Insider Selling: York Space Systems (NYSE:YSS) Major Shareholder Sells 35,574 Shares of Stock

York Space Systems Inc. (NYSE:YSS) major shareholder Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 35,574 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.14, for a total transaction of $538,590.36. Following the transaction, the insider owned 17,607,147 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $266,572,205.58. This represents a 0.20% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Major shareholders that own 10% or more of a company’s shares are required to disclose their transactions with the SEC.

Blackrock Portfolio Management also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 3rd, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 13,754 shares of York Space Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.03, for a total transaction of $206,722.62.
• On Thursday, July 30th, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 140,823 shares of York Space Systems stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.18, for a total transaction of $2,137,693.14.
• On Wednesday, July 29th, Blackrock Portfolio Management sold 63,390 shares of York Space Systems stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.31, for a total value of $970,500.90.

York Space Systems Stock Up 6.6%

Shares of YSS stock traded up $0.94 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $15.22. The stock had a trading volume of 4,789,888 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,945,766. York Space Systems Inc. has a one year low of $13.88 and a one year high of $44.54. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $24.55. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.97 billion and a PE ratio of -54.35.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have commented on YSS shares. Truist Financial upgraded shares of York Space Systems to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Weiss Ratings started coverage on York Space Systems in a research report on Friday, May 15th. They issued a “sell (d)” rating for the company. Citigroup upped their price objective on York Space Systems from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $33.00 target price on shares of York Space Systems in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target 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 research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, York Space Systems has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $34.90.

About York Space Systems

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.