Investors Purchase High Volume of Put Options on York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS)

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS) saw unusually large options trading activity on Thursday. Stock investors acquired 6,024 put options on the stock. This is an increase of 112% compared to the typical volume of 2,835 put options.

York Space Systems Price Performance

NYSE:YSS opened at $18.68 on Friday. York Space Systems has a twelve month low of $16.93 and a twelve month high of $44.54. The firm has a market cap of $2.42 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -66.70. The business’s 50 day moving average is $27.48.

York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($1.51) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.12) by ($1.39). The company had revenue of $116.34 million for the quarter.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on YSS. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on shares of York Space Systems in a research report on Monday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $32.00 price objective on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $36.00 target price on shares of York Space Systems in a research report on Monday, March 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on shares of York Space Systems from $28.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Truist Financial raised shares of York Space Systems to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of York Space Systems from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price 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.