York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Shares Up 12.7% - What's Next?

Key Points

• Shares jumped 12.7% mid-day to $36.85 on Wednesday, though trading volume (469,891) was about 76% below the average session volume.
• Wall Street consensus is a Moderate Buy with a $36.40 target; eight analysts rate the stock Buy and three rate it Hold, with recent price targets ranging roughly from $31 to $55.
• York Space Systems is a leading U.S. space and defense prime and is the top provider to the DoD's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture by number of spacecraft, contracts, and contract types (as of Sept 2025).

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS - Get Free Report)'s share price shot up 12.7% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $36.63 and last traded at $36.8510. 469,891 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 76% from the average session volume of 1,958,873 shares. The stock had previously closed at $32.71.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on YSS. Raymond James Financial started coverage on shares of York Space Systems in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $55.00 price target on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of York Space Systems from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, April 20th. Robert W. Baird began coverage on shares of York Space Systems in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. They set an "outperform" rating and a $40.00 price target on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a $36.00 price objective on shares of York Space Systems in a research report on Monday, March 23rd. Finally, Needham & Company LLC dropped their price objective on York Space Systems from $42.00 to $33.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 20th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $36.40.

York Space Systems Price Performance

The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $27.34.

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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