YPF Sociedad Anonima operates in the Petroleum refining sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares YPF with three other
petroleum refiners in Latin America:
Organizacion Terpel Sa
of Colombia
(2018
sales of 19.07 trillion Colombian Pesos [US$6.04 billion]
),
Alfa SAB DE CV
of Mexico
(366.43 billion Mexican Pesos [US$19.53 billion]
of which 37%
was Petrochemicals and Syntetic Fibers), and
Refineria La Pampilla S.A.
which is
based in Peru
(13.88 billion Peruvian New Sols [US$4.22 billion]
).
Sales Analysis.
YPF reported sales of 435.82 billion Argentinian Pesos (US$10.42 billion)
for the
year ending
December of 2018.
This
represents
an
increase of 72.4%
versus 2017, when the company's sales were 252.81 billion Argentinian Pesos.
Sales at YPF have increased during each of the previous five years
(and since 2013, sales have increased a total of 384%).
Sales of Corporate and Others saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
640.1% in 2018, from
1.13 billion Argentinian Pesos to 8.36 billion Argentinian Pesos.
YPF also saw significant increases in sales in
Downstream (up 170.5% to 338.04 billion Argentinian Pesos)
and
Natural Gas and Electricity (up 551.1% to 91.18 billion Argentinian Pesos)
.
Not all segments of YPF experienced an increase in sales in 2018:
sales of Exploration and Production fell 80.6% to 3.11 billion Argentinian Pesos.