Todd Asset Management LLC Has $3.96 Million Stock Holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Todd Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 11.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 230,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after purchasing an additional 24,100 shares during the period. Todd Asset Management LLC owned 0.06% of YPF Sociedad Anónima worth $3,962,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Trading Up 4.6 %

Shares of NYSE YPF traded up $1.02 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $23.38. The stock had a trading volume of 2,838,133 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,186,903. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $19.76 and its 200 day moving average price is $16.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 0.90. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a twelve month low of $9.57 and a twelve month high of $23.56. The firm has a market cap of $9.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.98 and a beta of 1.86.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted 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). YPF Sociedad Anónima had a negative net margin of 7.58% and a positive return on equity of 17.33%. The firm had revenue of $4.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.47 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 6.38 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

YPF Sociedad Anónima Profile

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.