YPF confirmed a measure to attract investors and avoid scams: it will divide each of its shares by 10

As reported to the National Securities Commission (CNV), the change will take effect as of Tuesday, August 4 and will impact all shareholders who were shareholders until the previous day: instead of having one share worth $80,500, they will have 10 shares worth $8,050 each. The operation will only have an effect in pesos, since in dollars the value will remain the same in the external market.

So, YPF seeks to ensure that any retail investor can buy its shares at a more accessible entry price and in the future I can do it through App YPF, which will begin to pay interest on the money in the account through an alliance with Banco Santander.

The idea of ​​the oil company is “avoid scams” to its potential clients, since deceptions linked to investments that are not such and are not formalized before the market regulatory bodies have multiplied in recent years. The safe and reliable way to invest continues to be through banks and authorized brokerage companies.

The YPF board of directors has observed for months that The company’s stock was nominally in pesos, very expensive in relation to other firms in the energy sector.such as Central Puerto ($2,337), Edenor ($2,038), Metrogas ($2,084), Pampa Energía ($5,495), Transportadora de Gas del Norte ($3,997.50), Transportadora de Gas del Sur ($9,595) and Transener ($3,670), as listed on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (BCBA).

Its high barrier to entry, of $80,500, currently makes access difficult for investors with little money. “We want a stock to come out the same as a coffee“, they say in Argentina’s largest oil company.

YPF will present the results for the second quarter of 2026 on Monday, August 10, and the next day its directors will hold a conference with investors and market analysts.

Between April and June there was an impact from the higher price of crude oil due to the war in the Middle East, which the company could not fully take advantage of due to the agreement it had with the rest of the private sector to keep gasoline and diesel prices unchanged in Argentina.

According to industry sources, refiners lost about 150 million dollars per month by not passing on to the public the higher purchase cost of oil, which they began to partially recover since crude oil fell below $95 per barrel in mid-June.

A Moody’s report stated that “YPF’s credit trajectory will depend on its ability to balance its growth ambitions with prudent financial management in an environment of persistent political and economic uncertainty.”

“Measures taken by the current administration to normalize energy prices—and encourage investment by relaxing capital controls and expanding tax incentives—would gradually improve YPF’s cash flow autonomy. However, Argentina’s macroeconomic fragility and consumer sensitivity to rising fuel prices would likely continue to limit the pace of price adjustmentsespecially in periods of external volatility,” he concluded.