DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ advanced 1.26% to $9.62 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.11% to 49,760.56 and the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.71% to 26,088.20.
Novavax Inc. closed 19.63% below its 52-week high of $11.97, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 1.28% to $224.26, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 0.23% to $25.87, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ rose 0.98% to $112.37.
Trading volume (6.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 4.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 12, 2026.
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May 12, 2026 17:28 ET (21:28 GMT)
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