Oaktree Capital Management LP Takes Position in YPF Sociedad Anonima $YPF

Oaktree Capital Management LP bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 324,330 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,200,000. Oaktree Capital Management LP owned 0.08% of YPF Sociedad Anonima at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of YPF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 194.9% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,898,315 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $154,052,000 after buying an additional 3,237,154 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima by 1.2% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 2,170,968 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $76,071,000 after acquiring an additional 25,397 shares in the last quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 23.0% in the first quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC now owns 2,075,390 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $72,722,000 after acquiring an additional 387,674 shares during the period. Ping Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 88.9% in the second quarter. Ping Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,482,200 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $46,615,000 after acquiring an additional 697,600 shares during the period. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anonima by 24.7% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,179,942 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $41,345,000 after acquiring an additional 233,983 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Stock Down 1.6%

NYSE:YPF opened at $36.67 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.75 and a quick ratio of 0.54. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $31.88 and its 200-day moving average price is $32.20. The company has a market capitalization of $14.42 billion, a PE ratio of -31.08, a P/E/G ratio of 0.76 and a beta of 1.44. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a 1-year low of $22.82 and a 1-year high of $47.43.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November 7th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.53) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.82 by ($1.35). YPF Sociedad Anonima had a positive return on equity of 2.88% and a negative net margin of 2.45%.The business had revenue of $4.59 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.55 billion. On average, equities analysts predict that YPF Sociedad Anonima will post 7.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have commented on YPF. Zacks Research upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anonima from $47.00 to $44.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $45.00.

YPF Sociedad Anonima Company 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.