Deltec Asset Management LLC Buys 4,000 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Deltec Asset Management LLC raised its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 42.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 13,500 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after buying an additional 4,000 shares during the quarter. Deltec Asset Management LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $574,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in YPF. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 58.4% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,091 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $42,000 after acquiring an additional 771 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 1,685.6% during the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 312,293 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $6,624,000 after buying an additional 294,803 shares during the period. Diversify Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.8% in the 3rd quarter. Diversify Wealth Management LLC now owns 57,330 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $1,216,000 after acquiring an additional 2,608 shares in the last quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP boosted its position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 105.2% during the third quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP now owns 29,783 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $632,000 after buying an additional 15,266 shares during the period. Finally, Prospera Financial Services Inc boosted its stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 60.8% during the 3rd quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 71,251 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,511,000 after buying an additional 26,936 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 2.1 %

Shares of NYSE YPF opened at $39.30 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $42.18 and its 200 day moving average is $30.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.85, a PEG ratio of 0.18 and a beta of 1.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.88. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 52 week low of $14.94 and a 52 week high of $47.43.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Bank of America upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $31.00 to $55.00 in a research note on Monday, December 9th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $25.00 to $59.50 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Citigroup downgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their target price for the company from $33.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $38.00 price target (up from $30.00) on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $39.16.

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.