YPF Sociedad Anónima Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NYSE:YPF)

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) was the target of some unusual options trading activity on Tuesday. Investors bought 7,029 put options on the company. This is an increase of 77% compared to the typical volume of 3,971 put options.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On YPF Sociedad Anónima

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Aigen Investment Management LP purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the fourth quarter worth $995,000. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. increased its position in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 914.9% during the 4th quarter. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. now owns 124,222 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $2,113,000 after purchasing an additional 111,982 shares in the last quarter. SPX Gestao de Recursos Ltda acquired a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at about $7,471,000. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,234,000. Finally, AdvisorShares Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima during the 4th quarter worth about $1,058,000. 10.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

YPF has been the topic of a number of research reports. Jefferies Financial Group raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price 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 target price on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 25th. StockNews.com raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 12th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 23rd. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, YPF Sociedad Anónima has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $24.77.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Price Performance

YPF Sociedad Anónima stock traded down $0.32 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $23.55. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 486,457 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,134,015. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.93. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a fifty-two week low of $9.57 and a fifty-two week high of $24.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.26 billion, a PE ratio of -9.32, a P/E/G ratio of 0.10 and a beta of 1.81. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $21.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $20.93.

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $1.32 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.90. The company had revenue of $4.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.59 billion. YPF Sociedad Anónima had a positive return on equity of 22.86% and a negative net margin of 4.57%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that YPF Sociedad Anónima will post 5.68 earnings per share 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.