York Space Systems Inc.
York Space Systems Inc. is a U.S.-based space and defense company that provides mission-critical solutions for national security, government, and commercial customers. The company designs, produces, integrates, and operates spacecraft and satellite platforms, supporting missions across the full lifecycle from hardware development to on-orbit operations and data downlink. Its product and service portfolio includes modular spacecraft platforms, components, subsystems, ground operations, and software-enabled mission services. York Space Systems Inc. is particularly focused on scalable satellite architectures that can support a range of applications such as communications, earth observation, weather, and defense-related missions. By combining proprietary hardware and software with vertically integrated engineering and operations, the company plays a significant role in the broader aerospace and defense ecosystem.
$5.94
+$0.21 (+3.66%)
Price from 2 days ago
The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-15.16% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue up 52.3% YoY with margins expanding 21.0pp. However, free cash flow softened 1060%, worth monitoring whether this is timing or structural.
Free cash flow declined 1060% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened. Negative free cash flow of -$130M. The business is consuming cash, not generating it.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$405M
▲ +52.3% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-$203M
▲ +14.5% YoY
Op. Margin
-42.13%
▲ +21.0pp YoY
ROIC
-4.53%
▲ +2.4pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
-$219M
▼ -1059.6% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
-$208M
▼ -303.2% YoY
Net Debt
$13M
Cash & Equiv.
$163M
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Is York Space Systems (YSS) overvalued?
York Space Systems (YSS)'s valuation is best read against its own history, its peers, and the growth its price implies. A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, York Space Systems scores 15/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from company filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
Is York Space Systems a high-quality business?+
York Space Systems scores 15 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 6 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -42.1% operating margin and a -4.5% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from company filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Is York Space Systems a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. you should weigh YSS's valuation and scores 15/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from company filings, not investment advice.
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