DJ Novavax Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Novavax Inc. $(NVAX)$ slid 5.35% to $7.07 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index rising 2.74% to 17,166.04 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.23% to 40,093.40.
The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak.
Novavax Inc. closed 70.37% short of its 52-week high of $23.86, which the company reached on June 6th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 0.29% to $154.93, Pfizer Inc. $(PFE)$ rose 1.74% to $22.78, and Merck & Co. Inc. $(MRK)$ rose 1.40% to $79.84.
Trading volume (6.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 24, 2025.
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April 24, 2025 17:27 ET (21:27 GMT)
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