Insider Selling: York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Major Shareholder Sells $538,590.36 in Stock

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS) major shareholder Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 35,574 shares of York Space Systems stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.14, for a total value of $538,590.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 17,607,147 shares in the company, valued at $266,572,205.58. The trade was a 0.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Major shareholders that own more than 10% of a company’s stock are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC.

Blackrock Portfolio Management also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 3rd, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 13,754 shares of York Space Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.03, for a total value of $206,722.62.
• On Thursday, July 30th, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 140,823 shares of York Space Systems stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.18, for a total transaction of $2,137,693.14.
• On Wednesday, July 29th, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 63,390 shares of York Space Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.31, for a total value of $970,500.90.

York Space Systems Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:YSS opened at $10.88 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $23.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 5.53 and a quick ratio of 5.29. York Space Systems Inc. has a 52 week low of $10.81 and a 52 week high of $44.54. The firm has a market cap of $1.41 billion and a P/E ratio of -38.87.

York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) last released 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 company had revenue of $116.34 million during the quarter. On average, analysts forecast that York Space Systems Inc. will post -0.98 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently issued reports on YSS. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on York Space Systems from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Citigroup upped their price target on York Space Systems from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of York Space Systems from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Truist Financial upgraded shares of York Space Systems to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on shares of York Space Systems in a research report on Monday, July 13th. They set a “buy” rating and a $32.00 price target on the stock. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $34.90.

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.