YPF Sociedad Anonima YPF

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
38/100
Developing

Ranked against 21 peers in Oil & Gas Integrated

About YPF Sociedad Anonima

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 of refined and petrochemical products; commercialization of crude oil, petrochemical products, and specialties. … Full YPF analysis →

Key strengths

  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 0.84), with margins expanding over time.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 31.6th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.23), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where YPF ranks in Oil & Gas Integrated

YPF Sociedad Anonima ranks #17 of 22 scored companies in Oil & Gas Integrated by moat score — the top 77%. The widest moat in the group is Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) at 73/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
13 Chevron Corporation CVX 56/100 Moderate
14 BP p.l.c. BP 45/100 Developing
15 Stabilis Solutions, Inc. SLNG 41/100 Developing
16 ENI S.p.A. E 38/100 Developing
17 YPF Sociedad Anonima YPF 38/100 Developing
18 Crescent Energy Company CRGY 35/100 Developing
19 Crown LNG Holdings Limited CGBS 22/100 Weak
20 Vivakor, Inc. VIVK 19/100 Weak
21 Crown LNG Holdings Limited Warr CGBSW 9/100 Weak

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How YPF scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 41 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 47 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 35 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 14 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 30 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 65 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding YPF's moat

What is YPF Sociedad Anonima's moat score?

YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF) scores 38 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #17 of 22 scored companies in Oil & Gas Integrated, the top 77%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 21 companies in Oil & Gas Integrated. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (65/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (14/100).

How does YPF Sociedad Anonima compare with other Oil & Gas Integrated companies?

YPF Sociedad Anonima ranks #17 of 22 scored companies in Oil & Gas Integrated by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas Integrated is Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) at 73/100. The companies ranked closest are ENI S.p.A. (E) at 38 just above it and Crescent Energy Company (CRGY) at 35 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 21 companies in Oil & Gas Integrated. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is YPF Sociedad Anonima scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for YPF Sociedad Anonima?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and YPF scores: Pricing Power (41), Cost Advantage (47), Customer Stickiness (35), Capital Efficiency (14), Resilience (30), Scale & Market Position (65). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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