Hennessy Advisors Inc. Boosts Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Hennessy Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 44.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 389,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after purchasing an additional 119,000 shares during the quarter. Hennessy Advisors Inc.’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $7,712,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Dfpg Investments LLC lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 7.8% during the fourth quarter. Dfpg Investments LLC now owns 54,260 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $910,000 after purchasing an additional 3,915 shares during the last quarter. Systrade AG lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 25.0% in the first quarter. Systrade AG now owns 25,000 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $495,000 after buying an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1.4% in the third quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 458,781 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $5,622,000 after buying an additional 6,186 shares during the last quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 98.9% in the first quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 18,819 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $373,000 after buying an additional 9,356 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Insigneo Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 15.6% in the third quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 69,975 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $857,000 after buying an additional 9,440 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $20.00 to $22.90 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, May 17th. StockNews.com upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 21st. Citigroup cut YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $20.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 17th. Finally, Bank of America raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 23rd. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $21.73.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:YPF traded down $0.40 during trading on Friday, reaching $20.32. The company had a trading volume of 1,230,099 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,346,903. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.98 and a beta of 1.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.95 and a quick ratio of 0.73. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $21.75 and its 200 day moving average price is $19.20. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $9.57 and a fifty-two week high of $24.76.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 9th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.68. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 20.70% and a negative net margin of 5.78%. The business had revenue of $4.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.16 billion. As a group, equities research analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.12 EPS for the current 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.