York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Trading 8.6% Higher – Still a Buy?

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS) rose 8.6% on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $27.10 and last traded at $26.7150. 135,928 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 93% from the average daily volume of 2,035,308 shares. The stock had previously closed at $24.59.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $33.00 price target on shares of York Space Systems in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Truist Financial raised shares of York Space Systems to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $36.00 target price on shares of York Space Systems in a research note on Monday, March 23rd. Raymond James Financial set a $45.00 target price on shares of York Space Systems in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of York Space Systems from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Eight investment 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 data from MarketBeat.com, York Space Systems currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $35.40.

York Space Systems Stock Up 5.7%

The stock has a 50-day moving average of $30.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.37 billion and a P/E ratio of -93.02.

York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($1.51) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.12) by ($1.39). The firm 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.