YSS (NYSE:YSS) Shares Gap Up – Here’s Why

YSS (NYSE:YSS)’s stock price gapped up prior to trading on Monday . The stock had previously closed at $25.91, but opened at $26.78. YSS shares last traded at $26.36, with a volume of 139,551 shares.

YSS News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting YSS this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Large bullish initiations from top banks — JPMorgan started coverage with an “overweight” and a $49 price target (very bullish relative to the current mid-$20s level), and Raymond James started with an “outperform” and a $55 target. These two high-profile, high-target calls are the strongest upward catalysts today. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple other buy/overweight starts and raised targets — Needham ($42, buy), Robert W. Baird ($40, outperform), Citigroup ($37, buy), Jefferies ($37, buy), Canaccord ($36, buy) and Wells Fargo ($35, overweight) all initiated coverage with bullish ratings and two- to three-digit percent upside from current levels, adding broad analyst support and coverage breadth. Article Title Ticker Report
• Positive Sentiment: Insider and institutional buying reported — QuiverQuant highlights recent insider purchases and a large institutional buy (BlackRock-related portfolio) that signal insider/investor conviction and provide fundamental support for the bullish analyst views. Quiver Quant
• Neutral Sentiment: Goldman Sachs gave a more cautious view — Goldman set a $29 price target and a “neutral” rating, which is only modestly above current levels and may temper some upside expectations. Quiver Quant
• Neutral Sentiment: Truist issued a “hold” with a $30 target — another moderate view that offsets some of the aggressive targets and reminds investors of execution risks. Article Title

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently commented on YSS shares. Raymond James Financial assumed coverage on shares of YSS in a report on Monday. They set an “outperform” rating and a $55.00 target price for the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded YSS to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Canaccord Genuity Group started coverage on YSS in a research report on Monday. They set a “buy” rating and a $36.00 price objective on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on shares of YSS in a research note on Monday. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $29.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on shares of YSS in a report on Monday. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $35.00 price objective for the company. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $39.00.

YSS Price Performance

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.