Oaktree Fund Advisors LLC Raises Position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Oaktree Fund Advisors LLC lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 184.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 167,902 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after buying an additional 108,815 shares during the period. YPF Sociedad Anónima comprises 3.2% of Oaktree Fund Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest holding. Oaktree Fund Advisors LLC’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $3,378,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. lifted its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 914.9% in the 4th quarter. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. now owns 124,222 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $2,113,000 after acquiring an additional 111,982 shares in the last quarter. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda purchased a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima in the fourth quarter worth $7,471,000. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC bought a new position in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at $1,234,000. AdvisorShares Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter valued at $1,058,000. Finally, Seven Eight Capital LP increased its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 460.4% in the 4th quarter. Seven Eight Capital LP now owns 174,813 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $3,005,000 after buying an additional 143,621 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.08% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have issued reports on YPF. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $18.50 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 28th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 12th. Bank of America raised their price target on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upgraded YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $23.50 to $30.00 in a research report on Friday, August 30th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $25.37.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $23.66 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $21.42 and its 200 day moving average is $21.05. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $9.57 and a one year high of $24.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.93. The stock has a market cap of $9.31 billion, a P/E ratio of -9.24, a P/E/G ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.81.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.90. The firm had revenue of $4.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.59 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 22.86% and a negative net margin of 4.57%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.68 earnings per share for the current year.

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.