YPF

Argentina’s biggest oil and gas company, with its own gas stations.

Company Health

/100

Mixed

A quick check of the business from its yearly reports (2018–2021). It doesn’t say whether the stock is a good buy.

Does it make money?

4 of 25 · Poor

Less than ARS 1 of every ARS 100 in sales was left as profit last year.

Is it growing?

25 of 25 · Good

Sales grew about 43% a year over the last 3 years.

Can it handle what it owes?

17 of 25 · Okay

It would take about 4 years of the cash its business brings in to pay off everything it owes.

Who owns it

1 of 23 own it · 1 sold some

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doesn’t own it

Didn’t report owning it: Whale Rock, Appaloosa, Melqart, Coatue, D1 Capital, Light Street, Lone Pine, Third Point, TCI, Pershing Square, Himalaya Capital, Greenlight, Giverny Capital, Fundsmith, Semper Augustus, Akre

Their letters don’t mention it: Arquitos, Laughing Water, Alluvial, Bireme, Kingdom Capital, Saga Partners

From each fund’s latest 13F report (Jun 30, 2026). Funds that don’t file one: from their own letters.

The numbers

From YPF’s yearly reports, in Argentine pesos. Tap a year to see its figures.

Sales and profit

Sales grew from ARS 210 billion in 2016 to ARS 1.27 trillion in 2021, and it made a profit in 3 of the 6 years.

2021

Sales

ARS 1.27 trillion

Profit

ARS 257 million

Spare cash each year

It had cash to spare every year, ending with ARS 113 billion to spare in 2018.

2021

Not reported

Spare cash is the cash its business brought in, minus what it spent on buildings and equipment. Some years don’t say what it spent, so those bars may be a little high.

What it owns and what it owes

At the end of 2021 it owned ARS 2.39 trillion, including ARS 62.7 billion in cash, and owed ARS 1.54 trillion.

Key facts

From its yearly report for 2021.

Sales

ARS 1.27 trillion

Profit

ARS 257 million

Cash in the bank

ARS 62.7 billion

Everything it owes

ARS 1.54 trillion

Year ends

December

Money shown in

Argentine pesos

Latest yearly report

20-F, filed Mar 26, 2026

Figures from YPF’s yearly reports to the SEC (EDGAR), collected Oct 12, 2026.

Not investment advice. Holdings come from public SEC reports and the funds’ own letters, and can be up to 4½ months old. How this works