Headlands Technologies LLC Grows Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Headlands Technologies LLC boosted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 938.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 26,281 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after purchasing an additional 23,749 shares during the quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $1,117,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Dorsey Wright & Associates increased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 12.5% during the third quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 258,432 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,481,000 after acquiring an additional 28,617 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,119.3% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 250,550 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $5,314,000 after buying an additional 230,001 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth $2,927,000. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at $2,244,000. Finally, Fourth Sail Capital LP acquired a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at $5,667,000. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have issued reports on YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $38.00 price target (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $31.00 to $55.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $42.02.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

NYSE:YPF opened at $35.47 on Wednesday. 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. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $36.67 and its 200-day moving average price is $34.74. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.95 billion, a PE ratio of 17.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.89.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.74) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($1.25). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 4.15% and a return on equity of 32.76%. The business had revenue of $4.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.86 billion. As a group, equities 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.