Needham & Company LLC Issues Pessimistic Forecast for York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Stock Price

Key Points

• Needham & Company cut York Space Systems’ price target from $33 to $18 but maintained a “buy” rating, implying roughly 56% upside from the prior close.
• Analyst sentiment remains mixed: the stock has a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and an average target of $33.40, although some firms recently issued “sell” ratings.
• York reported a quarterly loss of $0.31 per share, missing estimates by $0.12, while shares opened at $11.51 and have traded between $10.01 and $44.54 over the past year.

York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS - Get Free Report) had its target price dropped by analysts at Needham & Company LLC from $33.00 to $18.00 in a note issued to investors on Friday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a "buy" rating on the stock. Needham & Company LLC's price target points to a potential upside of 56.33% from the company's previous close.

YSS has been the topic of several other research reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of York Space Systems from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Jefferies Financial Group started coverage on shares of York Space Systems in a report on Monday, July 13th. They set a "buy" rating and a $32.00 price target for the company. Citigroup lifted their price objective on York Space Systems from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Weiss Ratings restated a "sell (d)" rating on shares of York Space Systems in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on York Space Systems from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, April 20th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $33.40.

York Space Systems Price Performance

Shares of YSS stock opened at $11.51 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.49 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -41.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 5.29 and a current ratio of 5.53. York Space Systems has a fifty-two week low of $10.01 and a fifty-two week high of $44.54. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $21.34.

York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported ($0.31) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.19) by ($0.12). The company had revenue of $92.55 million for the quarter. As a group, research analysts expect that York Space Systems will post -0.98 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other York Space Systems news, major shareholder Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 201,504 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.60, for a total value of $2,337,446.40. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 16,717,285 shares in the company, valued at approximately $193,920,506. This trade represents a 1.19% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 655,215 shares of company stock valued at $8,390,822.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. boosted its stake in York Space Systems by 1.1% during the second quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 19,212,689 shares of the company's stock worth $473,016,000 after buying an additional 200,250 shares in the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of York Space Systems in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,162,000. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its holdings in shares of York Space Systems by 66.6% during the 2nd quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 19,019 shares of the company's stock worth $468,000 after acquiring an additional 7,603 shares during the period. Finally, Persistent Asset Partners Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of York Space Systems during the 2nd quarter valued at about $53,000.

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.

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