DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ slipped 5.50% to $8.42 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 0.90% to 26,107.01 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.02% to 52,508.27.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of losses.
Novavax Inc. closed 29.66% short of its 52-week high of $11.97, which the company reached on February 26th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 1.52% to $253.85, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ fell 0.94% to $24.25, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ fell 2.62% to $120.78.
Trading volume (3.8 M) remained 1.5 million below its 50-day average volume of 5.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 14, 2026.
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July 14, 2026 17:27 ET (21:27 GMT)
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