BlackSky Technology Inc. sees stock drop despite positive options analysis
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 21 Jan 26
BlackSky Technology Inc. (BKSY) experienced a significant decline of nearly 10% as it crossed below its 5-day SMA, closing at $24.60.
The drop comes amid a favorable options analysis, highlighting a 44.51% yield boost potential for put contracts, which could attract yield-seeking investors. The analysis indicates that the current bid for the $25.00 put contract is $1.95, offering a cost basis of $23.05, which is appealing given the current stock price.
This situation suggests that while the stock is facing downward pressure, the options market remains optimistic, indicating potential opportunities for investors looking for income generation.
Analyst Views on BKSY
Wall Street analysts forecast BKSY stock price to fall over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for BKSY is 26.33 USD with a low forecast of 20.00 USD and a high forecast of 42.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
7 Analyst Rating
6 Buy
1 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 27.730
Low
20.00
Averages
26.33
High
42.00
Current: 27.730
Low
20.00
Averages
26.33
High
42.00
About BKSY
BlackSky Technology Inc. is a space-based intelligence company. The Company delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, monitoring and analytics of the strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world. It designs, owns, and operates low earth orbit small satellite constellations. Its BlackSky Spectra platform processes data from its constellation and from other third-party sensors to develop the critical insights and analytics that its customers require. Its Spectra is a first-of-its-kind commercial platform that helps customers manage their monitoring activities from space. Spectra software platform processes millions of observations a day from both its proprietary satellite constellations and by using data from multiple external sources, including imaging, radar and radio frequency satellites, environmental sensors, asset tracking sensors, Internet of Thing connected devices, internet-enabled narrative sources, and a variety of geotemporal data feeds.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
