York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Shares Up 9.4% – Should You Buy?

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS) shot up 9.4% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $27.56 and last traded at $28.2830. 408,470 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 80% from the average session volume of 2,078,138 shares. The stock had previously closed at $25.85.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on YSS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on York Space Systems from $39.00 to $38.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Raymond James Financial set a $45.00 price objective on York Space Systems in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Zacks Research upgraded York Space Systems to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Robert W. Baird began coverage on York Space Systems in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $40.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Weiss Ratings began coverage on York Space Systems in a research note on Friday, May 15th. They set a “sell (d)” rating on the stock. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, York Space Systems presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $35.20.

York Space Systems Stock Up 9.0%

The company has a fifty day moving average of $28.53.

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