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title: "Novavax Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors"
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# Novavax Inc. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors

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Shares of Novavax Inc. (NVAX) slipped 2.04% to $7.91 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.57% to 25,690.90 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.01% to 52,218.58.

Novavax Inc. closed 33.92% 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 Wednesday, as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) rose 2.00% to $255.63, Pfizer Inc. (PFE) fell 0.48% to $24.82, and Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) rose 0.96% to $127.47.

Trading volume (2.6 M) remained 2.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 4.8 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 22, 2026.

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