DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ slipped 1.73% to $7.93 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 1.33% to 26,289.71 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.22% to 53,343.40.
Novavax Inc. closed 33.75% 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 $(JNJ)$ rose 3.33% to $271.11, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 1.41% to $27.25, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ fell 0.59% to $135.17.
Trading volume (2.0 M) remained 1.7 million below its 50-day average volume of 3.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 18, 2026.
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