York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Shares Up 8.6% – Should You Buy?

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS) shot up 8.6% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $18.81 and last traded at $18.53. 91,458 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 95% from the average daily volume of 1,899,199 shares. The stock had previously closed at $17.06.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

YSS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on shares of York Space Systems in a research note on Monday, July 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $32.00 target price on the stock. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $33.00 price target on shares of York Space Systems in a research report on Monday, May 18th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of York Space Systems from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Truist Financial upgraded York Space Systems to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered York Space Systems from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, York Space Systems currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $34.90.

York Space Systems Stock Up 7.8%

The company has a 50-day moving average price of $25.92. The company has a market capitalization of $2.38 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -65.58.

York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($1.51) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.12) by ($1.39). The company had revenue of $116.34 million for the quarter.

York Space Systems Company Profile

York Space Systems is a leading, U.S.-based, space and defense prime(1) providing a comprehensive suite of mission-critical solutions for national security, government and commercial customers. York is one of the only space and defense primes with proprietary hardware and software capabilities designed to address customers’ complex mission requirements across the critical elements of the entire space ecosystem throughout the mission lifecycle. York is the number one provider to the U.S. Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (“PWSA”) by number of spacecraft operating in-orbit, by number of contracts, and by variety of contract types as of September 2025.