York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Trading Down 7.5% – Should You Sell?

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS) shares traded down 7.5% during trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $9.36 and last traded at $9.42. 797,706 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 62% from the average session volume of 2,105,993 shares. The stock had previously closed at $10.18.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Citigroup raised their price objective on York Space Systems from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Wall Street Zen cut shares of York Space Systems from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Robert W. Baird set a $16.00 price objective on shares of York Space Systems in a research report on Monday. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $13.50 price objective (down from $36.00) on shares of York Space Systems in a research note on Monday. Finally, Raymond James Financial cut shares of York Space Systems from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $23.75.

York Space Systems Stock Performance

The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $19.92. The firm has a market cap of $1.24 billion and a PE ratio of -15.35. The company has a quick ratio of 5.29, a current ratio of 5.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.

York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.31) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.19) by ($0.12). The business had revenue of $92.55 million during the quarter. As a group, research analysts predict that York Space Systems Inc. will post -0.98 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, major shareholder Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 201,504 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.60, for a total value of $2,337,446.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 16,717,285 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $193,920,506. This trade represents a 1.19% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders have sold a total of 655,215 shares of company stock worth $8,390,822 in the last 90 days.

Institutional Trading of York Space Systems

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of YSS. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd acquired a new position in York Space Systems during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $53,000. Denver PWM LLC acquired a new stake in shares of York Space Systems during the second quarter worth $164,000. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company acquired a new stake in shares of York Space Systems during the second quarter worth $350,000. Deutsche Bank AG grew its holdings in shares of York Space Systems by 66.6% during the second quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 19,019 shares of the company’s stock valued at $468,000 after buying an additional 7,603 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio increased its position in shares of York Space Systems by 280.4% in the 2nd quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 45,730 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,126,000 after acquiring an additional 33,707 shares during the period.

About York Space Systems

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.