Equities research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.38 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, natural gas, and NGLs. The company's downstream operations include the refining, marketing, and distribution of oil and petroleum products, as well as petroleum derivatives, such as petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, non-fossil fuels, biofuels, and related components; and production of hydrocarbons electric power.