DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ rose 3.74% to $8.88 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.24% to 25,297.62 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.09% to 51,876.11.
The stock's rise snapped a two-day losing streak.
Novavax Inc. closed 25.81% short of 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 Friday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 3.99% to $254.66, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 2.62% to $24.29, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ rose 2.56% to $128.66.
Trading volume (8.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 26, 2026.
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June 26, 2026 17:27 ET (21:27 GMT)
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