YSS (NYSE:YSS) Shares Down 7.4% - Here's What Happened

Key Points

• YSS shares fell 7.4% on Friday, trading as low as $32.72 and last at $33.3470 (previous close $36.01) on 475,627 shares, a 72% decline versus average session volume.
• Analysts are mixed but broadly positive: eight Buys and three Holds give a consensus of "Moderate Buy" with an average target of $36.20, while recent notes ranged from Jefferies' Buy ($37) to Goldman Sachs' Neutral ($29) and some target cuts from Truist and JPMorgan.
• York Space Systems is a U.S.-based space and defense prime with proprietary hardware/software capabilities and is reported as the leading provider to the DoD's PWSA by number of spacecraft and contracts.

YSS (NYSE:YSS - Get Free Report) shares fell 7.4% on Friday . The stock traded as low as $32.72 and last traded at $33.3470. 475,627 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 72% from the average session volume of 1,728,376 shares. The stock had previously closed at $36.01.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently commented on YSS. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on shares of YSS in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. They set a "buy" rating and a $37.00 target price for the company. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of YSS in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. They set a "neutral" rating and a $29.00 target price for the company. Truist Financial decreased their target price on shares of YSS from $30.00 to $26.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of YSS from $39.00 to $38.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, March 20th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a "buy" rating and set a $36.00 target price on shares of YSS in a research report on Monday, March 23rd. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $36.20.

YSS Trading Down 9.2%

The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.26.

About YSS

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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