York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Shares Up 9.8% – Here’s Why

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS) shot up 9.8% on Thursday . The company traded as high as $30.79 and last traded at $30.3170. 291,165 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 86% from the average session volume of 2,059,400 shares. The stock had previously closed at $27.62.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on YSS. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $33.00 target price on shares of York Space Systems in a research note on Monday, May 18th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price 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. Weiss Ratings began coverage on shares of York Space Systems in a research note on Friday, May 15th. They set a “sell (d)” rating for the company. Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $36.00 target price on shares of York Space Systems in a research note on Monday, March 23rd. Finally, Robert W. Baird initiated coverage on shares of York Space Systems in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $40.00 target price for the company. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, York Space Systems currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $35.20.

York Space Systems Stock Performance

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $31.75.

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

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.