Aigen Investment Management LP Acquires 15,266 Shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF)

Aigen Investment Management LP lifted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) by 105.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 29,783 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after purchasing an additional 15,266 shares during the quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP’s holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima were worth $632,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the 1st quarter worth about $113,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima by 307.2% during the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 639,116 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $12,655,000 after purchasing an additional 482,178 shares during the last quarter. Transcendent Capital Group LLC bought a new position in YPF Sociedad Anónima during the first quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Caxton Associates LP purchased a new stake in YPF Sociedad Anónima in the first quarter worth approximately $3,760,000. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC boosted its holdings in YPF Sociedad Anónima by 4.9% in the first quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 30,599 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $606,000 after purchasing an additional 1,424 shares during the last quarter. 10.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently weighed in on YPF. Citigroup raised YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $24.00 to $33.00 in a report on Friday, November 1st. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on YPF Sociedad Anónima from $22.90 to $25.60 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $24.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $23.50 to $30.00 in a report on Friday, August 30th. Finally, Bank of America upped their target price on shares of YPF Sociedad Anónima from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 18th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $27.37.

YPF Sociedad Anónima Stock Up 3.8 %

Shares of NYSE:YPF opened at $30.91 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $24.52 and a 200 day moving average of $22.41. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a 12-month low of $10.07 and a 12-month high of $31.10. The company has a current ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.

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.