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Company snapshot — YPF Sociedad Anonima

YPF in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
YPF is an integrated energy company that explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas, then refines, transports and sells fuels, petrochemicals and agribusiness inputs such as fertilisers and animal feed. It organises itself into Upstream, Midstream and Downstream, LNG and Integrated Gas, and New Energies segments, and it also generates power. Its operations sit mainly in Argentina and elsewhere in South America, and it is based in Buenos Aires.
Where it sits in the stack
YPF holds no seat in our indices, so it sits in the wider Energy sleeve of Closelook's universe, grouped with other integrated oil and gas producers rather than tracked against the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Energy names from the United States, including Cenovus Energy, Ecopetrol, BP and Petroleo Brasileiro; the market also names Exxon Mobil as a comparable integrated operator.
Why Closelook tracks it
YPF carries a Closelook score, with valuation the strongest module and quality the weakest; it holds no index seat and has not appeared in the diary's quotes.
What the diary watches
Whether the weak quality reading persists alongside the recent share-price strength, since a widening gap between price momentum and balance sheet quality is what the diary watches for.

YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 61/100 composite (momentum 80, quality 35, valuation 88) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for YPF, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by HSBC, 2026-08-14

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for YPF from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target HSBC — target 60 Target set to $60 (+19.9% to spot) 2026-08-14

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Integrated · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Integrated · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against YPF on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 14.5 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What YPF pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 14.5 bn USD 64.2% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.0% in FY2025 21.8 bn USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 14.5 bn USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −1.3% week · +1.1% month · +20.5% quarter · +16.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF)?

YPF Sociedad Anonima trades as YPF on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is YPF in a Closelook index?

Not currently — YPF Sociedad Anonima is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is YPF Sociedad Anonima's Closelook composite score?

61 out of 100, with momentum 80, quality 35 and valuation 88 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does YPF trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +6.8% vs the 50-day and +24.6% vs the 200-day average, 5% below the 52-week high and +140.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does YPF Sociedad Anonima do?

YPF is an integrated energy company that explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas, then refines, transports and sells fuels, petrochemicals and agribusiness inputs such as fertilisers and animal feed. It organises itself into Upstream, Midstream and Downstream, LNG and Integrated Gas, and New Energies segments, and it also generates power. Its operations sit mainly in Argentina and elsewhere in South America, and it is based in Buenos Aires. Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Energy names from the United States, including Cenovus Energy, Ecopetrol, BP and Petroleo Brasileiro; the market also names Exxon Mobil as a comparable integrated operator.

Where does YPF Sociedad Anonima sit in the AI build-out?

YPF holds no seat in our indices, so it sits in the wider Energy sleeve of Closelook's universe, grouped with other integrated oil and gas producers rather than tracked against the AI build-out stack. YPF carries a Closelook score, with valuation the strongest module and quality the weakest; it holds no index seat and has not appeared in the diary's quotes.

Does YPF Sociedad Anonima pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in YPF Sociedad Anonima’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 14.5 bn USD of its own shares. The share count fell 0.0% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on YPF Sociedad Anonima recently?

The most recent analyst action on YPF Sociedad Anonima on the Closelook wire is a price target by HSBC on 2026-08-14 (target 60). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for YPF, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Integrated, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.