York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Stock Price Down 11.5% After Analyst Downgrade

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS) shares fell 11.5% during trading on Thursday after Wall Street Zen downgraded the stock from a hold rating to a sell rating. The stock traded as low as $11.65 and last traded at $11.6410. Approximately 1,428,169 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 27% from the average session volume of 1,943,745 shares. The stock had previously closed at $13.15.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of York Space Systems from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of York Space Systems from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Jefferies Financial Group started 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 objective on the stock. Weiss Ratings initiated coverage on York Space Systems in a report on Friday, May 15th. They issued a “sell (d)” rating on the stock. Finally, Raymond James Financial cut York Space Systems from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Seven 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $34.90.

Insider Buying and Selling at York Space Systems

In other York Space Systems news, major shareholder Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 140,823 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.18, for a total transaction of $2,137,693.14. Following the transaction, the insider owned 17,642,721 shares in the company, valued at $267,816,504.78. The trade was a 0.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders sold a total of 253,541 shares of company stock worth $3,853,507 in the last ninety days.

York Space Systems Price Performance

The stock’s fifty day moving average is $23.75. The company has a market cap of $1.51 billion and a PE ratio of -41.59.

York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 business 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.